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Scratch Game Design

The recent project my G.T. class was working on was a chase game in scratch. At first coding was hard for me, then it got easier. Making a scratch game was even harder, but I managed to make a pretty good game. I looked at Mr. Sanderl's scratch game, his codes helped me a bit. User experience influenced my game because I haven't done this type of thing before.Each game is different, there are different lines of code.

User experience influenced my game because it helped me know what game kinds of backgrounds or characters people want to see. It helped me program my game. Another way it helped was by seeing if my game was good enough for an audience. User experience influences my game because I don't want people thinking that my game is not good enough and incomplete. I want them to think that my game is good and I want them to have to good time when they play my game.
At first none of my games functioned well. So I decided to look up some lines of code. For my chase game I only had one backdrop and my platformer game I had a few backdrops. It was harder to code my platformer game but it was a long time o make my chase game. For my chase game my sprite was being chased on flat a backdrop and my platformer was jumping on or over platforms which made it look more 3D.
Each game is different, there are different lines of code. My best line of code was in my chase game. I chose this code because without this code my sprite wouldn't be able to move smoothly. It was hard to find what was x and y, but I managed to find the two. The bug fix that was hard to fix was that my timer wouldn't stop. I put "stop all" but it still didn't stop my timer from going overtime. I looked at Mr. Sanderl's chase game and looked at how he stopped his game. I tried what he did but it still didn't work, so thats what I'm still working on.

Invention Commercial

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The latest project my G.T. class was working on was an invention then a commercial. My team has different after-school schedules. So we didn't have time to film. The only day we could film was on Tuesday, and on Wednesday we didn't have school so we couldn't get the film on the computer. Also we didn't have a camera so filmed on a phone. At first we were going to put it on a drive but we had some issues. So basically our goal was to just get film onto the computer.

We didn't really have a team moment. The only day we could film Raja was signed out of school and couldn't film. There was maybe one moment where we had a fun filming day. Me and Miranda had a moment when we stopped filming and played soccer. We stopped filming and played soccer because we wanted to get to know each other more, and we wanted to know what we thought about the video and how we would get it on my G.T. computer.

As I said, we didn't get to put our film on a computer, we so didn't come into class during recess or lunch. I asked miranda if she could put the film on a drive, she said "Okay". The next day I asked her if she got the film on a drive and she said "No", apparently there were a few problems with getting them on. So we had no film. Then Monday came, Mr. Sanderl said he edited our video by using what we had. The only film we had was the voice-over, which we decided not to use. So we didn't do much editing. I guess I was supposed to do transitions and titles. Raja was supposed to do blade and place the film. Miranda's job was supposed to film, import and music. We decided to do these jobs because it was something we were all good at and we needed a fair amount of things to do.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

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The project my G.T. class was working on was a composition scavenger hunt. We had to make a video showing different composition techniques and why they're important. The composition technique I think is the most important is "Rule of Thirds". I think rule of thirds is important because it makes photos look more interesting and dynamic. Rule of thirds is a technique is a grid that divides the screen into thirds vertically and horizontally. It fills one third with either sky or land to create balance.

I think macro is the hardest technique. Macro is a technique when the camera is placed as close to the subject as possible. It gives the audience a sense of the subjects world. To me its difficult because focusing the camera on what's really important is hard. We didn't get to do macro but from other videos it looked like focusing the camera was hard. We could use macro more because


Now my teammates. My teammates were very cooperative. First is Miranda, Miranda helped with filming and editing. Her job was to blade and cut the video. For filming she had to pad and get the right angles. Next is Raja, her job was doing the titles and transitions. Mr. Sanderl wasn't my teammate but he helped us with filming and editing tricks.

Cracking the Code

The newest project my G.T. class is working on is coding. Coding is step-by-step writing commands for your computer or computer programming. People should learn to code because it provides different skills. A concentrated mind is needed for different levels. I think people should learn how to code because, programming computers are important. Coding is important because it powers our  digital world.

I have no experience with coding so it was a new thing to me. I'm getting a little used to the hard levels. Coding is new to me, so it was a little hard. As I went through the levels it got more and more harder. Anyways, the biggest challenge for me was when I got to create my own pattern... It was hard because I didn't who what to put, and every time I put something nothing would happen.

If I could design any program or game, I would make a zombie video game. I know its a bit cheesy, but zombies are my favorite. It would have four life restocks. It would have these types of zombies crawlers, runners, fresh zombies, scramblers, and most important thriller zombies. You can switch your weapons out, the weapons would be hammers, knifes, and bats. There would also have a little story behind the game, my idea was to make a video about how the virus was spread and how people didn't get the virus, then the game would begin. Zombies would be everywhere, kinda like a persons worse nightmare.

