Hi guys! Today is officially the last week of the blogging challenge. This year was a lot of fun!
My favourite challenge would have to be week 5. I really like music so this gave me a chance to rant and talk a lot. If you read my about page you should know that this is my second year doing the blogging challenge. Personally I liked this year better for a few reasons. The first is because I now actually know how to blog. Last year I was still figuring that out which made these challenges a lot more of a hassle. I am really glad that the challenges didn’t repeat so there was a new thing every week and the mystery really made it exciting. I was able to complete all of the challenges and had a lot of fun though I would be lying if I said I completed all of them in time. If anything I think that it would be interesting if there was a challenge that was a collaborative one that you did with a partner. Other than that to be honest I don’t really have any criticism.
I will definitely keep blogging, probably mostly for school but I will defiantly try to get out and find more things to write about. I would definitely encourage other people to try this challenge because it’s fun and a great way to connect with other people.
It is currently November! And you know what that means? Christmas is coming! Hi guys, today I will be talking about the holidays. Now, my family isn’t actually that big in celebrations but we still have a lot of fun. My family really only celebrates the main holiday’s: Christmas, Birthdays, and Halloween (if you count that). Like I said, we aren’t too big on celebrations. Last year, we almost forgot about Christmas.
Like most people, we celebrate by getting a tree, decorating it, and opening presents. Each year, around 2 weeks before, we write up a list of things that we want/need. Then, that list is hung up near the dining room so that everyone can look at them for reference. Then each of us buys one or 2 things for each family member. Most of the time, we don’t actually stick to the list but it’s there if we can’t think of anything. Last year, we had the list up, but everyone was really busy so it wasn’t really our major focus. I didn’t buy my gifts until almost the day before. After present swapping, we usually go skiing or just do our own thing for the day. However, on Christmas Eve is when we always have our big Christmas dinner. This is because we have a tradition with a family friend of ours to go to church (though I’m not religious) and then to their house for dinner. This is always something we had done and after dinner us kids would go and watch a movie, though it’s not usually a festive one. We would hang out for a while until our parents stopped socializing, which usually takes a while.
Finally, here is a poem that I wrote about Christmas:
Week 4 is all about freedom. The freedom of choice. So what do I do with that freedom? Write about buttons of course! Let’s not question it. So let’s get into it!
What Are Buttons?
I’m sure that you are all wondering the same question. “What are these mysterious objects that you call buttons?” Well, I’m here to clear that mystery up for you. Button are usually round object used to hold clothing together. The formal definition is that it’s a small faster that is used to hold 2 pieces of clothing together. Need a picture?
There you go! Seen them before? That’s cause they most commonly seen in fashion. Now, I’m not a fashion nerd myself, but I really like doing crafts, and buttons can be used in crafts.
History Of Buttons
So, where did this idea start? Well let’s go back to the
Do I like Buttons?
Yes, in fact I think that they are very useful although writing this post made me realize the lack of button that I actually have in my wardrobe. In terms of fashion, I’m not that great at keeping up with trends. I’m one of those people that chose comfort over appearance and usually cloths with buttons on them are fairly fashionable. Not to say that clothing without buttons aren’t.
Yes, I’m weird. So, what did you learn? Is there anything else I didn’t mention? Cool facts that you know? Comment and let me know what you think!
Hi guys! I am so excited for this week because it focuses on music. I may not have mentioned it but I love music. If you read my about page you will find that I love singing too. On top of that, I am in band and play the clarinet. So what will I be talking about? The clarinet of course!
The Clarinet
The clarinet is a wind instrument and is a younger instrument compared to the other. It is said to have been first invented by a Nuremberg instrument maker, Johann Christopher Denner. This was at the start of the eighteenth century. Now some of you may be reading this and is thinking “what are you talking about? Have you not seen the movies? There are clarinets that are made of bones! They’ve been around for so long, and your telling me that it’s young! What?” We’ll, sorry to disappoint but the instrument that you are thinking of is probably a Chalumeau which is more like a recorder and is used to play in lower registers.
By the way, for those of you who don’t know, the Clarinet is not actually a low register instrument. True, it can go low however, it can also hit the higher notes. The Clarinet is one of the highest instruments compared to its size. This is a little hard to explain so I apologize if it’s confusing, but I will do my best. Basically, there are many instruments that can play notes higher than the Clarinet (like the Flute) but the Clarinet can go very high for the size of the instrument. This means that the way that the air flows through the instrument changes allowing the instrument to have 3 different registers. The lower register, the high register, and the extreme register. The low and high register are exactly what they sound like; the low and higher version of the scale. The extreme register though, is even higher than the high register. I have been playing Clarinet for 5 years and I still can quite get into the extreme register. The extreme register it the really high notes, note as high as a Flute can go. You can make it sound pretty, but it can also just sound like a lot of screeching and squeaking that is not pleasant.
