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For this unit we did about Mash ups of remixes. Our unit Question is does copy right hinder or cultivate creativity.

So for this project I made a remix, my remix was based on the song Scary monsters and nice spirits by Skrillex. So what I did was added some other sound effets and also rearranged the song. That may sound like a easy thing to do but to do this you have to first know what tools you are going to use, and next you have to feel comfortable using that tool because if you not comfortable you would not be able to use that software as much as possible. So the tools I used is GarageBand, because I was doing a remix I thought this was the best tool to use.

My Strength was to crop the song and add a new sound track or a sound effect. I thought that was my strength because I was comfortable doing that and I frequently used that skill for my remix.

My weakness is to get the good rhythm, I thought every time I added a new sound effect on it just sounded worroble becasue it did not match the beat of the melody. I would have a hard time every second  because the beat would not match or the melody is not right. So I think my biggest weakness is rhythms.

To improve I think I wound have a song with a strong bass so it is easy to keep up with the tempo and the melody. I would use a song that is not dupstep or tech-no and later change the song to dubstep or tech-no, because I think that is what remix and mash up is really about.

1)   Include the work you did as a historian for the generations project? What did you have to do? What challenges did you find? What was your message?

What I did was i found information about my family one by one asking them question. For my dad I had To translate the questions because he does not speak english, but the most difficult part was asking my grandparents, my grandparents are from Canada and they are still living in Canada. Unfortunately Canada and Japan has a 13hour time difference  also they are not good with technology so they do not understand how to use skype or facebook, and the thing thats really annoying is that it was cow branding season so they were out of town. so it took me day until I got a hold of them.

2) How might technology change the way history is recorded and remembered?

I think from technology a lot of history became easier to record and collect because of technology

1.  Are there certain ideas, or social messages, that influence the kinds of photos that girls typically post? How might these attitudes affect the kinds of photo comments girls post amongst themselves?

I think the the girls wanting to do the new thing like the duck face, the duck face it a girls thing and all the girls or a lot are wanting to do those things

2. Are there certain ideas, or social messages, that influence the kinds of photos that guys typically post? How might these attitudes affect the kinds of photo comments guys post amongst themselves?

i dont know

3. Are people aware of their online images? Do they try to make themeslves look certain ways? Why or why not?

i think they do because girls want to have the pretties or the cutest because they want to look good. Also they put some effect on there DP so I do think they want to look in a certain way.

4. Do we have different expectations for how girls and guys should look or act online? If so, where do we learn these attitudes? If not, why not?

I think for girls they want to be cute and nice and wanting to be a good person but I think guy are just how they are so they do not care who’s looking

5. How aware are you of how you comment on other people’s photos? Do you think this differs for guys and girls?

Before I was not aware of the comments i make and type but now I am more aware of what I type because I think I should be careful. I think it is different for guys and girls because  guys make more smarter comments and guys make better burns but girls are more emotional

From music a lot of young people got rebellious, and the main reason for a lot of those are the new types of music, every decade a new type of music will form, it could be rock metal heavy metal dubstep, but every time when those music came out the young people got the new music influence and be came rebells. From rebells all kinds of thing change example clothing make up even how they think. The older people may think that they were not crazy and rebellious when they were young but when metal came out a lot of the young people were rebellious and were out of control and also thought different form there parents.

In drama Class we did two types of speeches one was a 1 minute speech and it was a impromptu speech and the other one was a persuasive speech

8A Drama: Impromptu Speech from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Drama 8A: Persuasive Speeches from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

I think that I need to improve my vocal  like I should speak loud and clear, I felt this way on both of my speeches. My pitch does go up in down in both if  my speeches and that made the speech sound uncomfortable. On my persuasive speech I am moving uncomfortably and  I think that I should stand still when I talk. Because of this I looked like I was not concentrated and was not professional

1.) I think my best speech was the second one because I sound better and the second one sounded like I knew what I was talking about and the other one sounded like I had not clue what I was talking about. Still both of them I was not standding straight and look weird.

