{"id":35,"date":"2018-10-12T18:21:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2018-11-01T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T23:02:34","slug":"conceptual","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/conceptual\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceptual"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Conceptual<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Conceptual Project, Juniors develop their abstract thinking and communication skills to answer the question,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;How can I use unconventional forms to express myself?&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This unit was all about pushing the limits of normalcy and breaking expectations to create interesting and original pieces of art.\u00a0 This unit also worked to teach students, myself included, how to use the new tools at our disposal, including photoshop, premier pro, and after effects, as well as cameras, tripods, and recorders.\u00a0 All this allows students to use the skills and tools available to create professional and creative works.\u00a0 Below are all the things I&#8217;ve accomplished and created in this short period of time.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poetry Haiku Video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of my first projects at freestyle was taking my conceptual statement and turning it into a haiku, which later I turned into the video below.\u00a0 This was my first experience with using Premier pro and taking more creative pictures to visually show my poem.\u00a0 I used keyframes to animate my text, something I&#8217;ve never done before.\u00a0 It was a great first introduction to Premier Pro and all the tools I have with it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-6.28.28-PM-300x228.png\" alt=\"The photo is of a cup with a bandaid on it about to fall off of a table outside. On that picture is the text of my haiku.\" width=\"457\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-6.28.28-PM-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-6.28.28-PM.png 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-zpba8l6wuec\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-zpba8l6wuec\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZPBA8L6wuEc?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZPBA8L6wuEc?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"SydneyE&apos;s Haiku Video\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freestyleacademy.rocks\\\/~SydneyE\\\/conceptual\\\/#arve-youtube-zpba8l6wuec\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/ZPBA8L6wuEc?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"SydneyE's Haiku Video\",\"uploadDate\":\"2018-09-14T00:00:00+00:00\",\"duration\":\"28S\",\"description\":\"This video is a visualization of the haiku I wrote in English using my conceptual statement, which was the feeling of resignation through the quick passage of time.  This was the first video where I learned to use Premier Pro and edit.\"}<\/script>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.00.13-AM-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"This is a screenshot of my premier pro workspace, showing how I put my video together\" width=\"736\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.00.13-AM-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.00.13-AM-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.00.13-AM-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.00.13-AM-1140x613.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I valued the challenge of this project, forcing me out of my comfort zone in english with a strange prompt picked out of a bag and all the new rules of a haiku.\u00a0 The challenge continued in digital media, where I learned how to use photoshop and premier to manipulate text and photos, animating them into a video.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never used any of these tools before, so it was difficult at first to get used to them, but once I got in a groove it was amazing to be able to create all these new and interesting projects.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Free Verse Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/520062351&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"The picture shows an eye tinted blue with a white clock outline in the pupil. The text for the poem surrounds the eye.\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-1.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/520062348&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-2-300x225.png\" alt=\"This photo shows two held hands with a music note above them, the round part of the note in the shape of a heart. Below, on a blue surface, is the poem.\" width=\"454\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Poem-2.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/poetry-intention-statement\/\">Here&#8217;s a link to my final project poem and my intention statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using so many different forms of media to create all these poems was a really cool experience! I had never used recording software before, and now I&#8217;m on sound cloud, which is a really strange thing to think about.\u00a0 I also really enjoyed being able to have so much creative freedom when writing and then creating pictures for the poems.\u00a0 There weren&#8217;t many restrictions, so I could create whatever I wanted, which I think is what freestyle is all about.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Exquisite Corpse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In English, we created an exquisite corpse poem.\u00a0 This was a really fun activity where we took a single line from one of out poems, wrote it on a piece of paper, and passed it around the circle.\u00a0 The next person would add a line, and the fold the paper so only their line is visible.\u00a0 This means that every line is added only based on the line above, making a wacky poem that changes tone and has a very strange meaning.\u00a0 We then took this poem to digital media and created a visualization of it in after effects, using each individual person&#8217;s voice and photo.