I created an action short using iMovie that was 1:30 long. The goals of this project were to entertain people and have fun, but I wanted to learn how to edit as well.

Step by step process:

1. Plan out what the short film was going to be about

2. Cast friends as characters

3. Meet at a spot to record footage

4. Begin choreography movements and director placements

5. Begin recording (about 3 hours of collecting footage)

6. Plan out editing style and use whatever software is the best

7. Edit footage collected

Successes were, finishing the project and getting desirable footage. Failures were just retakes. Someone didn’t do something the right way, or the way I wanted them to, so we would have to retake certain footage, not mass amounts though. I learned how to imagine and brainstorm when it came to creating visual content. I became pretty confident with editing but not very great at it. I’m still learning a great deal and I know very little about it. I think the project itself doesn’t look the greatest but I used everything I knew about editing on this short film and I am very proud of that. I learned that I am good at directing and that people listen to what I have to say, most of the time, because I have a loud voice. If I could do this project differently I would start the recording process earlier. For anyone else doing this project I would say, don’t take the time that it takes to record for granted, because it’ll bite you later on in the project. Instead, record very early on so you have the footage you need in order to finish the project. The medium chosen added more depth and everydayness to the short film. This project has inspired me to learn a lot more about editing and encourage myself to excel at it. All of the sound effects were from iMovie on the Mac.

I take Media and Design and for this class, we did a project that consists of making a website. This isn’t my first time making a website I actually took this class twice so this was good for me because I was experienced. Instead of editing my current website I decided to start from scratch. In this new creation, I hoped for it to be better than the original. The original wasn't visually appealing so I decided to change it so my audience can see better, in addition to, having moving backgrounds. If you’re planning on making a website keep it simple because if you make your website too fancy people might not be able to concentrate on one thing. In the future, I hope to do art like drawl and use that in this class somehow.

https://joconnor107.wixsite.com/mysite-1

What I created in my project, are my four pages. My home, about, project, and resume page. In my about page I have all important information about me. Then my project page is with just a couple of projects I did the year before. Lastly in my resume page, I added my work experience and some information about my education. What I did to complete my project was to find pictures with me and my friends, also find important projects that were enjoyable that I liked. What I learned is how to use my time wisely and how to be more organized. If I could do the project over again I would add more pages and try to use time wisely. I am inspired to do work more ethically. 

https://jasminester.weebly.com

This is a Digital Portfolio where I can display information about me and showcase some of my best works. In completing this Digital Portfolio I had hoped that I would have created  an easily accessible, professional platform in which I could represent myself to the world. This is precisely what I have achieved. In order to build a successful website, I first had to choose the best website creator for me. My Weebly website showcases all the necessary features. The process of creation for my website consisted of, using the elements available and writing brief explanations about myself and my work. An obstacle I encountered in completing my project was having to switch websites in the middle of the project.The Wordpress format wasn't working for me. But that was easily resolved. However, a success was the ease of revising my website because I was happy with the original design. One thing I have learned was how to write a resume.

Although this project taught me a lot, I cannot say that I am an expert. One thing I learned about myself was that I have an abundance of photos, none of them seem to be professional though. If I were to do this again, I would probably make sure I took better photos and spent time gathering information on myself to see what it is I did because I feel that my resume lacks substance. That would have to be my advice to others completing this project. Find substance. It’s hard to create a website if you have nothing to put on it. This project inspired me to complete more projects so I can put them in my website. I feel as if in this project, the message dictated the medium. A website was the best way that I could express myself and have it so that it is easily accessible to the world.

In Media Design class for our Q1 project, we had to create a portfolio website. My portfolio website has a white background with purple and black writing. I wanted the project to show the type person I am. My writing font is fun and different and I want my audience to know that’s me. My goals for the project was to tell you who I am, tell you what I like and what I’m interested in. my process i took was fairly simple, first I want to add pictures, I wanted to show people me as a baby to now. I think I typed a small paragraph about myself so they can know me a little bit. I talked about my hobbies, the kind of person I am, my age, grade, school and my birthday. The failures I have is that I'm not very good at building a website, I wish I could've made it more creative. The tips I would give others would be to show who you are, not what you think someone else wants to see. This project inspired me to be true to myself and the type of person I am, to let anyones opinions sway me to be someone different. Also to always love myself. The one thing I would do different would be to get a different type of layout. I would’ve picked something more professional and classy, something that reflects me.

For the media and design project I created a website all about me. I made 3 pages consisting of About Me,Title Page, and a Projects page. I used Weebly to make my website and began with a title page. My title page was basically a picture of me and introduced my website. I then moved on to making my About me page where I put all cool facts about me and my hobbies. I feel like it is very interesting and people will enjoy my about me page to learn things about me. I learned the basics of working and creating a website. Some problems I have were at first the website took some getting used to. It started to be difficult changing everything because you start with a template and have to change everything. Also some of my pictures were very blurry and I had to edit and change them to be less blurry. Overall It was a good experience learning how to make a website and I feel like having a website about me can let people know more about me.

https://camilo19.weebly.com