Cracking the Code

I think that everyone should learn how to code because without coding there would be no devices/computers.  Without devices or computers there would be no apps for those who like video games or if someone needs to answer questions that they don't know the internet has the answer! People should learn how to code because then there would be more video games in the future. I've been told that coding is also used to make video games and to make the characters in your video game do what you want them to do. Like for example in this really hard video game Geometry Dash, if you tap or hold on the screen, it will jump, but only on a platform. I was also doing this game called "Hour of Code" where you need to try get the bird to the pig by using the go forward, left and right buttons etc. And I know level 14 of that game is really hard and looks impossible but I eventually I will find out how to crack the code.

My first experience ever that I remember doing was last week in Mr. Sanderl's period 3. In my opinion, Lesson 1 started off really easy but it started to get harder at level 9, I even needed help from my teacher! But it once again got easier and I got further without help until level 14 which was a level where you have to get the zombie over to the sunflower. I needed even more help from my teacher but I was kinda a noob so it was really hard for me compared to others. I couldn't even finish lesson 1 because I was out of time for recess to do my homework and on the GT Focus wall the spot where it said lesson 1 got changed to "Lesson 2"! I felt like that was so unfair because I only had three levels left to do before I finished the whole lesson!

If I could design any program or game it would be called "Neighboor hood dash." The point of the game is so at first there is a bully who goes to the same school as your character and this person lives really close by one day. So you need to try run from the bully, along with his or her gang because sometimes in this game there are boy and girl bullies who you need to run from. In this game, you only have one route back to your house so it is kinda hard. When you beat levels you unlock better and faster characters. You are in different locations for each level so don't expect yourself to be in the same location for each level.

My Humorous Monologue

MorimotoM_Comedy from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

What I have learned in Mr. Sanderl's GT class so far in this project is how to use the camera to film my Monologue. I have also learned that it is important to practice your Monologue a lot before filming or at least until I can actually memorize my monologue without the paper with my monologue. Also, using iMovie is required when you need to film scenes of you telling your monologue and filming your scenes. What is really required for this project is a camera, what is used to film your monologue and of course your B-Roll. And you need to slide over a little lid in your given camera and you will see a sim card, press on it to come out and plug it into your computer and you will see your footage.             

Padding is when you wait three seconds before recording your video that you want or need to make and also waiting three seconds after you record your video before stopping. Padding is very important/crucial because if you just start  your video before waiting three seconds that part of your video will get cut off of your recording. One day, I was watching my footage of myself telling my joke in my GT class but I noticed that the first part of my video was cut off. I got confused and wondered why it got cut off. So I asked Mr. Sanderl why the first part of my footage got cut off. He told me that if you just start recording your video without waiting three seconds and waiting three seconds before you end your video after you are done with it. He told me that this is called Pad and he said that is very important to use this when recording your video.

What I could improve on is being more expressive while telling my joke. I remember watching myself telling my joke and I wasn't being very expressive so I had to take some re-takes which wasn't good. But over all on my final re-take I was doing pretty good. I realized that it is a good idea to be more expressive. So I was being pretty expressive on my first clip, and my last clip. I was also being expressive when I was saying the part of my joke of the trolls being hidden in the cabinets. But some of my junky scenes were "When period 3 started, we all came into the room." and same with a lot of other parts when I was first recording. But honestly, when I realized that I was not being expressive, this really made me try to be expressive on my final take while recording my Comedic Monologue.