ONW Procedures Project

The purpose of this project was to show the procedure of checking out a book at ONW. Me and my partner, Jake, started by making a story board with detailed shots that we were planning to take. This included a variety of shots throughout the library. Once we had our story board finished we moved to the production stage and began shooting in our school's library. The shooting took two full class periods. After we finished shooting, we began the editing stage using Adobe Premiere Pro. I enjoyed using this program and found it easy to become familiar with. After I finished editing I shared my video in front of my class and received constructive criticism. I the went back to my video and reedited it as much as I could, using the criticism I was given. The video above is the reedited version. I learned how to use Premiere Pro and how to better use the 6 shot system. I also learned that music, white balance, and correcting lighting can pay a big part in the over all feel over your video. I would continue getting close ups of the subject. I would change the lighting and better use white balance in my next video. I would also get less pans. I will use the constructive criticism to form a better project. I really enjoyed this project and hope to build my skills in video.

Web Design

For this project I used Dreamweaver and created a 6-page website! I wrote all the code, created links, embedded videos and created my own color scheme. I got almost all the content featured in the website from my teacher. The website was made to help preserve invasive species and inform people of them. This website took me about 2 weeks worth of class time but I think it turned out pretty good! The following pictures are screenshots of the preview of my home page and my zebra mussel page.

SketchUp House animation

 For this project I composed a house in Sketchup. I made everything in the project except the plants, man, and car. I started with a normal rectangle then used the push pull tool to pull the rectangle up, creating a rectangular prism. then I drew a line across the midpoint on top. I then used the move tool to pull that line up creating the roof. Then I used the offset tool to make the gutters. After that I just used more rectangles for things like windows, sidewalks, doors, and railings. I used the paintbucket to color everything and turned on shadows to give the effect of light and the sun.

10 Words

For this project I used video timeline in Adobe Photoshop. I took 10 words that I think describe me and arranged them around a picture I believed describes me. I then staggered how the words came in on the video timeline and there you have it.

Animated Chairs and Table

For this project I made a table and 4 identical chairs. I designed and created  the legs of the chairs in Sketchup. I then made the legs a component which allows it to be copied identically and any changes to one component change all of them. Once I had all my chair legs I made the chairs themselves by adding the legs to a seat and back support I made. Then I made the chair a component so I could make 3 identical copies of it. I used the paint bucket tool to paint the brown wooden color on everything in the picture. I enjoyed this project and it helped me learn the concept of components.

Animated Dog House

I made this animated doghouse using Sketchup. It was simple and easy. I added a small patio and dog bowls with food and water. I also gave it a grass floor to really show the setting.

Rugby Is Lit!

Recently, a friend of mine that I attend my youth group with asked me if I wanted to play for his rugby club this year. I knew nothing about the sport except for that there was a ball somewhere in it. I began to attend practice a few times a week. The coach of the club really helped me by showing me simple things like how to pass the ball or the correct way to kick it. It is in a way similar to football but you can only pass backwards, anyone can touch or pick up the ball, the field is much much wider, and there are more people on the field. I have been going to practice for a few times a week for a little over a month and I am really starting to enjoy it. Whether it be the drills or the touch games I have found a lot of enjoyment in just going to practice. I still do not know all the rules of a real game but I am start to get a pretty good general idea for how to play and what to do. I even scored a couple of tries which is the same thing as a touchdown in football. I am very excited for this year and my rugby experience with the Olathe Gents Rugby Club to begin.