Profile Project Progress

In our G.T. class, we are currently working on a project called "Elder words of wisdom". For this project my partner and I decided to interview my dad. We chose my dad because he is always telling stories and trying to give advice so we thought he would love to be apart of this project. One day after school we had scheduled to do the interview with my dad but Kora was home sick so I did the interview on my own. The interview worked out after all and I had plenty of time to make sure there were enough questions and the interview didn't seem rushed. One of the only problems with the interview was that I had to use natural lighting so there were a lot of changes in the lighting.

The week after, we worked on B-roll and voice-overs. For the B-roll, we didn't have much time to film with my dad so we didn't quite get enough footage, but the footage we did get was pretty good. A couple days later we went to the G.T. classroom at lunch to film the voice-over. To record the voice-over, my partner had to clip a microphone to her shirt and sit facing the camera as if she were talking to the audience. The voice-over worked out perfectly and we could hear her clearly.

Though our work has turned out nice so far, my partner and I have a few things we can work on. One of those things is agreeing. We tend to disagree on a lot of things and instead of choosing one quickly and moving on, we argue for almost an entire class. Another thing we can work on is splitting up the work. My partner and I have been partners for other projects and every time we work on a project, one of us always ends up doing the work no one else wants to do. Although it's not always the same person, we still need to work on it. We have plenty of things we need to work on but I think we both try our best to make the project the best it can be.

Practice Story Reflection

In G.T., we recently started a project where we broke into teams and interviewed one teammate. In my team there were only two people counting myself. For our interview, my teammate (Kora Quintana) interviewed me about a project that we just finished in my art class. For the A roll portion of the video (the interview) we went to the library to film so that we wouldn't have any background noise interfering with our footage. My partner and I worked very well together and worked very quickly.

Instead of arguing and stressing over little details and things like that my partner and I discussed what we would do once we got to the library so when we got there it was easy to get started. I set up the tripod, she put the battery in the camera and attached the camera to the tripod and I put on the mic. After everything was set up, we found a chair and adjusted where I would sit until i was perfectly in the rule of thirds. Next, she started the camera and sat next to the camera to ask me the interview questions. the next day we filmed B roll which didn't go as smoothly...

To film B roll, we went to the art classroom and filmed people working on their projects, finishing up projects, the tools we used and the finished pieces. during the filming of the B roll we both wanted to film the B roll in completely different ways so... there was a bit of arguing. We also ran into troubles with how to adjust the tripod in a way that the footage would look it's best which only made us more stressed. At the end of our B roll filming our footage turned out great! The next day I went home sick before G.T. and Kora came to class to find that our B roll had somehow been deleted. So, Kora had to go back to the art room with only ten minutes to film and no tripod. The footage was shaky and not as nice as our original footage, but we got it done so it all worked out.

All About Me

Hanalei Elementary school. I went to Hanalei school for 7 years (k-6) I have always liked art but I think I began to really love it once I got into 7th grade at KMS. It was so different because I had gotten so used to doing simple paintings and little arts and crafts projects all through elementary but once I got to KMS we began doing very advanced art work.

Hi my name is Bailey Cooper. I am thirteen years old and attend Kapaa Middle School. I was born at Wilcox hospital on Nov. 5 2000 on the Island of kauai. This is my second and last year at KMS. Before I went to KMS I went to

Mrs. Sanderl, my art teacher, had us go onto the pottery wheel, make drawings in copper, create tiki sculptures out of clay and many other advanced projects. I hope to be able to continue taking art through all of high school and maybe even college. Another subject that I have really enjoyed in KMS is G.T. In this class we learn to use photoshop, create videos and so many other cool projects. My computer skills have improved so much since i have joined G.T. and I am going to continue improving.

When I am not at school i am usually at the beach or drawing. I have recently been really into reading and I have read tons of books this past year. I love photography and adventuring with my friends. I am going on a few trips this year and I am planning on taking plenty of pictures.