Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Student Of The Month Story

This month of April, 2015, has been a great one for Bowie High School in Austin, Texas thanks to the thrilling Student of the Month Award; congratulations to freshman Violet Glenwinkle!

This award is an honor because it provides reasoning for students to try their best in school and reach to accomplish something. In Violet's case, her ambition was rewarded.

"I was ecstatic and relieved because all the hard work finally paid off," Violet said.

 Violet Glenwinkle utilizes her success inside and outside of school in the most positive ways possible.

"I can encourage others to pursue my accomplishments which could be a positive influence" Violet exclaims.

It's not easy to become the Student of the Month at Bowie High School, lots of hard work and extra curriculum activities are a necessity to receiving this award. 

 Violet "kept up her grades and joined multiple activities" to be noticed and considered for the award.

An ideal Student of the Month at Bowie High School portrays not only academic achievement and outstanding athletic abilities, but lota in extra curriculum.

 Violet Glenwinkle plays softball and basketball and agrees that "it shows her athletic diversity."

However, this was not the first time Violet has been awarded with something like this.

"This is the second time in a row I've gotten this achievement" Violet claims.

This award does not just come as easily it may seem, even for someone as involved, kind and smart like Violet Glenwinkle.

"I've been wanting it all year" says Violet, which explains why she put so much hard work into it.

 Violet Glenwinkle isn't just academically talented and athletic, this award goes to people who demonstrate kindness and contributions to the school environment as well.

"I've tried to be kind and helpful" exclaims Violet, which clearly paid off.

This award isn't the result of one sole person's hard work, though.

 Violet Glenwinkle's "family, friends, and teachers" all take great part in her achievement by showing constant support and love.   

HDR photography

1. You can vary the shutter speed, aperture, luminosity, and depth of field
2. A camera, tripod, and HDR blending software
3. To show a picture over time
4. We can see different times of the day, lighting, people, and all sorts of things that change over time

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Big Day

In this video there was a bride in her dressing room getting ready for her wedding. The video switches to a man driving fast in his car and getting frustrated because he isn't going to make it to the wedding on time. The bride keeps looking out the window waiting for him to show up and he keeps getting more frustrated. The man walks in to the church in the middle of the wedding and the two lovers meet eyes.

Who- Macy Atkinson (bride) and Kevin Johns (Ex lover)
What- waiting for her true love to show up at her wedding
When- Right before the wedding ceremony
Where- At a church in a small town
Why- She knows she is about to marry the wrong guy
How- Macy never stopped loving her old fiancé Kevin

Kevin Johns is speeding down a long winding country road in the rain. Macy Atkinson is in her dressing room with her father and bridesmaids as she is getting ready for her wedding. Macy has a look of terror on her face because she knows she is about to marry the wrong man. Kevin is still speeding down roads and getting frustrated because he is looking at his watch and realizes he won't make it to the wedding on time. Macy looks out the window in her dressing room hoping to see Kevin pull up in his car any minute to stop the wedding. Kevin makes it to the church and walks in to see that he just interrupted in the middle of the ceremony. Macy turns to look at Kevin and then looks down because she is embarrassed that everyone knows she would rather marry him. Macy then looks back up at Kevin and knows that he did the right thing by coming and stopping the wedding.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Final Exam Preview Assignment

1. In these two websites I learned a lot about how to use iMovie. In both the video and the article I learned exactly how to create a movie step by step. I find these websites very useful because before this I had absolutely no idea how to use iMovie.

The first step is to import video files from your computer into iMovie. Then from there its kind of all up to your creativity! You can put the videos in whatever order you want and you can crop them, add sound effects/music, and even add your own voice to the background.

2. One thing I already knew about iMovie was that you could pick a theme at the beginning and it would carry out through the whole movie.

3. Something new that I learned today is that you can split a clip in your movie and have it play at two different times.

4. One thing I am concerned about for this final project is trying to pick a story to tell. I am concerned that I won't pick a good topic and then I won't have enough pictures/time needed for this project.

5. I am confident that once I pick a topic I can get enough pictures early so I will have time to use them for my project.