2016 ASPIRATIONS

One of my five goals that I will try to accomplish in 2016 is to eat better foods like salad instead of sweets. Another one of my goals is to keep my grades up for the rest of my 7th grade year, so far I haven't gotten a grade lower than a B. Working out and running more is definitely an important goal to accomplish in 2016. I also want to do something good for myself and surf more often in new and different spots. And my last goal is to be more organized in school and out.

My most important goal out of the five would have to be to be more organized in school and out. I think organization was hard for me in 2015 so I definitely want to try to improve. Also its very important for me to be organized at this point in my life because i have a lot going on especially in school. This is very important skill in everyones life so I really hope that this will help me in 2016.

Steps to organization aren't to easy so I am going to have to commit to this. the first step is to clean and organize all of my school work, on computers, in books and in folders. Next step is to organize and clean everything outside of school which would be at home, in the car and in the yard. My last step is to stay organized from then on and keep everything neat and tidy. I really think that this is going to make 2016 a really easy year for me.

Scratch Game Design

User experience definitely influenced the way made my Scratch game because this was a project that the whole class would see. I needed to impress them with something creative and fun to play. Based off off that i tried to find the most creative characters possible. I also checked out all of the backgrounds and music to find a creative one.  My GT teacher was also going to see this so i had to follow the requirments.

I think that my two games are very different but the same in some ways. For example, one way that they are the same is that I used the some of the same codes for them like the arrow keys code. One way that I think they are different is that the Platform game I had to make a lot more sprites than my chase because i needed to have the platforms, the box, the ground, and the sprite that the player controls (Monkey). 

The most advanced code out of my games would have to be falling which was included in the plat former game. This code included 2 data blocks (Gravity, Velocity). This definitely took a while. The biggest bug was also in my plat former game, it was jummping, falling and staying on the plat forms. I think out of all my games the plat former game was the hardest for me.

Invention Comercial

P2T5_Invention from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

The main goals for my team in this assignment was to make the class laugh while telling what our invention does. Also to get in the top three best commercials out of the class, and we were successful with that because we got second... that was a big accomplishment for us!Another goal we had was to make everyone that watched it feel like they had to get our product or that they couldn't live without it. 

I think the best team that we had was after filming and was not on camera, it was our little secret moment. So what happened was that Blossom, Wailana and I went for a sunset surf at the Hanalei Pier and that was really fun. I swear we were out till like 7 pm just surfing our hearts out! I gotta say there were a lot of other little moments where we just started bust laughing at the weirdest things... I think I had the best group that EVER!!

During post production editing all of us had different jobs. Wailana was in charge of cropping and cutting all of the videos to perfection. Blossom was in charge of the sound and lighting and making sure there wasn't any dark, shaky, or super bright shots. I was in charge of the transitions and making all of the shots switch smoothly. We all contributed in helping to find the perfect back round music that matched our commercial. 

Composition Scavenger Hunt

 I think the most important composition technique is the Rule of thirds scenery because there are a lot of pictures that contain this composition. In my class rule of thirds (scenery) was the easiest to get... thats good because now we can point out all of the pictures by famous artists that are rule of thirds scenery. This is a really important composition technique because it can be used in all types of photography. It also makes pictures more engaging and better balanced.


Leading lines was the most difficult composition technique for my class and I because it was hard to find a perfect spot where there was leading lines. Although, there was a lot of places that had leading lines it was hard for my class to step back and look where all of the lines were leading. Another problem with leading lines is that it also required an object where the lines were leading and i guess it was hard for my class and I to put the object in the right place.


Teamwork was a very important skill in this project. This project was about finding out new positions and techniques about filming. Each teammate had her own job... Blossom and wailana were the actresses in each scene. I was the editor, I edited all of the videos to their finest. So without teamwork we wouldn't of been able to complete this project.

Cracking the Code

I think that everyone should learn how to code no matter what they plan on doing or what job they have. Why? Because what if your job started using technology, you would be one step ahead. Also its just good to know how to code. What if you wanted to make your own website, you would know how to create and personalize it. Code will pop up eventually in your life so it would probably be a good idea to start learning, if already known train. Everyone should learn how to code!

The first time I ever used code was when I was in 5th grade in Kilauea Elementary.  I have to say it is confusing at first but it helps if you are patient. I definitely had a hard time figuring out  which direction was which and how much to turn. It wasn't just me that was confused everyone in my class was confused at the time.  But once you get used to it it gets addicting and you just want to keep learning about it. That's what happened to me!  This was probably one of the most fun computer classes that I ever had in Kilauea School!

If I could design a program or game it would be a surfing game. The game would be called surf how you like. The game would work with three different controls, up down, right left and tricks. In this game you could customize your character and their surfboard. You could also pick a different surf spot when you complete  each level. To complete a level you would have to complete new tricks.

My Humorous Monolouge

BriganteK_Comedy from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.


During this project I have learned about several different tools or strategies. One of them were imovie. Imovie is how you can put clips together to make a movie. Also I learned how to work two different kinds of cameras which can both be used for taking pictures and videos.  This project taught me how to do a laughing GIF which is 5 photos of yourself and maybe another person laughing in a sequence. The order of the sequence was serious face, then smiling a little, suprised face like you got the joke, laughing, and lastly going crazy laughing. Another great tequnique that I learned from this project was videoing skills like where to set up, how to put it down and how to Learn the functions within it.

Pad was definitely a big part of filming this project. What is pad? Pad is like a one second long extension to the beginning and end of our videos. Pad helps with the problem of the last or the first word being cut off. It's good to prevent this because that word could make your whole sentence make sense or it could be the last inspiring word! Pad was also one of the most important things that was taught during the video insrtuctions so you automatically know its important.

I think one weakness of mine would be using the camera and all of the buttons on the camera. I dont know why but for some reason that was confusing for me. I think i could improve this by really resaerching and studying the different cameras that I used.I also had trouble editing the movie once it was all imported into my computer. Even though editing was one of the most fun things in this project it was a little challenging. I think I could improve this by maybe adding different affects,  Maybe they wouldn't be as hard to work with

Comedy Writing

  Sense of humor is an important trait because it's a way to break the ice in a awkward conversation or if you just share a story you have in a humorous way. If you don't have humor or a funny side in you could be boring at times. Another reason why a a sense of humor is important is because you could use it in writing too! If you use your humor in writing I feel that it helps you relate to readers more.

Well 5 tips on writing a joke are... First think of a theme or idea. You should listen to other people's joke to get some more ideas. You can also do some research on writing jokes and follow those steps. When writing a joke have a paper and a pen or pencil. You may find that some jokes include making fun of things that you do everyday like brushing you hair or teeth. Write any idea you have on paper so you won't forget and you can use it later.

So my comedic monologue is about when I was 3 and I stuck a bean up my nose. This story is funny because pretty much everyone has done something weird or awkward like this before, so they can relate. Also because people love to laugh at other people fails and struggles. My comedic monologue is like that kind of comedy. It was also funny because my mom didn't believe me because i was only three at the time. Hopefully my classmates will laugh at this. :)