Digital Story Reflection (:

 

Jessica Cabral Ponte

Period 2/ December 10, 2010

Digital Media

                                                  Digital Story Reflection 

   

             The assignment was to make a digital story about anything that we wanted to do. What i was to told to create was a story line, and it was what we wanted to do it on. The rules were that we had to make a movie based on what we wanted. We had to record, but it had to be appropriate. If we added music to the back the song needs to be appropriate as well. We must had to add transitions, and add effects to the video. 

            My digital story was about singing and how Amy morales told me to go for my dreams. My pictures first started when I'm in school, and I'm talking about how i am shy, but not really. When i get on that stage and Amy and I start to sing all the nerves go away. And i feel like I am not myself but someone famous. Also It shows that i love singing, and that it brings me happiness. You can look at my expression when i sing. I smile, because all my anger and unhappiness goes away. Music is my life, and I'm going to be a singer.

        I picked this story because Amy Morales was the one that inspired me, if it wasn't for her i wouldn't have the guts i have now to get on stage and perform. She was the one that reminded me that music was a part of me. She was the one that told me i was good, and coming from a talented young singer as her, it made me believe that i can be a singer if i try hard enough. And that was the most greatest day of my life when she told me i had a beautiful voice, she told me that i can't just sit there and wait for it to happen, i have to go for it. And she is right, now look at me, i can perform and i know I'm good. No one can take that away from me.

       Looking at the rubric i think i did very well, i have everything that the teacher listed. I have transitions and effects and also i have voice in it. My pictures match everything, and it shows a story. I like using Imovie because it was something new and not photo shop. And also was a little challenge witch was good. Using the Imovie was a little difficult because i was absent when the class had taken notes, but i was the one of the first one finished. My experience with digital media was fun and i loved it. It was something that i wouldn't expect to be fun, but i was wrong. I think i can use this in the future, when i go off to college and i have an assignment i can WOW them using this program to make it look great.

Photos of Singing(:

Photographic Truth(:

                                                Photographic Truth Reflection

            The assignment was that we had to pick a topic that we wanted to put ourselves in. And make us look like we are part of the picture. The steps I took to do this project was that first, I had to find pictures of the twilight saga, because that was my topic, I had to take pictures of me, as if I was in the scene and, make myself look like a vampire. Then I had to cut myself out my pictures and put myself in it and also make it look real. The phrase photographic truth mean is pictures that make you look like you were really in it. To look up photos I used www.google.com I had to pick some of the photos that are huge in order to make my six photos.

            My book is about me being a vampire, so I chosen the twilight saga.  So I made myself look like I was really in it. The images I picked were a twilight quote from the book, also the movie. And it had the hands on the book. Another picture I have was me and Edward. I’m looking back and he is looking forward. I chosen that picture because I kept hearing all the time I look like Bella in the movie.  And most of them I have pictures, with Edward. Its either in a scene or with the characters from twilight.

            The tools I needed for this project was, I hat cut it. Also fix the color of the photo. Brighten it a bit. The website I used to create my pictures to look like a vampire is www.picnik.com. This website has so many things to choose from. I also used a tool to take out unwanted characters. I also used the color bucket to change a background color. I used the flip horizontal tool, to flip it a way I need it to be. I used transform scale so I can change sizes of my photo, if I was big or to small.

          My theme is vampires , from the twilight saga.  I chose this theme, because most people said I look like Bella in the movie. And also I wanted to pretend if I was in the movie myself. I also love the books, and the movies. I am a fan of the twilight saga. So doing this project was fun to do. It was a great learning experience to do this. And I like vampires, my images says everyone has dreams of being something they can’t. But if you dream, you can always live in your fantasy.

           

            I learned that anyone can make photos that look so real, like your really in it. And that there is a tool you use to take out unwanted characters or things you have in your photo. This was fun to do, I really enjoyed this project. I did find this project a little hard, then what we did so far because you have lots of steps to take and remember. I do think that I was successful, in this project. I wouldn’t do anything differently. I like my project the way it is. I created it and I’m proud of it. I really can’t wait to do another project for digital media class. I’m look forward to doing another project.  If I had to do this project over maybe I would pick something more easy to do.