I can keep talking about this forever however, I’m sure I will bore you so I will move on. Alright so, who’s tired of all that writing? I sure am. In order to take a break I decided that I would make a playlist of songs. Basically, I have picked out 5 songs each from a different genre. Check them out below:
Genre: Country Artist: Eric Church Song: Some of it
Genre: Comedy Rock Artist: Axis of Awesome Song: Phones *explicit content at the end
Genre: Emo Artist: Benny Song: Little Game
Genre: Hip Hop Artists: Machine Gun Kelly, X ambassadors, Bebe Rexha
Song: Home
Genre: Chill Artist: Alec Benjamin Song: If We Had Each Other
I hope you enjoyed those songs! Comment which you liked best and tell me what song you like best. Finally, please take this survey that I created all about music! Come back next week for the results!
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I hope you guys learned something and has as much fun as I did while I was writing this post. If your also a music fan like me, please comment down below and I will be more than happy to talk to you! See you next week.
Hi guys! Today we will be talking about a really cool and some what tiresome project that I did for school. You can see the final product above. Our goal was, with our group, to recreate a short horror film called RUN! This was a hard thing to do because there were many steps that we had to take and the filming process took awhile. I was in a group with Kaden, Angelo and I. This was a pretty good group except for the fact that Angelo had to leave for a few days meaning that we had to film his parts first.
Of course before we could get to the fun part of actually filming we first had to watch the original video, make screenplays, storyboards, and call sheets. Honestly, I can’t count the number of times that we watched the original video to make sure that our remake was on point. The first thing that we did was take a personality test. This was done in order to find out our strengths and weaknesses so that we could work effectively ctivly in a group. I thought that this was really cool and a really fun thing to do. Then we made a screenplay which is basically of script of what you see and hear in the video. Luckily there was no dialogue in the film so we didn’t have to worry about that during the remake. Like any good teacher would do, our teacher then had us make a storyboard which is basically a drawing of what the screenplay is or an animated version. This include time signatures so that we know how long each shot is. And of course we have to make sure that everyone is good to film, has costumes and knows what’s going on which is when the call sheet comes in. I find that the screenplay is one of those things that is nessecary and convenient, but at the same time annoying and teadious to do.
Next was the actual filming process. This took awhile because we had to find a good location. This had to be a spot with a path, trees, and a log on the right side. Luckily we didn’t take too long finding the spot that we used. It took us a lot longer to film then we had originally thought due to the fact that it was raining. On top of that we hadn’t realized how popular the path that we used was. Every few minutes we would have to wait while a jogger passed by. However other than that, we were able to get the shots that we wanted thanks to the storyboard.
Then came the editing. The first time we got a roughly completed video, we ended up using the audio from the original video. However, since we were supposed to recreate the film, we also had to recreate the audio. In the end we also ended up retaking our shots after a peer critique session. It had been pointed out that we were missing a few shots and the timing was off in some clips. The only problem was that we didn’t have the same costume as before. In the end we had to retake most of our clips so that it looked like it was all shot at the same time and didn’t look weird. So in the end, we have, our final product!
Hi guys! Today I will be telling you all about my Alberta trip that I went on! This was the trip that I went on where I was making my video. You can learn more about that in my earlier post.That post was very specific to the assignment, now I get to talk about the trip.
We went from Vancouver to Alberta to Calgary making a few stops on the way. My top favourite places that we went to would probably have to be Beakerhead, The Worlds Largest Dinosaur, a Buffalo Ranch, and Lake Louise. That isn’t to say that the other places weren’t great, the view was absolutely stunning!
For those of you who don’t know, I am in a program called PLP which is a project based program that uses iPads in order to do our work. This means that we are in charge if managing our time so that we don’t get distracted. This also means no gaming. Not to say we don’t have games on our iPads, as long as we can control our impulsivity we’re ok. Now, on this trip we always had something to do so I didn’t really have to worry about gaming as much except for one place. The bus. There were times when we were on the bus for hours on end so I would be lying if I said I didn’t game at least once. However, there were also pictures to take and sadly, homework to do.
Each day we were given something called the Daily note. This was where we were given a question at the start of the day that we had to think about and find a way to answer by the end of the day. This was what usually occupied my time during bus rides but sometimes I finished early or I got too carsick to continue. So in the end I would take a break and somehow end up gaming for the rest of the ride.
One more thing that I had worked on for a lot of the transport time was something called the “ Ghost Town video.” One of our first stops that we did was a ghost town. This means that I had the rest of the trip to work on the editing and most of the time that was done on the road. Shoutout to Malaika, Thomas, and Anthony who worked with me on the video.
The main focus for this trip was to manage our impulsivity and to be aware of what is going on. As I have mentioned earlier, I definitely still need to work on the impulsivity by maybe setting reminders and going other work so that I can be ahead of the game. Another thing that I could’ve done was planned ahead a little more, saw which stop we were going to and make a list of some more shots that I can get. This ties into the other focus, which was being aware. If I had been more on top of looking for learning opportunities I think that I could have done better in my video and learning overall.
