The project was to type our name into Adobe illustrator using a serif typeface. Our next step was to label the different parts of the typeface that we saw in our name as well as label the baseline, x-height, and caps height. We were then told to use arrows to point at the part we were labeling.
What did you learn about typography?
I learned that serif fonts have serifs, or the little thingy on the end, and sans-serif fonts do not. The baseline is where all the letters "sit on", the x-height is where all the lowercase letters rise to, and the Caps height is where the capitol letters rise to. I also learned that there is a lot of different parts and pieces in different fonts and typefaces that make each one unique and different.
This latest project was to create the color wheel in Adobe Illustrator. Creating the color wheel was very simple and easy due to the shortcuts the teacher taught us. If a student didn't use the shortcuts, the project would take longer, but it would still be easy. All we had to include was the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Some examples of tertiary colors are blue-green, red-violet, and yellow-green.
What did I learn?
In Adobe Illustrator, projects are a lot easier if you know the shortcuts. Since I already used Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premier Pro, I was already familiar with how Adobe works. I learned a lot of new shortcuts that made this project more efficient. I also learned how reshape the project to what it is now.
How did I do?
This is another Color Wheel that I made.
I think I did pretty good. It was a fairly easy and simple project that reintroduced me to colors and their relationship with other colors. I was very picky on the blue-green section because I don't use blue-green that often when I color. If I do, I just take a green crayon or colored pencil, shade in the section I want, then take blue, and color over the green. I guess I have a hard time with blue green because I didn't get it to the shade I wanted. That's what I would do differently.
What would I do differently?
To be honest, this project was simple and easy, but it defiantly got me thinking more about graphic design as a whole, and how color affects us in our daily life. If I did have to change one thing it would to ask students to include some introduction to color theory. For example, students can choose either primary or secondary colors and explain, in their own opinion, how these colors affect them or others when they see this color.
This logo uses the colors green, yellow-green, and yellow. I think the company probably chose these colors because they help different countries. Green is associated with recycling, renewal and life while yellow is associated with happiness and sunshine. Together, these colors tell the world that this company is providing healthy ways for people and spreading the joy of helping.
This logo uses the colors yellow, green, and blue-green. I think the company chose these colors because blue often represents water and freshness. For green and yellow, sprite is a lemon-lime flavored soda. Lemons are yellow and limes are green.
Complementary
This logo uses the complementary of blue and orange. I think the company probably chose these colors because majority of the earth is water, and the logo is round to symbolize the earth. Orange can mean many things, but one in particular is fascination. These two colors together shows that the company can help fascinate a person by helping them connect with the rest of the world.
This logo uses the complementary colors of yellow and purple. I think the company probably chose these colors because purple symbolizes power, devotion, and pride. For yellow, it stands out against the purple background, making it easier to see.
Warm
This logo uses the warm colors of red and yellow. I think this company chose these colors because red is often associated with passion, danger and adventure. Superman is willing to do anything to save the Earth from danger. Yellow can represent loyalty. Superman is loyal to the Earth by putting himself in danger in order keep everyone safe.
This logo uses the warm colors of red and yellow. I think this company chose these colors because these two colors are rumored to make people hungry when looking at them.
Cool
This logo uses the cool colors of green and blue. I think this company chose these colors because this company sells products that help deal with sickness. When a person is sick, they feel miserable, and these two colors are calm and refreshing. This causes a sick person to want to but their products.
This logo uses the cool colors of blue and green. i think this company chose these colors because blue can symbolize confidence and stability. Green can symbolize energy. Together, this logo tell people that this team is confident, stable, and energetic.
Monochromatic
This logo uses the monochromatic color blue. I think this company chose this color because blue is calming. Blue makes people think they have time which benefits this company because this company is a virtual bank.
This logo uses the monochromatic color of green. I think this company chose this color because green symbolizes the Earth and life. Animal planet talks about the Earth and its life. It's a perfect fit.
Triad Color
This logo uses the triad colors of red, yellow, and blue. I think this company chose these colors because red means passion, yellow is happiness, and blue is calming. The staff are passionate about serving their guests, trying to keep them happy and calm.
This logo uses the triad colors of red, blue and yellow. I think this company chose these colors because red can represent adventure, yellow is energy and blue stands out from the other two colors.
For my semester project, I learned how to build a website using Adobe Dreamweaver. I first started out with a pre-made template created by the teachers, then I started putting in a photo of myself along with entering my"elevator pitch" assignment where I was to create an "elevator pitch" describing myself and my talents. I then created a second page with my best projects from the semester. I included one of my animations, and my chase scene video. Once that was done, I put in some web links like my blog, my high school website, and the e-Com website. Once all of that was finished, I began to design the page by changing the text colors and changing the fonts. Once that was all done, I took a screenshot of my home page and my projects page.
What Did I Learn?
My Projects, or "best of" page
First of all, I learned how to make a website without using a website like Wix. It's astonishing to me that I created my own website through Adobe Dreamweaver. I also leaned more about codes and what some of the codes mean. At first, the coding looked like a big, complicated, big bunch of weird nonsense, but as I started learning what some of it meant, the code wasn't as complicated or a whole bunch of weird nonsense. Code, from what I learned, is like any other language. At first it won't make sense, but as I learned it, it started making sense and I started to understand it better.
