Lyrical Livelihood

My favorite song is "Gotten" by Slash. The lyrics in the song make me feel understood in my current predicament of life, which has to do with feels. When I listen to Slash or this song, I always think better, and that helps me sort out my emotions. It's a great song for thinking about things and making decisions, and that;s why I like it.

The song we're doing for our project is "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands, and "Ramble On" is one of my favorite songs by them. We picked this song because it's catchy, loud, fun to use, and a legendary rock concert.  Ramble On is a relatable and exciting song about a guy who was cheated on and is trying to find a better girl who's worth his time.

The visual story of our music video is telling the tale of a guy who was cheated on and seeks a better partner. Because we only have 90-120 secs available, we're going to change it to have the main character already suspect cheating. Our music will tell the tale of poor Aedan suspecting and discovering that his beloved Kiara is cheating on him with me, and how he seeks to achieve the fair maiden Ana.

"Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin.

Our Animation Story

In my group, my team did a story on Kiara's past, when she was moving to Kauai. We started off with our first scene being a Stykz animation of her stretching in gym and being called outside and getting asked to help her teacher gather the important papers for her leaving. The second scene was them doing so using stop-motion animation. The third scene was her being surprised by a goodbye party for her, done with more stop-motion animation. The fourth scene was her friends carrying her to a car and her leaving in the car, and this was done using PhotoShop stop-motion animation. The fifth and final scene was her leaving on a plane and opening a letter sent by her friends to let her know that they still care about her and miss her.

Our focus statement was "Kiara Receives Party" and this tells the truth considering the entire story is about a party that was made for her by her friends before she left. The point of this story is to show that your friends care about you and that can't be broken even by completely moving where you live, and this is shown through her friends' letter to her. This is our way of helping the audience understand the moral of the story.

Our best moment as a team was near the end when we were completely synchronized in our work and trying desperately to meet or exceed the requirements. This was our best moment because we worked together perfectly. Our worst moment was when none of us had certified jobs and we didn't know which parts each of us should work on. This was the worst part because it was chaotic.

I was not satisfied with the results below, and I hope to do better in the future.

Animation Outtakes

Recently, our G.T. teacher, Mr. Sanderl assigned us a new project. We're supposed to make an animation that describes a life event of one of our team members. My team members are Iris, Aedan, Kiara, and me. All of the people in my team have cool facts about them. Iris enjoys anime and can read some Japanese. Aedan's favorite food is pizza, and his favorite novel series is Dragonlance. Kiara is a female gamer, which is rather rare. Kiara also a secret passion for Netflix. I am very good at basically all ranges of video games, and have a secret passion for the Soul's series of video games.

What is stop-motion? A stop-motion animation is an animation done with stop-motion. Stop-motion is taking a picture and then moving the object of imaging and taking another picture to show the motion. What is a .GIF? A .GIF is a short video or animation that loops and plays infinitely.

Our story for this assignment was on Kiara, and it was about a going-away party thrown for her by her friends when she was moving. You should care because it is a clear example of the bonding between friends that occurs naturally in society. Even though she moved thousands of miles away, they continued to stay in contact and be friends.