Cracking the code

Hello everyone! Im back from fall break, a new quarter and a new project! We are focusing on coding while we are going to be doing our group project, but i'll get into that later. So one of the questions Mr. Sanderl asked was "Do you think everyone should learn to code & why?" I think that it is very important to learn how to code because it is used in our everyday life, almost every device has a small computer chip that is coded to make that device work. Although coding is not for everyone. If you are interested in learning coding check out coding.org it has a whole bunch of different lessons to learn from! I am excited to learn more about coding because I think it will be very useful and maybe I will get good at it and make a career out of it.

My first experience with coding was a bit difficult, it took a lot of focus to learn where to put the blocks. I am really glad that I learned because if I wanted to I could possibly make a career out of it! The first time coding is going to be hard so if you're going to try it out you should keep that in mind. I enjoy coding honestly, it's definitely getting more and more difficult to do but it's fun! I hope that I can continue to do well in coding.

If I could produce a program it would be an amazing experience, I would make an app that would work as kind of a personal assistant. You would be able to schedule anything and have this "assistant" remember all of the information you gave it. The assistant would be similar to Siri but would remember everything and help you solve your daily problems. I know that producing an app like this would be incredibly difficult but if I have do decide to try I would hire someone to help out. My app would not cost a lot of money, the most it would cost would probably be $2.00. I'm all about cheap apps, I mean who wants to spend $5.99 on an app you might not even like, so I would have a free demo that you could download to make sure it's worth the investment.

My Humorous Monologue

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Hello everyone! I have learned a lot during the filming and editing in this project. It's a struggle for me to figure out how to edit everything correctly, we had a few people that have been in this program for a couple of years come up and show the class how to edit properly but it's a lot to remember. Although using iMovie is not completely easy to use, i'm sure I will get used to it and eventually be great at editing footage. Another thing that I have learned is that coming up with something funny is a lot harder than it looks, especially when you are put on the spot. I had to really think hard to get my joke/monologue in play, I spent about 2-3 days just trying to find something funny and make it into a joke plan.  Another thing that I learned is that remembering pad is hard! I am happy that I am getting this experience and I am happy that I am learning a lot from this program. 

So what is pad? you're probably wondering. Okay so pad is the five seconds you put in front and at the end of a video. You do this because the camera usually takes a moment to start recording, so if you just immediately start talking your voice may get cut off. Pad is very important when making a film, because if you were shooting something important and didn't use the 5 seconds before or after then your important footage wouldn't show up. Remember to use pad, trust me it will make a difference!

I definitely had a hard time with planning this project. Figuring out when you can film and figuring out how much more you have to film is difficult and takes time. I know that I could've done better and I know that if we ever do a project like this again that I have room for improvement. I got pretty good scores for the class critique. If we were to do a project similar to this I would like to try working with a partner.  Although I didn't make it into the finalist I am glad that I did pretty good.