LIFE IS A STRUGGLE - CAMILA RAMIREZ C
Reflection
When making the traditional narrative it was very difficult for me because I am not as creative as other people may be. When having to create a story, I create the most boring story in the world. At first we had to make a brainstorm and a plot line and after that draft the story completely. The problem was that my story was not nearly close to what I had put in the brainstorm or in the plot. I changed most of the things because I wasn't sure on what to put and what not to put. I can say that the only thing that stayed the same was the characters and their roles in the story. With the digital narrative it was also the same process, we had to make a storyboard to plan everything before making the actual "movie". We created a story board where we had to draw all the scenes and explain what was going to pass in each one, what music we where going to put, what the setting was going to be and what was the character going to do in that specific scene. I also created a script to have an idea on what to say on my Voiceover to narrate everything more easily.
For both narratives the process was similar because of all the things we had to do before creating the actual story. Also because both stories have to be the same, or almost the same. I had planned to make some little changes on the digital narrative because of all the different ideas that I had in mind and so I did. One difference was the voice over. We had to create one to be narrating the whole story, when showing the pictures and videos. for this I created a script to help myself organize everything in order so that everything made sense and had logic.
When creating the traditional story it was a very difficult process for me. First of all we had to have some sci-fi in the story, but I had no idea on what to put. It had to be something that made sense, depending on the context. I had lots of ideas but I thought that none of them made sense. On the other side it was really easy to create all the characters and to choose the role that they where going to have on the story. With the digital narrative it was really difficult for me to edit the video. I didn't know what app to use to create my video, because I am not as technological and I don't know a lot of the options to edit. At the beginning I searched on the App Store and I found lots of apps, but I didn't know how to use them. The most popular one is iMovie so I downloaded it and learned to use it. Something really easy for the digital story was to make some changes and the voice over. I recorded the Voiceover while watching the video and it was an easy task because you just had to talk and record what is happening in the story.
Volleyball Passion
It all started when i was in first grade
First I felt really uncoordinated
And when playing I felt really afraid
The team was charming, I felt adopted
While the time passed it became my passion
And I became very dedicated
I wanted to play with no compassion
By my coach i got congratulated
Everyday I train hard to improve
And I feel proud of all my effort
But its what in the future i will prove
When I'm in the field with all my comfort
Seven years have now passed playing it all
I don´t see my life without volleyball
Author Statement
I have always been a very hyperactive person which likes to play all sorts of sports but the one that I looked forward to and that I liked the most has been volleyball. That is why I chose volleyball to talk in my sonnet, because is what I really love in my life. I have tried lots of other sports like basketball, soccer and even ballet, which I don't consider it a sport, but I didn't like any of them as I loved volleyball. All my life it has been my big passion and I really love and enjoy playing it. My sonnet may sound boring because I know that not all people share the same passion and maybe you don't like volleyball as I do, it's only that I want to share all my feelings and demonstrate how happy a I'm to be a volleyball player.
It all started when i was in first grade
First I felt really uncoordinated
And when playing I felt really afraid
The team was charming, I felt adopted
While the time passed it became my passion
And I became very dedicated
I wanted to play with no compassion
By my coach i got congratulated
Everyday I train hard to improve
And I feel proud of all my effort
But its what in the future i will prove
When I'm in the field with all my comfort
Seven years have now passed playing it all
I don´t see my life without volleyball
Author Statement
I have always been a very hyperactive person which likes to play all sorts of sports but the one that I looked forward to and that I liked the most has been volleyball. That is why I chose volleyball to talk in my sonnet, because is what I really love in my life. I have tried lots of other sports like basketball, soccer and even ballet, which I don't consider it a sport, but I didn't like any of them as I loved volleyball. All my life it has been my big passion and I really love and enjoy playing it. My sonnet may sound boring because I know that not all people share the same passion and maybe you don't like volleyball as I do, it's only that I want to share all my feelings and demonstrate how happy a I'm to be a volleyball player.