This term I have been creating an animation of a sport for our inquiry project this term. The sport I chose was swimming and I made this animation in photopea and added a voice over and music in Imovie. I hope you like my animation.
Extension Catchup 2 (Storyboard Advice)
This term, the Year 5 & 6 Extension has been making a movie for our Manaiakalani Film Festival movie. Before we could start filming we had to get into groups to start storyboarding. I was in a group of 3 people including me and in that group were Jaxon, Aliana and I. This is how we did this and on top of that I am going give you some advice. To start we got a sheet of paper with the words that we chose to storyboard. For this we had to write our ideas with arrows pointing to the words we planned them for. After we wrote the ideas down we then had to draw our ideas and write the words that belonged to the picture and some explanations to them like saying what we might need and if it’s an animation or not. Finally we needed to cut out the pictures so we could then glue them onto a bigger storyboard that had the printed word on them and then glue the explanations for them. You can see the finished story board below. For advice I would recommend planning the storyboard before you make it so that you know what your doing.
Extension Catchup 3 (My Job Experience)
Throughout this term the year 5 and 6 extension have been working together to make a movie for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. Our topic was a book made by Dr. Zeus called Oh The Places You’ll go. We all had our own jobs to work on. 3 others and I were videographers. The 3 others were Catherine, Jaxson and Sophia. I was also in 1 scene in our movie and I helped edit just a little bit.
Before we started we had to figure out what to film. After looking at the storyboard we decided on filming one of the kids getting out of bed for the line “Congratulations today is your day” which was hard because she would keep on smiling and looking at the camera and that looked unnatural and it took so many tries. So many in fact that I learnt being a videographer required lots of patience. After filming the bed scene we came back so we could get a photo camera so we could do a stop motion of her shoes going onto her feet for the line “You have feet in your shoes”. It took a while because we had to keep on moving her shoes one after another.
When we finished filming, we came back and got a film camera so we could film the narrators going into the library to get the book Oh The Places You’ll go. To do that we took many videos; one where the narrators are walking into the library and one where they walk to the books to look and grab the book. This was hard especially for the narrators because they had to stay still. We did that so That when they walked it looked clean and not all choppy. This was another example that being a videographer takes patience. When we finished that scene it was 2:30 (Home Time) so we had to go back to class to put the camera away. Sadly I have short term memory and I can’t remember the rest.
When I was acting I had to get down on my knees and act like I got third place in a competition. I was getting directed by Jaxson another videographer. This took a few tries because the other actors and I would keep on smiling. I enjoyed this because it meant that I got to be in a scene and because I got to see how it felt to be told what to do instead of telling people what to do.
For my final job I was an editor meaning I got to help edit our movie. For this job I had shorten some scenes that were too long because we had a time budget which was 3 minutes. I also got to help with a stop motion of a kid climbing a mountain in Imovie.
In conclusion I had a lot of jobs. through those jobs I learnt a lot but I mainly learnt how to cooperate with people and how to communicate better. I also learnt how to handle a camera better and how to edit things better.
Vocabulary Task – Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
Today I was finishing off work from the past weeks. Since I was doing this I worked on my vocabulary task from last week. Last week was Maori language week so my vocabulary task was about the Maori language. I hope you enjoy.
Reading Response – Once a Panther
Today I did a response to text task based on a book I read called once a panther. This book is about a kid uncle who was in the Polynesian panthers. This was fun because I learnt some things about protests. I hope that you enjoy.
Vocabulary Task – Badge of Honour
Today I read a book called badge of honour. This book is about a kid called Isaac and his friend who is always getting into fights on the weekend even after he became a school captain. I hope you learn how to become a better person from this.
Whakatauki – A Visual Representation
Today I learnt about whakatauki. Whakatauki are like quotes in picture form but they are the Maori version and they always have a meaning. I hope you learn something from this.
Research Task: Uike Lea Faka-Tonga
Today I learnt all about Tonga and its traditions. This was fun because I like to learn about other countries. I hope you learn something from this.
Five Facts Tongan Language Week
Today I learnt about Tonga for my 5 facts. This was fun because I like learning about different countries. I hope you learn something from this.
Vocabulary Task – Once a Panther
Today I did a vocabulary task based on a book I read. This was fun because I learnt some new words from this. I hope that you enjoy.