Camera Shots/angles

  WALT: To take different camera shots and explain what the purpose of the shots are.

 This is mine and Kyra's slideshow on Camera Shots/Angels. Whaea Donna who is our cybersmart teacher came in today and was telling us about the slideshow before we took the photos. Once she finished we had to find a partner and go outside. We had to have 2 photos for the same thing. For example, we had to take 2 close up photos of each other. The shots and angles we had to do were close up, wide shot, mid shot, over the shoulder shot, worms eye view, birds eye view and panning. We couldn't do the panning one with our Chromebooks so Kyra just wrote what the purpose is. Our photos aren't the best but we still took them. One thing we could have done was taken the photo's better because the lighting wasn't good and we needed to use more emotions in our photos.  Have you ever had to take photos using those shots and angles?

Jim Dine Charcoal Tool Art

                                             Walt: Draw a tool in the style of Jim Dine.

This is my piece of art that is in the style of Jim Dine. Jim Dine is an artist that does lots of charcoal drawings. Mine is nowhere as good his art.
1: The first thing I had to do was get a piece of paper, a bit of charcoal and a tool or object. (I chose scissors)
2: Secondly I had to trace the scissors on the paper.
3: Thirdly I had to get my piece of charcoal and go over my scissors drawing with it.
4: After that I had to sort of scribble around the outside of the scissors with the charcoal.
5: Lastly I smudged it around.

One thing I could have done was made the outside of my scissors a bit darker. I also could have smudged it a bit better. The challenging part about this piece of art was that the scissors kept moving and it took me a while to do the outlines. Next time I do something like this I will make the outside darker.

Planning a screencastify

WALT: Plan a screencastify on how to attribute an image, how to get an image of explore and the difference between the two.
Next time I make a screencastify I think I should make sure no one else is talking around me because then it makes it harder for people to hear me.

These are the steps on how to do everything:

How to attribute an image:

1: To attribute an image off google you need to search up something in the search
engine and press enter.

2: Once you have done that there should be a box at the top that says “tools”. 

3:You then click on that and there will be a drop down box that says “usage rights”

4: Press “labelled for reuse”. Click on that and the images that you can reuse will be there. 

5:  Once you have done all of that find the image you want and on the side there will be a box that says

“visit”. If you click on it, it will take you to the site that has the author name, source and license.

How to get an image off explore:

1: To get an image of explore you need first need to find the little icon on the bottom right hand corner.
It is a little box with diamond looking thing inside of it.

2: Next you click on the box and search up something. For example I have searched “Emerald Lakes,
New Zealand”. 

3: Images that you can use will then pop up.

4: If you hover over the image there will be a little plus sign at the box

5: Click on the plus sign and the image you want will be on your page.

The difference between the two:

The difference between the two is that to get one off google images you have to
attribute it but if your getting one off explore you just have to click the button and it will come
up on your page. Using explore is way easier.

My Gabriel Moreno Art!

 WALT: Create an image in the style of Gabriel Moreno.

This is my Gabriel Moreno Art from the start of this term. The key features of this art we texture, light, dark and patterns. Before everyone in my class did Gabriel Moreno art we had to practice doing zentangle art so we could put some of it in our Gabriel Moreno art.
How I made this:
1: Mr Pickard had to take a photo of the side of my face.
2: I had to get the photo and a piece of paper.
3: I then had to go to a window with my photo and paper and trace my face onto the paper.
4: After that I started to draw zentangle patterns or any patters onto my face and around it.
5: I got a black pen and went around it and then finally I was done.
After lunch our teacher Mr Pickard would read a book to us for a couple of minutes while we would do our Gabriel Moreno art. I enjoyed doing this art alot but one thing I could have done was maybe made it a bit more dark and done some more interesting patterns. Have you ever seen Gabriel Moreno art or at least made your own piece of art in the style of it?

This is one of Gabriel Moreno's pieces of art that my teacher showed us to give us an idea on what to do. It has patterns on it and also it is Light and Dark in places. What do you think of his art?

Rugby League on Wednesdays!

WALT: Revise and create a Quality Blog Post about rugby league.
This term my class and some other classes do rugby league every Wednesday. These are two photos of some people in Totara class (my class) doing rugby league. The first couple of weeks we did rugby league training but last week and this week we did a game. The first game was on the field and it was tackle but since we're not allowed on the field today we played on the court but it had to be touch.

I always tell people not to throw the ball to me because then i'm just gonna throw it to whoever. Whenever people throw the ball to me I freeze and then take a few steps forward and then throw the ball to someone. We have two people that come in and teach us how to play. The man's name is Jim and I don't know the lady's name. When there was no music gear (which is for production) in the hall they taught us some ball skills. One of the drills I remember was when we had to pass the ball under and over. The lady got us into groups of 6 and we had to pass the ball over then under and the once the person at the front  passed the ball under or over had to run to the end and wait for everyone to pass and then it keeps going. One time we were playing on the field and the teams swapped sides and I forgot then someone passed the ball to me and I accidentally got a try for the other team. I got so embarrassed but I was laughing because it was sort of funny. In Term 3 there is going to be a tournament where we have to verse other schools in rugby league. I enjoyed doing the ball skills but not so much the actual games.I think I need to actually start running when someone passes me the ball. If it was netball I would definitely be trying to get the ball.
Have you ever played Rugby League before?

The Floating Dog!

WALT: Understand why we are writing.  This is my writing that is about an evil witch who makes dogs float high into the sky until her good sister stops her and make her fly. We could write anything we wanted such as Narratives, Letters, Poems and also a piece of persuasive writing. We had to make sure our spelling and punctuation was correct and that our writing made sense. We needed to understand why we are writing so we can see if our writing is to entertain people or persuade people etc. One thing I could have done was made my writing a bit more interesting and made it be more intense. What is your favourite things to write about?

My still life drawings!

Visual art: WALT use proportion and accurate outline.

Explain:

This term in Totara Class we have been doing still life drawings for our art. To make the hammer drawing I: 1: Searched up tools on the internet and selected the hammer photo. 2: Made the lines so my proportions are correct. 3: I then looked at the hammer on google and copied the outline of it. 4: Lastly I did the shading of the hammer. I did the same thing with the spoon but I actually used a real spoon. My drawings aren't that good but I just need to keep practising.  One thing I could have done was shaded my drawings a bit better and made it look a bit more real. 

What do you think is the easiest thing

 to draw for still life?