Mergers

School Uniforms

1)
Mr. Gerard
Angela
Coach Lindsey

2)

1. how do you feel about uniforms?
2. what do you think the colors should be?
3. why do you think they are making us do this?
4. are you planning on speaking up?
5. are you against this?
6. how do you think students feel about this?
7. should there be a "casual" day?
8. why do yo think they are doing this?
9. what do you think about writing a petition?
10. should the uniforms be a certain color based on your school?
11. do you think kids dress inappropriate?
12. are they making teachers wear certain clothes?
13. are you for or against this rule?
14. why are they making kids do this?
15. do you think they are being fair?
16. what kind of pants an shirts should we wear?
17. why is it important to wear uniforms?
18. how do you think they should handle what the kids wear?
19. do you think girls should be aloud to wear skirts?
20. are they going to regulate your hair style?

Sport Action Photos

1:

This is a blur photograph because the iso and the aperture were not se up to that kind of lighting or situation. 

2.

This is a planned photograph because the trees and the rest of the background is blurry but you can still see the object clearly.

3.

This photo is an example of a subject coming at me because the person in the picture is throwing something that makes an illusion that the item is coming right at me.

4.

This picture is an example of subject funning across because its moving across. 

Student of the Month

1. Whats your name?

Stacey Umana
2. How old are you?
17
3. What grade are you in?
11th
4. What academy are you in?
social services
5. What does student of the month mean to you?
"making good grades, respecting others, being nice"
6. What was your reaction?
"i was speechless"
7. Are you in any school activities?
"hell no, aint nobody got time for that"
8. Whats your grade point average?
2.7
9. What did you do to earn this award?
"I was a good student"
10. Whats your favorite color?
pink and lime green
11. Whats your favorite movie?
ted
12. Whats your favorite food?
french fries
13. How do you feel about earning this tittle?
"i feel like i accomplished something in life"
14. Do you think you deserved this award?
"hell yeah, i worked so hard"
15. Are you taking AP classes?
nope
16. What do you plan to do in the future?
go to college, and become a nurse
17. Are you planning on going to college?
yes
18. What college are you planing on going?
UTSA
19. Do you consider yourself a good student?
heck yeah
20. If so, how are you one?
"have good grades, and i have perfect attendance"

Newspaper Layout

News Paper Design Notes.

Broad Sheet:
Tabloid: scandals. short and squarish
Folio: name of school, name of state, slogan, section name, date publish, page number by line
Teaser: Preview of whats inside.
Info Graphic: way to communicate information graphically or visually. ppl love info graphics.

Front Pages of the World

1. Miami, Florida "The Miami Herald"
2. Influx of Cuban migrants to U.S. grows. Because its true that a lot of immigrants are immigrating to the United States now.
3. 13 Stories
4. They have a primary picture. The letters are little, and the Headlines are big as well. Theres also a lot of the capture of the suspect of the Boston's bombing.
5.

7 News Values

• Timeliness: 

Deputies: Woman shot boyfriend over money

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/deputies-woman-shot-boyfriend-over-money/nXKyB/

The reason this is a timeliness article is because this happened not so long ago. 

• Proximity:

Possible shooting reported in South Austin
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/possible-shooting-reported-in-south-austin/nXHTG/
This is a timeliness article because it was reported in south austin and its around the area where we live.

• Prominence:

Austin City Council actions: Most downtown parking requirements for new development scrapped

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/austin-city-council-actions-most-downtown-parking-/nXKTq/

This is a prominence article because its talking about an organization here in Austin. 

Impact:

South Korea and U.S. Gird for Missile Test by North Korea

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/world/asia/north-korea-missile.html?ref=world&_r=0
The reason this an impact article is because this evert has impacted a lot of people around the world.

• Conflict: 

Police identify fatal shooting victim, continue search for gunman

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-continue-to-investigate-northeast-austin-sh/nXHg2/
This is a conflict article because every time theres a shooting, theres always conflict involved.

• Human Interest:

Jay-Z and Beyonce's Cuba flap continues

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2013/04/12/beyonce-jay-z-us-cuba/2077449/

This is a Human Interest article because it talks about Jay-Z and Beyonce who are famous people that the audience likes to know about. 

Novelty:
Dog pitches in and helps nurse adorable kittens

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/04/10/2070789/
This a a novelty story because you don't see this on a ordinary day.

Yearbook Spread 2

King Pica

Magazine Cover

Portraits

Self Portrait:

Portrait:

Magazine Cover

Early magazine cover:

"The Town and country magazine" April, 1788.  Many times these magazines were very dedicated to the opening page to a title and table of contents. 

Poster Cover:

"Rolling Stone" January 2001. The magazine was giving a tribute to the recent death of a former Beatle George Harrison and decided to put a pure poster cover without a cover line of any kind so people remember him. 

Pictures Married to Type: 

"Vogue" May 1968. By this time pictures in covers were in color, there were different fonts of different sizes and new covers. Magazine readers witnessed a revolution to these new and improved magazines. During that time woman, african americans, homosexuals, disabled, working classes became cover stories that struggled for equity. 

In the Forest of Words:

"Guitar World" August 1992. The 21st century cover lines were important to as cover art. Some covers of this period contain cover lines that are actually larger than the name size.