2.)I think I should improve on my tone, pitch and body language. I chose these because these three think stood up in my speech. The Reason why I should work on boby language is because my body language was not good and I was not standing straight and this is important to a speech because from my body posture you can tell if I am ready for the speech or not. If I have a sloppy posture I look unprofessional and not nice.

3.)I think Hakkon’s speech was captivating because he had a lot of numbers to state the facts, also he had great source of information about this topic. His topic was very persuasive and it was a modern topic which everybody can relate to it. Haakon also said he speech very well, he had good confidence and power to the speech it self. Overall Hakkon’s speech was very persuasive.

1. Appearances and deception are a common theme in literature, how does Hinton demonstrate this?

 she said that the greasers had long greasy hair and said they didn’t wash there hair that make it sound like they did not has a proper place to was there hair 

2. Do narrators always tell the truth? Is Ponyboy a reliable narrator?

No. A lot of these books the narrator has it’s  own perspective and sometime

3. Is The Outsiders relevant to you? Can you relate to it? Why or why not?

 I think I could relate to some parts because the characters are the same age as me, I am not living like them and I do not know what they know. Also I am not as poor as the are.  

4. Should The Outsiders be taught in school? If so, at what grade level?

 I think it is a great idea for school to teach this book because the story characters is in our age and by this we could relate to the characters. I think it could be good motivation because S.E. Hinton was 17 when she wrote this book and other students could write books. I think it is good for grades 8 and 9 

5. Who is your favourite character and why? Who is your least favourite? Explain your choice.

 my favourite character is Dally because he sounds tough and strong and he sounds like he is not afraid of anything and he is a real man that cares about others. my least favourite character is Bob because he drinks too much and he is a bad boy.  

6. Which character impacts you the most? What emotions do you feel for that character? Does he/she remind you of someone else you know? Of yourself? 

To me Johnny impact me the most because he is not so old but he does change a lot thought out the book and he acts like he is super tough but inside he is scared all the time.

Handball (also known as team handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper on each team) pass a ball throw it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minites, and the team that scores the most goals win. Modern handball is usually played in a gym or in door, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball. The game is quite fast and includes body contact, as the defenders try to stop the attackers from approaching the goal. Players can dribble the ball like in basketball and can take 3 steps. They can also pass using, chest pass and bounce pass. Players are only allowed to be in possession of the ball for 3 seconds before either passing or shooting at goal. The game has different phases. Firstly a team needs to gain possession of the ball and this usually occurs with the goalkeeper. The objective is to turn defence into attack. The next phase is moving the ball to your opponents goal. The next phase is to get into a scoring position. No players are allowed inside the D zone. However, every player is allowed inside the F zone. Fouls occur when players use excessive force and play is re-started with a free pass. Players do not have a limited amount of fouls.

Drill#1

A simple drill with two lines of players and another player standing in the middle.

The player at the front of the line passes the ball to the player in the middle and then sprints towards the goal.

The player returns the ball, passing the ball in front of the runner, for them to run onto and shoot with a quick shot

Drill#2

Two players that are it and there is one ball between them, they have to tag other people but you have to have the ball in your hands to tag the other players, when you tag them that player becomes it as well

In drama class we did a short skit about the difference class of people one person has lower power and the other is stronger

8A Drama: Status from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

What skills did I use in the scene work?

I used my body a lot and I did a very uncomfortable movement so I can show my body work better. THe reason why I over play this is because I had to show what I was doing in a room with no props and that is not easy, so if you use you body in a extrem way then people can under stand what you are or were trying to do.

What was my approach to creating status/character in the scene? What needed improvement?

I think I was not completely in my character because I did not have enough time to  practise and that effect my act. I was trying to act greedy and not nice because my character is a greedy man that did not know his limits and by that he lost his character. It was hard because I do not know how should I act because I never met a person like that or saw a person like that.

How could I use these skills in characterization?

I could use the S.W.A.T. this is a acting trick very important and if I had this in my head all the time I believe that I could done a better job.

8A Drama: Character Formative from YIS Arts on Vimeo.