Proactive or Procrastination?

To be honest I think I am a procrastinator. The reason why I think I am a procrastinator because I always do everything last minute, and sometimes everything works out,and sometimes it blows up in my face and becomes a big fat mess!!!! But sometimes I can be proactive because if I am feeling that I have to get something done right away I get on whatever I have to do right away and I finish it with perfection, because if it is not perfection I will spend as long as possible perfecting it! Even though I try to be proactive all the time, I end up most of  the time being a procrastinator. Being a procrastinator is not a bad thing but I think being proactive person is more of a better choice.


My level of productivity on my free time is very little. On my free time I like to sleep, eat, watch Netflix, and sleep. Unless I have to go to volleyball practice or if I have to get something done! In that case my level productivity is pretty high. To get my work done I have to be totally focused on the project that I am doing or else I will not be able to finish my work because I am easily distracted and I have a short attention spand.

I would try to be a proactive person to change one thing about my work habits. Honestly I don't think being a proactive person is that hard,But I can be a doubtful person. If anyone thinks being a procrastinator is hard, well thats their opinion but being a procrastinator is pretty hard. It is very stressful to know that you have a lot of work that you have to do. So I will have to try as hard as I can to get out of my comfort zone to get my work done and be a proactive person.

My Visual Poem

My visual poem is about adventures. I chose the topic adventures because I can relate to that topic because my family and I travel a lot and we discover new things on each adventures. The visuals makes an impact by helping the viewers of my visual poem picture the words that I am saying throughout the poem! Also i think the visuals will help the viewers of the visual poem understand what the poem is trying to explain. What the poem was trying to explain is that go on more adventures and see where it takes you.

I think that one way the speacial effects affect the meaning of it is that the speacial effects gives kinda  a like relaxing mood because of the sounds of nature and the other  places you see throught the visual poem. The meaning behind adventuring is the point when you reach your destination you have this relaxing sensation! One way the audience could get affected by this visual poem is that they can feel relaxed because that is the whole meaning behind this poem. Also I think that the places u see can affect  you to actually try to go there. Adventuring could also be near or far and sometimes you don't have to leave home at all!

I am not that satisfied with my result because the voice over was alittle bit not well orginized and practiced. Also although my pictures came from my phone and was editing the over film was not well put together! One thing I could have done better was not rushing And using my time wisely. Another thing that I could have done better is the quality of my work.and lastly the very last thing I could have done better is the editing, the editing was not perfect and I think I could have done better if I explored new things throught the editing system.

Lessons Learned

The most interesting part of the project was interviewing the workers and the citizens that are exited about the new Safeway and the other stores that was being built. It was exiting to interview the workers and the citizens because we got to hear at least three or four different perspectives about the stores that are being built and how it would better the community. Another interesting part of our project was taking pictures of the topic with a high quality camera. The pictures that my team and I took came out really pretty and with a high definition!

The biggest roadblock that my team handled was the constant redoing things and getting more and more interviews. That was our biggest road block because the timing and the scheduling was really stressful, because when we had to redo something or get another interview one of us wouldn't be able to go because either something came up or we had other more important plans. Another roadblock that our team faced was editing and getting the technical stuff polished and edited. That was a roadblock because there was only one experienced person that was in our group and It made it hard for her to do everything  herself. It was better for her to do it because I bet you that if one of the inexperienced girls on my team including me , that one of us would accidently erase one of the important interview that we needed!

The most important part of our film making was the camera because if one of us clumsy girls fell with the camera in our hand then we get into big trouble! Also another important thing about filming was the people that we had to interview! They were important because they were the ones that gave us all the rich and good information!Without the people who got interviewed we wouldnt have been able to get a grade!

Hiki No behind the scenes.

This week my team was working on our HIKI NO project. We were working very hard to make it flawless and acceptable for HIKI NO. The person that we are interviewing is Jeff Griffin. He is a construction worker that is working on the new Safeway across of Cheifess Kamakahelei middle school. So far we have gotten great b-roll of his work site, but now we have to get two more interviews from people who are involved with the safeway project.  After that all we need to do is edit the footage, then we are basically done.   

Our camera is always rolling because if we mess up we have the power to edit the mistakes out. But sometimes we have to stop the footage it is to either fix the microphone on his shirt or to fix technical problems with the camera or the microphone box. Another reason why we would have to stop the footage is if we have to switch locations. The last reason why we would have to stop the footage is if Jeff is not ready and needs more time to get the words together in his head.                                                                                                                                                                 

One thing that could do to help my team is to be flexable because lately i have had to cancel some of the interviews because of sports and not having the time to go and help my team out with the b-rolls and the interview. Another way I could help my team out is to share more ideas because i am pretty shy because I think  that my teammates are going to judge my ideas but know I know that they will respect my ideas. I had lots of fun making this project.

Back to school!