My Favorite Cover

Finalist
W, Sept. 2011: "The Fashion Issue"
(Photograph by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott)

For W's biggest fashion issue of the year, the magazine celebrated the ways women today transform themselves by showcasing actress Kristen Stewart as readers had never seen her before. Photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot transformed the 21-year-old cover model from the Twilight teenager that audiences know best into the glamorous, grown-up vixen she's becoming. "Vampires are a little dangerous—and we girls like to test ourselves," Stewart says playfully on the cover, tempting readers to pick up the issue and see for themselves.


This cover was really one of the best covers of 2012. Like it says on the cover, Kristen Stewart really does open up. I liked this cover because when saw it, it did NOT even look like the Kristen Stewart that everybody knows. Honestly she looks really pretty. The way the photographer made her pose was good because it made her look different. The lighting was also good, it brought up her skin color. Also the way they dressed her was pretty. 

Best Cover Magazines 2012

Environmental formal informal
1. New York, Formal
2. Bloomberg Businessweek, portrait
3. People, Informal
4. People, formal
5. Sports Illustrated, Formal
6. ESPN, Informal/ formal
7. National Geographic, Environmental/ Formal
8. Time Out, informal
9. GQ, informal
10. Parade, formal/ informal
11. GQ, Informal/ formal
12. People, formal
13. Vanity Fair, Informal
14. Yosemite: Environmental
15. Sports Illustrated, Environmental/ Informal
16. Departures, Environmental
17. W, Formal

Magazine Tips

1. Familiar recognition from issue to issue (that’s the brand)

2. Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal)

3. Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)

4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)

5. Efficient, fast, easy to scan (that’s showing off the service)

Green, Triangle and Backpack Edited

Photoshop Intro

Portrait Reminders

Caption Practice/ Vocabulary

Caption 1:

Who: President Barak Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

What: embrace.

Where: Tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport

When: August 15, 2012 (Wednesday)

Why: the Obamas have not seen each other in three weeks.

How: warmly, passionately.

Background: After seeing Michelle, President Obama tripped on the tarmac and slammed on the ground hitting his head. He was flown to the closes hospital treatment.  

Sentence 1: Verb? (Present tense) President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama passionately embrace on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport on Wednesday. 

Sentence 2: Verb? (Past tense) The Obamas had not seen each other for three weeks while the president campaigned cross the country.

Caption Headers: Warm embrace after long campaign.

Caption 2:

Who: Famous South Korea singer PSY

What: sings, performs, hovers

Where: arena, stadium in central Seoul, South Korea

When: October 2, 2012 (Tuesday)

Why: to entertain his fans

How: energetically

Background: PSY's song "Gangnam Style" has become an international hit that has earned more than a billion hits on YouTube. the video features a horse riding dance, a cowboy hat wearing dancer in an elevator and a dance off with a guy in a yellow suit.

Sentence 1: Verb? (Present tense) South Korean pop singer PSY sings energetically in a arena in central Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday to entertain his fans. 

Sentence 2: Verb? (Past tense) PSY's international hit song "Gangnam Style" has earned more than a billion hits on YouTube.

Caption Headers: PSYchotic horse riding dance.

Caption 3:

Who: Tourist Mario and Layla

What: Swimming, playing in the water.

Where: Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) in Venice, Italy.

When: November 11, 2012 (sunday)

Why: High tides flooded Venice.

How: Happily playing in the water

Background: 

Sentence 1: Verb? (Present tense)

Sentence 2: Verb? (Past tense)

Caption Headers: Swimming in

Vocabulary: 

• Depth of Field (shallow and wide): the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
• Light (angle and intensity) element that makes things visible.
• Shadows: a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
• Diffusion: a retraction of light or an erratic display or light passing through an element (scattering).
• Exposure: the amount of light allowed to fall on each area of photograph.
• Aperture (f-stops): the opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor. 
• Shutter speed: the length of tim the shutter of the camera is open.
• ISO: the sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor.

Types of lenses:

• Telephoto: zoom
• Prime (fix): NO zoom, sharper detail.
• Wide angle: see more, wider.

News Values:

• Timeliness: getting something fast, BRAKING NEWS
• proximity: Location
• conflict: fights
• human interest: drama in peoples lives
• prominence: being famous or being important
• impact: does this event effect people?
• novelty: things out of the unusual 

My Holiday

my holiday was okay.. i didn't really do a lot. i worked ALOT !! i did my 40 hours the two weeks we were off (: the reason was cause three people quit. ( i work at wendy's by the way). i hung out with friends too, the days i was off other than that we didn't really do a lot. i had fun either way, i didn't really get a lot of gift as I've gotten in the past. i guess its because i work now and i can get my own stuff. but I didn't complain. i got some clothes, a new straightener, a hat, and more clothes for christmas.

2012 in Review

1. The best song of 2012 for me would be scream. i liked that song throughout the whole year because it was catchy and i never got tiered of it the way i always do with other songs. it makes sense to me and i really like listening to usher (;

2. The best movie of 2012 was 21 Jump Street. i really liked that movie. i saw it with my friends and had a good time, i guess it brings back memories. i enjoy watching that movie, it was entertaining and funny and i can relate to it.

3. the most interesting news about 2012 was the shooting of the 20 little kids. it was a horrifying event. sad at the same time. so i thought that was an interesting news event.

4. Barack Obama was the most important person in 2012 because he got reelected and was president for the second time. He really is doing thing he promised 4 years ago, he's actually making a change.

Favorite Photos of 2012

I liked this photograph because the picture just looks really pretty and you never see photos of eclipses and specially not one outer space.

I just thought it was really cool how people looked, they looked like ants. lol

I liked how the photographer captured the wave and the surfer, i also thought the rainbow looked really pretty and the whole photograph was "perfect".