\u00a0 This was the result:<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-sunebkgq46c\" class=\"arve\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-sunebkgq46c\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SUNEBkGQ46c?list=PL4UmbWlij-uQNNUmG2yeJuT0YTYslfsHb&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SUNEBkGQ46c?list=PL4UmbWlij-uQNNUmG2yeJuT0YTYslfsHb&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"SydneyE-Exquisite Corpse\" width=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freestyleacademy.rocks\\\/~SydneyE\\\/conceptual\\\/#arve-youtube-sunebkgq46c\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/SUNEBkGQ46c?list=PL4UmbWlij-uQNNUmG2yeJuT0YTYslfsHb&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"SydneyE-Exquisite Corpse\"}<\/script>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.55.44-AM-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"This is a screenshot of my after effects workspace, showing how I made the exquisite corpse video \" width=\"662\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.55.44-AM-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.55.44-AM-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.55.44-AM-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.55.44-AM-1140x621.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I valued this project as it was my introduction to after effects, allowing me to learn how to use a ton of new and interesting skills, like how to create transitions and effects on pictures and edit audio.\u00a0 I also valued this project because of the team aspect of it.\u00a0 Everyone did their part to create this entertaining and strange video, from writing their single line of poetry to voice recording to photoshop.\u00a0 Watching all that come together was a really cool experience.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Introduction to Photoshop and Cameras<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Blend Modes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had never used photoshop before, and one of the first tools introduced to us was blending modes. Blending modes allow a user to brighten dark pictures, darken bright photos, combine photos, and edit specific parts of photos to be brighter or darker.\u00a0 Here are the results of all the different blending modes I learned:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-photos-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"A snake in a white triangle\" width=\"446\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-photos-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-photos-1-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-photos-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-Photos-2-300x169.png\" alt=\"A dog with a turtle on his face\" width=\"486\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-Photos-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-Photos-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Blending-2-Photos-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Mode-2-300x200.png\" alt=\"A dog with a turtle on his paw\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Mode-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Mode-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Mode-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Modes-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"Snow globes in a line\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Modes-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Modes-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Creative-Blend-Modes-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-1-300x189.png\" alt=\"A bright picture of a window with a bush next to it and water being sprayed across\" width=\"472\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-1-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-2-300x199.png\" alt=\"Water being sprayed across the photo, which is of a blue wall and a bush.\" width=\"455\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-2-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Multiply-Blend-Mode-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"the paw of a dog\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-2-200x300.png\" alt=\"The fave of a dog\" width=\"272\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-2-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-2-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Overlay-and-Brush-Blending-Mode-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-1-300x197.png\" alt=\"A close up of a guitar\" width=\"518\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-1-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-2-300x198.png\" alt=\"A close up of a metal triangle.\" width=\"530\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-2-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-2-500x330.png 500w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SydneyE-Screen-Blend-Mode-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.57.02-AM-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"This screen shot shows my photoshop workspace for a blend modes photo in which I put a turtle from one picture on to a separate picture of my dog.\" width=\"768\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.57.02-AM-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.57.02-AM-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.57.02-AM-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-10.57.02-AM-1140x624.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Learning to use photoshop was such a valuable experience for me.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always wanted to learn how photoshop works, but never had the time or equipment.\u00a0 Now I can blend photos, brighten them, darken them, make layers and crop things with ease.\u00a0 This is such an important skill and I&#8217;m lucky I get to have it.\u00a0 Learning to use a camera was also really valuable.\u00a0 I&#8217;d heard of shutter speed and aperture, but never really knew what they meant.\u00a0 Now I can control shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and more!\u00a0 I can take really detailed pictures and compose them properly, something I would have only dreamed of learning last year.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Film<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Experimental Film<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In film, I took on my most ambitious and the scariest project yet: creating an experimental film.\u00a0 From pitches to pre-production, filming and critique, editing and editing and more editing, and a final 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src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.25.28-AM-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"This screenshot shows my premier pro workspace for my experimental film, showing everything I did to make it happen.