To say the least, GCT was probably one of my favourite classes this year. I loved the fact that this class took place inside a classroom, and sometimes it was outside when we went on our little walks and field trips where we could put what we learned into use. I could definitely see myself using a lot of the things I learned in the future, like using typography when making a presentation to make important points stand out. Before I took this class, I barely knew anything about cameras but I always thought that the idea of taking pictures and making them look better using Photoshop was exciting. I also learned how to take better photos with the right settings and adjustments, even the different angles photos could be taken at. And if I didn't like the way they turned out I could always use an editing program or website to do something different. What I liked the most was that almost all the time, we were free to do what we wanted in terms of making things look great. I'll definitely miss this class, and the unique ways Mr. Harbeck taught us to do thingsヾ(●⌒∇⌒●)ﾉ
Sunday, June 15, 2014
To say the least, GCT was probably one of my favourite classes this year. I loved the fact that this class took place inside a classroom, and sometimes it was outside when we went on our little walks and field trips where we could put what we learned into use. I could definitely see myself using a lot of the things I learned in the future, like using typography when making a presentation to make important points stand out. Before I took this class, I barely knew anything about cameras but I always thought that the idea of taking pictures and making them look better using Photoshop was exciting. I also learned how to take better photos with the right settings and adjustments, even the different angles photos could be taken at. And if I didn't like the way they turned out I could always use an editing program or website to do something different. What I liked the most was that almost all the time, we were free to do what we wanted in terms of making things look great. I'll definitely miss this class, and the unique ways Mr. Harbeck taught us to do thingsヾ(●⌒∇⌒●)ﾉ
As this year is quickly coming to an end, looking back to the beginning of the year only seems fair. I've gained skills and knowledge that I wouldn't have expected I would be decent at. Taking my own pictures and having people comment on it has allowed me to work with it and make them better. Learning how to use Photoshop Elements and editing our photos was one of my favorites because we could play with it and make it our own and as unique as possible. When the video part of the year came in, I wasn't as excited but it proved to be very entertaining (stressful and slightly irritating at times, no doubt) and fun enough to do and film the things. The athletic video was pretty fun to make because we used almost everything like picture in picture and snap to beat. This class was my first choice last year and I am eternally grateful that I got to spend my last year doing things that flourished my creative side.
POINT AND SHOOT
DOUBLE
LEAVES
I HAVE A DREAM
THE LIFE OF PAUL STOP MOTION
I don't know if you could tell but, this was my favorite class this year. It dealt with typography (my favorite), photography, video recording, and editing. These were all very intriguing, as I'd to pursue a career in graphic communications. The different projects, such as the stop-motion movie, the MLK speech, an endeavor into Photoshop, the yearbook, and the graduation + athletic banquet video were all very interesting (but I really liked doing things in Photoshop and with typography :^)). I had fun learning the ways of iMovie, as I'd never really had a Mac before. I'll probably look into one later on, as the editing was fairly easy. I'll truly miss this class and the classmates, but most especially, the teacher! :^)
Friday, June 13, 2014
Year end reflection:
It's unbelievable how quickly the year has passed, yet I've learned a lot of useful things that I know will come in handy in the future. In the beginning of the year, I didn't even know how to use the cameras properly and took the most boring photos ever, but now I know all these different settings and techniques and even different ways to stand for taking better angled shots. I've also learned how to take those great photos and enhance them even further in Photoshop, where I did all sorts of neat things like bend text, fix colours, and add cool effects. Furthermore, I learned the art of good typography, which is something I've become quite interested in and will for sure put to use in the future. We've played with iMovie a lot, editing footage to make it look like we're talking to ourselves, having pictures transition to the beat of a song, and so on. Without a doubt, the whole year has just been such a colourful experience, and I hadn't realized just how much I've learned until I looked back at it all. I have absolutely no regrets in having chosen GCT as one of my classes this year.
I'm totally not late
1. The big message of the speech was racial equality; that beneath everyone's skin, no matter what colour, everyone was made equal, and should be treated so. Everyone deserves to be accepted, respected, and given rights and freedoms.
The slide/part of the speech that I found really important was "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character." because imagining four small, innocent children that have hopes to one day be accepted for what they hold inside, rather than be judged by their race, touched me. These children of his represent the future, and represent hope to him as a father.
2. I played with the size, colours, spacing between letters, spacing between lines, and tried all sorts of creative ways to place words to make my slides look interesting.
3. Since I plan to become an artist in the future, I'll definitely be using fonts creatively to create art that will, I hope, have impacting messages with eye catching typography. Also to use for school projects.
4. The most difficult part for me was that it was just so tedious having to put in the words to the ENTIRE speech and fix them up slide after slide after slide.
5. If I remember, I just went to file, save & send, and had it converted into a video. I had the help of people around, but you can't always rely on others. When in doubt, google it.
6. I would change this assignment by making some slides more unique and bold. I felt like at some point the slides got really repetitive and dull.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Year End Reflection:
This year in GCT went by really fast and it only feels like I've been here for a few months. I learned a lot from Mr. Harbeck and I enjoyed the stuff we did. In the beginning we learned about how to use a camera and experimenting how the pictures would turn out. We talked about the different functions of the camera and what it does. Then we started doing stop motions, it was really fun and everybody's was very creative. After we edited photos using Photoshop Elements. This was my favourite thing to do and I learned so much about it like how to use the tools such as the Orton effect. Then we had fun activities on doing videos such as picture in picture. There was so much we did and I'm going to miss all of it though the things I have learned this year I will use for the next years to come. I'm so glad that I picked this subject and it was very fascinating, interesting and exciting to be in this class.
Five best things I did this year:
Skatepark Photo:
Day in my life photo:
1st Stop Motion project:
Picture in Picture:
Fun Day Set:
My Reflection for this year:
This year in GCT was pretty good I learned variety of things such as how to control a camera because before I find it a bit confusing using those, but now I'm okay with it. And also those angles of the camera and how to take a picture with the camera such as "rule of thirds" and "composition". Now I used these camera angles when I take photo (sometimes). And I learned a lot of things on imovie, it was a fun time editing on imovie and now I know how to work imove. Then I also learnt stuff from editing on Photoshop. Now I can edit properly with the picture I can take in the future. GCT was a great class, I learnt a lot from it and I hope I learn more next year. Im also wanting to learn how to work a video camera for next year maybe.
Skatepark Photo:
Day in my life photo:
1st Stop Motion project:
Picture in Picture:
Fun Day Set:
My Reflection for this year:
This year in GCT was pretty good I learned variety of things such as how to control a camera because before I find it a bit confusing using those, but now I'm okay with it. And also those angles of the camera and how to take a picture with the camera such as "rule of thirds" and "composition". Now I used these camera angles when I take photo (sometimes). And I learned a lot of things on imovie, it was a fun time editing on imovie and now I know how to work imove. Then I also learnt stuff from editing on Photoshop. Now I can edit properly with the picture I can take in the future. GCT was a great class, I learnt a lot from it and I hope I learn more next year. Im also wanting to learn how to work a video camera for next year maybe.
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