My Opinion
Overall, I think I did pretty well. Some of the coding was a bit tricky when it came to stylizing the links, but once I figured that out, everything else was easy. I really enjoyed this project, and I would probably do it again just for fun. learning about code was one of the more essential focuses of this project, and I enjoyed it. Honestly, I had a grand time with this project and look forward doing a similar one in the future.
Coming up with three ideas was easy for the group I was with due to ideas thought of ahead of time. Many of the ideas included a thief. We finally decided to do a museum chase scene with lots of comedy. This project was really exciting to film, and be in. I learned that having a bit of fun behind the scenes is okay and makes the project more enjoyable to work on with others. The enjoyment behind the scene shines through in the project through the comedy and the action scenes.
Scouting and Filming
Scouting our location was very easy due to everybody's flexibility with locating possible settings for scenes. The filming bit was easy as well due to a great director and the actor and actresses very very open to listening and everybody had an open mind.
I was assistant Director and "Cop" 2 in this project. We didn't know who would be who for a long time. We agreed that our director would be Steven due to him knowing what he wanted, and his great leadership skills. I would be assistant director since . my part in the film wasn't as big. Ethan was the main Cop who was the stereotypical lazy guard. Anna was the thief due to her accessibility to black clothing. I wouldn't do anything different with this project due to how exciting it was to film, and be in. A lot of fun took place behind the scenes which was one factor as to why this project was a blast.
Editing
I used Adobe Premier Pro for editing. I have used Adobe three times now, and it is easy to use. However, I did have an issue where I thought I lost all my work. All the clips said "Media Offline" and I closed out of Adobe to find my folder on the school server. It wasn't in the spot it normally was, so I called the teacher over. Luckily, Anna, who was working across from me, found my folder. I moved my folder back to its normal spot, and found my project. I did have to come in during lunch to work on the project to catch up to where I was before it went "offline". One thing I can do better is save my project more often.
Overview
Team collaboration was awesome. We were having fun, but staying on task as well. The director did an awesome job politely criticizing what the actor and actresses can do better. The actor did a great job portraying a lazy guard, and the thief did a marvelous job adding comedy to the scenes. I did a good job of being funny and serious at the same time.
The six main shots for photography and video making are very crucial in order to make a good film. Each shot adds a certain part to a story whether it is giving us details of the setting or showing us certain emotions of a character. Along with shot sizes comes sequencing. Sequencing is also vital to film making. If certain clips were placed randomly together, the story in the video makes no sense. Sequencing makes the story fit like puzzle pieces. With these two components, anything can happen.
Brainstorming
Our idea for this project of sequencing was to do a thriller or horror chase scene. The idea of a chase scene was shot down by the teacher, so I worked around the chase scene to make our project more of a horror or thriller. Instead of a chase scene, the "victim" was to run towards safety while the "killer" can teleport anywhere. This still gave the impression of a chase without any chasing taking place. This worked better than a chase scene due to the fact that the "killer" can teleport anywhere. This gives the audience a sense of dread by reason being nowhere is safe.
Editing
For editing, I used Adobe Premier Pro. The goal was to try to cut the runtime to thirty seconds, but if needed, we could go longer than thirty seconds. Editing was easier this time around because I knew what certain things did. This time, I learned how to make a Title shot.
The title shot was interesting due to the possibilities of color and style an editor could add to the title slide.
Overall
the collaboration with a new team was interesting. The variety of skill in this new group was evident due to the two other people's knowledge in the thriller/horror genre. I have not seen any horror movies, so their knowledge benefitted the group as a whole.
I did not think this was the best video I made, but it is still good for a beginner.
My latest project in E-com was an actual video on how to print a document from the computer. I worked with three other people, which was fine for me. We first began learning about different shot sizes for photo shooting and video shooting. Once we had the basics down, my team and I started writing out our storyboard on Google Docs along with possible shot sizes. Once we finished the Google Doc, we drew out our shots on paper with directions and what was happening in the shot.
Here is our first shot in the library. The "actor" just walked in.
After writing out all our directions, we tested different shots to see what we liked, and what would work. The team and I made separate Google Slides presentations explaining where we were, and what was going on. When we taking photos, I didn't dress like my usual self due to Halloween being on the same day we were taking photos. Luckily, we weren't filming that day.
We had six different shots for our soon-to-be-filmed video. One is of me walking into the library, one of me at the computer, one of my hands typing, a shot of where the print buttons were, and one of me retrieving the printed document.
Me at the computer.
This shot is known as and Over The Shoulder shot.
After the photos, the team and I started filming, and I was in regular clothing this time. Most of our original shots were really good, so reshooting wasn't a big issue for us.
Editing
For editing, everyone used Adobe Premier Pro, including me. I shortened clips, added royalty-free audio, and exported my video to YouTube. I didn't add any title slides because my video was already at 30 seconds, which was the goal.
Thoughts
As the "actor" in this video, I had to be able to take some criticism in order to make the video better. There was a lot of communication that needs to take place when doing a video so everyone knows what is going on. Using Adobe Premier was easy for me, although, trying to export the video properly was a little tricky. What I would do different is instead of doing the same idea for everyone, have two or maybe three different ideas for the video to get more variety upon critiquing the videos as a class. Also, have "assigned jobs". One person is the director, one is the editor, and one be the "actor". See how this can be a bad idea, but gives students a chance to experience what it is like to be an actual director, or editor.
The project was to type our name into Adobe illustrator using a serif typeface. Our next step was to label the different parts of the typeface that we saw in our name as well as label the baseline, x-height, and caps height. We were then told to use arrows to point at the part we were labeling. 