My Humorous Monologue

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The project Mr.Sanderl's Gifted and Talented program is currently working on is about comedy. We are making our own comedy videos that are about our jokes. While doing this project I learned a few things. The first thing I learned about was how to create a joke and punchlines. The next thing I learned was how to import videos into iMovie. The last thing I learned was about the grading criteria that was needed.

Now I will tell you what padding is, basically it is the space between the beginning and ending in a video. Padding is when you make the video smaller, it is crucial because when your frame is smaller than your output you can add padding to make sure your video frame is the same size as your output image frame. A few things I learned from padding is, that it helps if you say "rolling" and "action" it'll help the person know when to start talking, then when they're done talking it's good to say "cut" so they know that the cameras off.

Overall I think my video was pretty good. Although I had a few dark shots, in my opinion I think I met most of the standards. There are a lot of weaknesses in this project, mines were mostly editing, also learning how to add all my clips was a struggle, but I succeeded. My strengths were filming, I love to film, but the cameras were a little different from what I'm used to using. I think I can improve by having better lightning, I can also improve by being more prepared with editing and memorization.

Comedy Writing

The next project Mr.Sanderl's Gifted and Talented class is working on is comedy writing and comedic performance. Well, you need to have a sense a of humor when performing. Having a sense of humor is very important, it's important because you need your audience to have fun. Sometimes you can observe how other people tell jokes. Most outgoing people are very funny. You can also say a special part in a different voice tone.

A few tips are, well first you have to know what kind of audience your writing this narrative for. Next, when you write a narrative you don't always have to come up with a new comedy narrative, you can take something that happened to you and turn it into a joke. Try using a funny experience you could either use the funny experience or maybe it can give you ideas. When going over you narrative you have to see if it makes you laugh, if it doesn't maybe you should add something funny. Make sure your comedic monologue is very organized, or else it won't be told correctly, then it wouldn't be funny. My last tip is to make sure your visuals are organized and they make sense too.

My comedic monologue is about my brother. I chose my brother because he has these super funny moments called "blonde" moments. Let me tell you about his "blonde moments". First of all, he calls them blonde moments because he watches a lot of television In the shows he watches blonde girls are usually air heads. So when he says something funny it's usually what a blonde girl from these shows would say. The most funniest thing he said was "America is the fifty first state". When he said he made me confused at first but when I really thought about what he said I started bust laughing. That is why my brother is the main topic in my comedic monologue.

Motivational Poster

The current project Mr. Sanderl's GT class is working on are Motivational Posters. For this project there are a few requirements we need to have in our poster. The requirements are that we need to have two text layers, which are Quotes and Manifesto. We need four image layers, which is our
three symbolic images and our portrait. For our design requirements,we need to kern both text layers so there are no blank spaces. We need a triadic color scheme which is one dominant color and two harmonious accent colors. Last you need to have visual balance, which are your blending options on your text layers.

Thats what you need to in order to finish the Motivational Poster. For me doing this project was pretty stressful. Obviously it wasn't easy! I had to go through a lot of challenges. My challenges were kerning and the color scheme. First I had to think of personal quotes that would've motivated me. Then I had to think of a personal manifesto, that I could tell myself that would motivate me. Next I had to kern. Kerning was the hard part, especially when you have to make sure that there are no holes or big spaces. I tried my best at kerning, but Photo shop was too confusing for me. After I tried my best at kerning I added my symbolic photos, but I didn't quite get my portrait up. After I turned in my unfinished work, when I went back to finish up Motivational Poster I started by placing my pictures.

Personal Manifesto

Well sadly summer is over, but at least I get to go to a new school for a new school year! During this new school year I want to learn how to work with computers and cameras more better. A few facts about me are that I love to play soccer, I love to help others, my favorite subject is english, I am a horse rider, and I love anFive interesting/unique facts about your current sel

Manifesto

My manifesto is: Wake up be you, don’t let anyone bring you down and if they do bounce back up, give it your all, give 100% for everything you do, when you don’t want to do something do it anyway, when life blocks your paths with mountains find another way around, having a negative mind will lead to a negative life, never think negative always think positive.

My manifesto means don’t  let anyone or anything bring you down, and that it’s okay to be you, and never let anyone change that. Working you hardest can show them that, your being the best version of you.