I would like to stress the fact that we had a busy schedule so while we were actually at our destinations you had to be aware and attentive or we could miss important details. I took lots of photos and videos too so that I could find things that I could use for my final assignment. All in all I had a great time and I highly recommend it if anyone plans on going!
Hi guys! Welcome back. This is week 3 of the blogging challenge, and this weeks topic is very interesting! This week is all about how to use photos properly. So I decided to create this poster that you all can use as reference when using photos online:
This shows you how to use photos legally and talks a little about how these things work.
Next we were told to make a few of our own images keeping these rules in mind. I found that this was defiantly very fun! I used an app called SuperimposeX and plain photos editing to make these photos;
Finally I decided to write a poem from these photos that I found at pixabay.com.
The dark of night is near
and the shadows move to hide their fear
the sun moves a little closer, we all will hold our breath
the silence then surrounds us in a world that’s not like ours
no sound can pierce this place
no light will change our ways
we look up with eyes clouded by long hours and long days
finally the time has come and we must look away
we can’t look without a filter, just like modern day
Hi guys! Sorry that it’s been awhile. Today I will be talking all about my newest project about place! I went on a 9 day trip to Alberta to try and answer the question; How does place impact who we are? Before I begin, I would like to say that the view there and the scenery is amazing! But I won’t be talking about it as much in this post. Instead I will be talking about how I made a video about how artists are impacted by place.
Are project was to create a video that answered our driving question through the eyes of our specific group. Mine was artists. Before I could make this video though, there were a few things that I had to do first. The first thing that we did, was create a creative something, whether it was a poem, a song, a short video, a drawing, anything, about how place impact us as individuals and the role that place has played in my life. Then we continued to do that except rather than make it about ourselves, we looked at how place impacts other people. I decided to write a paragraph reflection on how Bison are effected by the reintroduction project in 2013 through a social lens.
And just like that, we were off! Going on a 9 day trip, 216 hours, 12,960 minutes! That right there, is schooling at its finest. Now, while we were on this trip we had to do something called a daily note. This was basically a daily question that we kept in kind for the day and wrote a reflection on at the end of it. I really enjoyed this because it helped narrow my focus a little to make me understand the kind of shots that I wanted to take. By this I mean that every photo or video that I took on the trip, could be used in my video. This means that everywhere we went was an opportunity and that 5here was really no room for slacking off.
One of these places that I went to, that 8 personally really enjoyed was an event called Beakerhead. Beakerhead is an event that focuses on combing and expressing science and art. This for me, was a jackpot. The place was full of amazing art and artists and I got to see some amazing things. For example, I managed to get in a few interviews with the people there. The day we went was for the “ Spectral Illuminations”. This was literally a light show of art, and since we went at night, it was absolutely incredible!
Finally, I had enough materials to create my video. This took many drafts and a lot of consideration. I had a time limit for my video but I had a lot of information to fit into 4 minutes. After many hours of working, getting feedback and improving my video I finally came to a product that where I answered the driving question, and that I am proud of. So without further stalling, here it is!
Hello again! Today is a little continuing on my post Photos, everywhere! However, its a continuing on the project at school rather than the post itself. In my last post I talked about how I edited photos to make them, funny, comical, or just adding y own touch. This time we were supposed to do portraits. They could be of yourself, your family, friends or anyone else. We were supposed to do at least 1 self portrait, one portrait, and a before and after of an old photo. Check down below to see them. Make sure to comment and check out some of my other blog posts!
Above you can see the photos I took with different kinds of lighting, a cool angle, or just a self portrait. I really liked experimenting with cool lighting because it gave the photos different meanings and gave off a different feel. The angles were something that I thought was really interesting though, because it made you think of different ways to convey things through your photos.
This slideshow was a photo walk that I did ranging, from photos just from walking home, when I went hiking, or just walking near the pier. This was really cool because each of the photos of the different places were taken at a different time so it’s a little hard to compare. The photos from when I walked home from school was taken from 3:20-4, the photo from the pier were taken after 5 and the photos from the hike were taken in the morning. The theme in all of my photos, though is nature that is polluted by humans, so in every photo you can see evidence of human contact.
The before and after photo was probably the hardest thing to do for me because my family moved once and most of my photos were of places that are hard to go back to. Also, my mom didn’t want her face shown on the web, and didn’t like the idea of any of my other family members, on the web either. In the end, I wasn’t allowed to.
This is so far my most favourite project because I like taking photos. To finish this post I will leave you with a few photos I took just for fun.
Hey there, today I’m here to talk to you all about …. drum roll please! Photos! Today is all about a school project I did on how to take amazing photos. For this project we were tasked to take some photos and personalize them by bringing these photos to life with our own little touches. We were also told to take a photo walk with a theme. For example, all of my photos have a circle in the photo some where. However, that a topic that I’m addressing in my next blog post: snapshot!
Our assignment was to take an every day object and make it interesting by adding these personalizations. The photos that I took can be seen above. I used markup which is a feature that I have when I go to edit my photos. I simply added faces to my pictures and added a speech bubble. Tell me which photo you liked best in the comments below!
