Stop Motion Examples

After watching the videos in moodle I would define a stop motion video as a piece of art were you take a bunch of picture, and put them together. I would think someone would make a video in this maner to challenge them selves. Also, it looks like it is alot of fun, and time consuming. Not only that but the finished product is amaizing. In addition to this it gives an incredible effect to the viewer. My guess of how they make the videos is that first, they get the materials. Next they make something, and take a picture. They repeat this a bunch of times. Next they put all the pictures together to make a video. My favorite example of a stop motion video was the post stick one, and another cool one i like is. In conclusion i really enjoyed watching all does videos, they were all great.

Watercolor Tree Interpretation

Mateo Moreno Schneider
November 7, 2010
English 8
Watercolor Tree Interpretation

This Friday, November 5, 2010 we went into English class and made some watercolor paintings of a tree being struck by lightning. I didn’t expect we were going to do this at all, but it was fun. My drawing consisted of a thin tree trunk being hit by a lightning, grass, a lot of leaves on the tree, fire, dark clouds, and a dark background. I chose making my drawing like that for some specific reasons. First, I decided to make a thin trunk because it was going to be easier to draw considering I don’t have great drawing skills. Second, I made a dark background and clouds to represent a heavy lightning storm. Third, I made a lot of leaves on the tree because that’s the way i like them, I don't really enjoy looking at dead trees. Fourth, I made the tree catch in fire on the spot were the lightning is hitting it. That's because when lightning hits a tree I would expect it too catch on fire. Also, it makes it look like if the lightning is actually hitting the tree. Fifth, I made some grass around the tree. I did this just to use the space up a bit more. Not only that but it also makes the drawing look better, or at least that’s what I think. Not only that but i think that tree in general represents pain. That’s because the tree is a person who got hit (lightning), and is in pain (fire). Lastly if I could redo something from my drawing better I think I would of done the tree again. I just didn't really like how i made it, it’s to simple. In conclusion I had a really good time making my tree, and I hope we make something similar to this in the future.

Medium Selection

It was very hard for me to choose my medium. That's because i had so many options to choose from, like: Plasticine, drawing, Lego, paper, etc. Anyways, my final decision was plasticine. I made this decision because I think I will have fun, and it will go better with what I'm doing. Also, I really enjoy doing stuff with plasticine. Not only that but it is really easy to move it slowly, and that is going to look better in my stop-motion video. The only thing i think is going to be hard is making the details in on it. In conclusion I think my video will come out great, and I hope I have lots fun doing it.

William Kentridge

William Kentridges work makes me feel weird. His work is really abstract and random. I say this because if you see his videos they don't make much sense. But the way he makes it is unique and awsome. One example of this is that he makes one scene were a volcano is exploding, and right after that he makes one of a guy sleeping. That is very weird. If i were to describe this piece of art i would say creative, unique, beautifull, and powerful. I think that would describe his work best.

You might think doing what he does is simple, but it's not at all. First, i would guess he gets a piece of paper and pencil. Then he makes a drawing and takes a picture. After that he erases a part of the picture and makes it move a bit, and takes a picture. He repeats this over, and over again. Not only that but once he is done, he puts all the pictures in the computer. Then he puts them together in order, and turns it into a movie file. As the final result he gets what you are seeing. In conclusion i think this is not as easy as someone would expect, and you need to be really pacient to be able to do this.

Mash-Up

A mash-up is the combination of two or more songs. A good mash-up has two or more great songs. Also it should have the best parts of the songs. Not only that but the songs are supose to flow and sound good together. Some people think that mash-up artist arent real musicians since they dont make the songs, they just put them together. I disagree with this statement. Thats because they actually do creat a new song out of a combination of does songs. Also they also put a lot of work to make the songs flow together, and sound good together. In addition to this they also creat a steady beat thats not in does songs, thats another reason why they are real artist. Although i dont really like this type of music i have herd some of them, one of the ones ive herd and liked is Numb/Encore by Jay-Z and Linking Park(this is the live version of the song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnR8y89TvI and this is the studio version :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqo7b2C0qMg). In conclusion i think that making a mash up can be challenging and very fun in some ways.

MAP Testing

Last week we had MAP testing for the third time now. I still feel annoyed with it, especially this time because i had to redo it, all because the system had an error. We had three different test and they consisted of Reading, Language, and Math. Not only that but i think i didn't do that well in them, except in my math test because i broke my record in that one. Also i had to redo my language test when i was about to finish and that really annoyed me, so i guessed every question the second time i did it, In other words i think i wasn't happy with my scores. Not only i dont like taking these test but i also don't like the schedule, I think they should give us a break of like three minutes at least because when you get close to done you feel under pressure, and you start doing it fast without thinking. In conclusion i think we shouldn't have these test, but i do get the school needs it to help us.

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8 Power Point themes

Today i saw a video about a comedian that explains how power point can be annoying and badly used, so i am gonna go over the 8 points and explain them clearly. The first point is to not write every word you are gonna say in a presentation. That point is very clear as it is, but what it really means is that you are not trying to replace yourself from giving a presentation and your only using key words. Second, is spelling which means to go over word that are underlined and spell everything right. Third, comes bullets which is not to make to many bullets because bullets work to make people look at that point specifically, so you can really put a bullet on every thing you say or you will lose audience. Next up are the bad color schemes, what this means is that some people choose like a black background and choose a dark color font and this is a big mistake because you can read what there is in the presentation, so what you need to do is put colors that are completely opposite in the color wheel and that will make the word really come out. Knot only that but there's also too many slides in some power point presentations, what this means is that some people put to many power point slides and that makes it to boring and to much information. Another common mistake is too much data in one slide which make it harder to read, so what you want to do is pretty simple just don't put too much data, put data that is able to be read. Also some people think having effects is cool but it can be very distracting and people wont listen to what you say, instead they will just stare at the effects, to make this not happen just keep it simple and don't put to many effects. Last but defenately not least is font, which is choosing an easy to read font because somke people choose hard sybals to read and it is very confusing.

Biography

Molacio was born in a cloud the year 30000000 and was born the day 1140 of the month randomnes. Molacio is like an alien looking thing that has no arms and no legs but does has eyes 10 eyes, a mouth, and ears, hes basically just a piece of blue slime that moves and talks. Molacio likes to fly in his flying carpet on his free time. Knot only that but he also plays drums even though he has no arms and legs. Also he has been president of the planet ratatat 20 times for about 112 year each time. He also has 5 brothers his brothers names are a, b, c, d, and z. Also he can teleport from one place to another by driving there. Lastly he came to planet earth in the year of 50000000 and got shot in the head and died but some how he is still alive.