Music Video Finale

We are making music videos in our GT class, like we do at the end of every year. This is our last and favorite project of the year. It's the project we all wait for. My team consists of Kaile, Katy, Jeanne, and Eve. The song we chose is Man in the Mirror by Micheal Jackson. We chose this song because we all know and like it. Also, there could be a really good story added to the song. I can't wait to start working on it!

Our storyline is about a bully who changes and becomes a better person. This relates to the song, because the lyrics talk about looking at what you are doing and making a change. So, this bully sees someone else bullying a kid, and "take a look at yourself and make a change." So, just like the lyrics in the song, this person is doing something wrong, and realizes it. By seeing that what he is doing is wrong, he changes. He becomes a better person. Out storyline relates to the lyrics in our song, Man in the Mirror, by Micheal Jackson.



This music video showcases my best work. It shows us being able to work as a team and being able to make time to film our music video outside of school. It shows us cutting to the beat, and quickly changing shots and shot types. In the music video, it shows what we learned about camera movement. Also, it shows what we learned with visual effects and enhanced color. And finally, it showed us memorizing our song, and putting a lot of emotion into both our storyline, and our lyrics. Our music video is our final project, and it is used to showcase our best work.

Movie Trailer Premier

In GT, we are currently making movie trailers. The goal for our movie trailer is to plan a fake movie trailer that catches the audience and doesn't give away the ending. It is supposed to 90-120 seconds long. There should be a dramatic voice actor who can expressively hint that everyone should see our movie. An original movie poster needs to be included. Our movie trailer provides the audience with a high production value, so that they stay glued to the screen. Before we start making our movie trailer, we have to create a plan. I contributed to the plan while helping with the synopsis and movie poster.

We had many challenges and successes throughout our movie trailer. One of our biggest challenges was finding time to film. There are 5 people on my team so it was very hard to find a day when all 5 of us are free. Another problem we had with finding time to finish was that some of the people on our team were sick. Although we had challenges, we still had many successes. We were able to get out movie poster in early, so we got extra credit. Another success was finishing our plan on time and keeping up with our progress report. We had both challenges and successes.

For our movie trailer, my team got all expectations met for both audience and creativity. Then we got room for improvement in requirements because our movie trailer was out of the time frame. By creating this movie trailer I learned how to create an original movie poster that provides the audience with a high production value. I also learned how to make time in order to help film and create our movie trailer. And finally, I learned about the different types of music for the different genre. I learned a lot by creating this movie poster.

Metamorphosis Animation

We are making metamorphosis animations, in our GT class. With animation team, we have to come up with two metamorphosis ideas and present them to the class, and they decide which one we are going to do. Then we create a plan and a 1-2 minute animation with a custom soundtrack. We are using different animation types. Some of the animation types are stop-motion, photoshop, flip book, whiteboard, Stykz, etc.

First we needed a focus statement. My team's focus statement for this animation is, Ant Achieves Confidence. Every animation, even plays and movies, need scenes. For our animation, we have five total scenes. Each scene has 3 shots. The first scene will be about a foot coming and stomping on the ant hill and then the ants run around panicking. Then, in the second scene, the main character, James tries to calm everyone down. But, his sister, Meah, tells him that he is to small to do anything. Then in scene three, James runs away and and hides behind some blades of grass. But then, he hears his colony's shouts and panicking, while running back he thinks of an idea. Scene four is him turning into a drill and digging tunnels. Scene five, the final scene is of all the ants being saved and James digging a new home. Also, every animation, has to have a plot. The plot pretty much just sums up the entire animation into a beginning, middle, and an end.So, there is this kid the starts to stomp on an anthill, but James thinks he is to small to help. When he gets the courage to help his colony, he turns into a drill. With this he gains courage and saves he colony. Every animation has a focus statement, scenes, and a plot.

Our class watched each animation and graded them. We graded on audio, completion, visuals, and overall animation. My class decided that my team deserved a 3. I don't think our animation deserved a 4, but I am positive that it did not deserve a 1 or a 2. So, I agree with my class. Our animation was pretty good, but there definitely were some flaws. For example, our background music was too loud, so it was really hard to hear the voices. Also, some of our shots, weren't the best quality. Our results for our animation was a 3, and that is what I think we deserved.