Monday, January 25, 2016

Yearbook intro


  1. Schools name
  2. Year
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Event
  5. Students
  6. Sports
  7. Graduating Senior Pages
  8. Clubs
  9. Academics 
  10. Editing division
  11. Index
  12. Headliner for new events
  13. Quotes from students
  14. Homecoming
  15. Page Numbers
  16. Section title
  17. National event and student opinions
  18. Editor's notes
  19. Advertising 
  20. Staff
  21. Break between sections 
  22. Student council
  23. Picture of the school itself
  24. State school is from
  25. Number of Students 

1. What is the title of your book?
Front and Central
2. What school is it from?
Little Rock Central High School
3. What "thematic elements" do you see in your book? This means what elements are evident from beginning to end of the book
One Page is pretty much photos and the other is small photos in a forest of words.
4. How many sections are in your book? This could be tough to figure out, but do your best
Four
5. What is your favorite "spread"? A spread is 2 pages about the same topic
Body Creations
6. Is there an Index in your book?
Nope
7. Are there photos of groups of people, like clubs and organizations?
Yes
8. Is there a table of contents?
Sort of
9. How many people go to the school whose book you have?
2,500 Students
10. What state is your book from?
Arkansas

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Magazine Cover Peer Review

1. What is the name of the magazine that you looked at and who made it?
Cat Life, Abby made this magazine
2. List two things you liked about the magazine cover
In cat life, I really like how the words went with the background of the image and the cat also adds to the photo.  I also like how the title was created where life is slightly under the word.
3. Suggest something to the creator to improve the cover
The lighting on the person is slightly too dark which takes away from the magazine.
4. Why did you pick this cover? Specifically what attracted your eyes.
I honestly really loved the title of the magazine.
5. Is there a bar code? Is it appropriate in size and located in the correct place?
Yes, I can read everything that is one the barcode.
6. If you were walking by the magazines in Barnes and Nobles would you pick this magazine up and look at it? Why or Why not?
Yes, I would like to look at it, because I just really love cats and I would read anything with cats.
7. Can you tell if it was a portrait or self-portrait?
Without looking through the authors profile I would not be able to tell if it was a portrait or self portrait.


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1. What is the name of the magazine that you looked at and who made it?
Pet Owner Weekly, Sarah Baber 
2. List two things you liked about the magazine cover
I really like the words style along with the coloring of the words, it really goes with the cover.
I also like the overlap of the words Owner and Weekly, it was done nicely.
3. Suggest something to the creator to improve the cover
I think sitting facing towards the camera and having the dog face towards the camera would have made the image more professional.
4. Why did you pick this cover? Specifically what attracted your eyes.
I picked this cover because the cute dog got my eye.
5. Is there a bar code? Is it appropriate in size and located in the correct place?
Yes I am able to read everything on the barcode.
6. If you were walking by the magazines in Barnes and Nobles would you pick this magazine up and look at it? Why or Why not?
Yes I would pick it up, because I am a pet owner and I would be interested in some of the headlines.7. Can you tell if it was a portrait or self-portrait?
It is a self portrait, I can tell because (she labeled them) the dog is slightly blurry which means the dog was moving once the camera was already set so it was not prepared for movement.


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1. What is the name of the magazine that you looked at and who made it?
Scandal 101, Jake (P3)
2. List two things you liked about the magazine cover.
I really like the black and white color scheme it adds to the whole 'scandal' idea.
I also really like the subjects reaction in the picture, it has a sense of comedy. 
3. Suggest something to the creator to improve the cover
I think that a little more effects could have been done to make the words stand out on the magazine cover.
4. Why did you pick this cover? Specifically what attracted your eyes.
It was the subject and the title, I just found it funny and interesting.
5. Is there a bar code? Is it appropriate in size and located in the correct place?
Yes, I can read everything on the bar code.
6. If you were walking by the magazines in Barnes and Nobles would you pick this magazine up and look at it? Why or Why not?
I would because it looks like it would have a lot of funny sort of things inside of it, I really like the headline with spidermans Identity.7. Can you tell if it was a portrait or self-portrait?
This is a self portrait, the flash might have accidentally turned on and the authors name is jake so I assume it would be the one with a male in the photo.


Prompt Shoot Review

1. Which photo do you like best? Why?
I really like the connected photo, personally I think the colors really pop out and make the image look old.
2. Which is your least favorite image? Why?
The pose photo is my least favorite because, the cropping wasn't the best, or the photo should have been taken more back.  It should either focus more on the persons face and hands, or have the whole body in the image, not slivers cutout. 
3. Overall, make two positive statements about their pictures.
Connected really was beautiful and I liked that it was a birds eye view.
The shutter speed on the Paused photo was really well used in capture the flags to look like they were paused.
4. Overall, what is one area that this person could improve upon in your opinion.
Changing the Aperture so that some of the background was blurred and the subject was more in focused.  There was also too much white light in the Pose photo.
5. Which prompt do you think they did the best portraying, from your perspective?
Connected.
6. Which prompt do you think they did the least successfully portray, from your perspective?
Yummy

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Welcome back

I like this because its two different animals, one riding the other and I just think its pretty funny.

I like this one because its space, and I honestly think its beautiful to see our world outside of what we see daily.

I like this photo because it just has a nice flow to it, I personally like the colors too it just calming to me.

2015 in a Nutshell
Best Song
I picked uptown funk as the best song of 2015 because honestly it was one that was always stuck in my head.  I think it was the best song of 2015 because it just had a catch melody and could easily get stuck in peoples head.  It sort of had a disco feel to it which may have appealed to the older generation as well. 

Best Movie
Star Wars Part VII The Force Awakens is personally the best movie I saw this year, along side with Jurassic World.  Star Wars, even though in my opinion seemed a little similar to episode 3 and 4, broke box office records and movie theaters around the world sold out of the tickets.  Its a Star Wars movie, of course its going to be one of the best movies of the year.

Biggest News
Same Sex Equality in the US, was one of the biggest news of 2015.  The supreme court ruled it a constitutional right which both made people happy and upset.  This also lead to big news later when a clerk in Kentucky refused to give marriage licence to same sex couples and was later arrested.

Important Person
An important person of 2015 was Caitlyn Jenner.  She was important because she was a former male olympian who had 'felt' like a women all her life. This summer she came out as Caitlyn and since then has been a big part of the LGBT community and has been big in the news.

Biggest Scandal
One of the Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2015 was with Tom Brady and the Patriots deflating the footballs for the Super Bowl.  This was big news because football is a very important sport to Americans none the less the fans of the teams who are playing at the Super Bowl.  Tom Brady was not allowed to play 4 games at the beginning of the Patriots season.

My Holiday Vacation
 1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun.
I think the thing I will remember the most about my holidays was going to see the new Star Wars movie and wanting there to be another one.

2. What are your resolutions for the 2016 year?
My moms resolution for the family is to limit to 1 soda for 5 days a week and to go out to eat less then 4 days a week.

3. What are you looking forward to in 2016?
TO GRADUATE AND GO TO COLLEGE BABY! WHOO HOO!