\" width=\"771\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.25.28-AM-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.25.28-AM-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.25.28-AM-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-11.25.28-AM-1140x615.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This project terrified me.\u00a0 From the first pitch I had to give to the entire class, my anxiety was in overdrive.\u00a0 But getting through that anxiety and learning how to properly use a camera, edit, find music and sound effects, create visual effects, and all in all create a good film was extremely valuable to me.\u00a0 It was rough, and having everyone watch my rough cut and dailies was the worst thing in the world, but I did it.\u00a0 I know it&#8217;s just going to get harder from here, but I&#8217;m proud of the skills and confidence I gained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conceptual For the Conceptual Project, Juniors develop their abstract thinking and communication skills to answer the question, &#8220;How can I use unconventional forms to express myself?&#8221; This unit was all about pushing the limits of normalcy and breaking expectations to create interesting and original pieces of art.\u00a0 This unit also worked to teach students, myself included, how to use the new tools at our disposal, including photoshop, premier pro, and after effects, as well as cameras, tripods, and recorders.\u00a0 All this allows students to use the skills and tools available to create professional and creative works.\u00a0 Below are all the things I&#8217;ve accomplished and created in this short period of time. Poetry Poetry Haiku Video One of my first projects at freestyle was taking my conceptual statement and turning it into a haiku, which later I turned into the video below.\u00a0 This was my first experience with using Premier pro and taking more creative pictures to visually show my poem.\u00a0 I used keyframes to animate my text, something I&#8217;ve never done before.\u00a0 It was a great first introduction to Premier Pro and all the tools I have with it. I valued the challenge of this project, forcing me out of my comfort zone in english with a strange prompt picked out of a bag and all the new rules of a haiku.\u00a0 The challenge continued in digital media, where I learned how to use photoshop and premier to manipulate text and photos, animating them into a video.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never used any of these tools before, so it was difficult at first to get used to them, but once I got in a groove it was amazing to be able to create all these new and interesting projects. Free Verse Poetry Here&#8217;s a link to my final project poem and my intention statement Using so many different forms of media to create all these poems was a really cool experience! I had never used recording software before, and now I&#8217;m on sound cloud, which is a really strange thing to think about.\u00a0 I also really enjoyed being able to have so much creative freedom when writing and then creating pictures for the poems.\u00a0 There weren&#8217;t many restrictions, so I could create whatever I wanted, which I think is what freestyle is all about. Exquisite Corpse In English, we created an exquisite corpse poem.\u00a0 This was a really fun activity where we took a single line from one of out poems, wrote it on a piece of paper, and passed it around the circle.\u00a0 The next person would add a line, and the fold the paper so only their line is visible.\u00a0 This means that every line is added only based on the line above, making a wacky poem that changes tone and has a very strange meaning.\u00a0 We then took this poem to digital media and created a visualization of it in after effects, using each individual person&#8217;s voice and photo.\u00a0 This was the result: I valued this project as it was my introduction to after effects, allowing me to learn how to use a ton of new and interesting skills, like how to create transitions and effects on pictures and edit audio.\u00a0 I also valued this project because of the team aspect of it.\u00a0 Everyone did their part to create this entertaining and strange video, from writing their single line of poetry to voice recording to photoshop.\u00a0 Watching all that come together was a really cool experience. Introduction to Photoshop and Cameras Blend Modes I had never used photoshop before, and one of the first tools introduced to us was blending modes. Blending modes allow a user to brighten dark pictures, darken bright photos, combine photos, and edit specific parts of photos to be brighter or darker.\u00a0 Here are the results of all the different blending modes I learned: Learning to use photoshop was such a valuable experience for me.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always wanted to learn how photoshop works, but never had the time or equipment.\u00a0 Now I can blend photos, brighten them, darken them, make layers and crop things with ease.\u00a0 This is such an important skill and I&#8217;m lucky I get to have it.\u00a0 Learning to use a camera was also really valuable.\u00a0 I&#8217;d heard of shutter speed and aperture, but never really knew what they meant.\u00a0 Now I can control shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and more!\u00a0 I can take really detailed pictures and compose them properly, something I would have only dreamed of learning last year. Film Experimental Film In film, I took on my most ambitious and the scariest project yet: creating an experimental film.\u00a0 From pitches to pre-production, filming and critique, editing and editing and more editing, and a final showcase, this project was one of the biggest ones I&#8217;ve ever done at school.\u00a0 It had it&#8217;s ups and downs, but the final product, though not perfect, is something I&#8217;m proud of. This project terrified me.\u00a0 From the first pitch I had to give to the entire class, my anxiety was in overdrive.\u00a0 But getting through that anxiety and learning how to properly use a camera, edit, find music and sound effects, create visual effects, and all in all create a good film was extremely valuable to me.\u00a0 It was rough, and having everyone watch my rough cut and dailies was the worst thing in the world, but I did it.\u00a0 I know it&#8217;s just going to get harder from here, but I&#8217;m proud of the skills and confidence I gained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~SydneyE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}