Here is the link to my PaperSlide.
I am extremely proud of my PaperSlide because every afternoon I would hop off the bus, gobble up my snack, whip out a pencil and paper and draw every prop and character I had time for. Then I would repeat this every day. Then I'd come to school and practice every chance I got. At the last minute, my slider didn't have time to practice, so I asked her to narrate. When she refused, I searched for a person willing to narrate and found one quickly, but her friend was sad she didn't get to, so I asked her to record. This worked well until I realized on recording day that my recorder wasn't there! So I asked a nearby friend to quickly record for me. Of course, my recorder was let down, but the substitute had fun and later asked me to record for her. I said yes, remembering my loss of narrator.
I learned quickly after started that this project was going to take WAY longer than I had thought. Originally I had thought 'Easy! Day 1: Draw. Day 2: Practice. Day 3: Record. I was wrong. WAY wrong. It took me more than 15 sessions and more than 15 afternoons just to finish the PROPS. Then another 15 of each for the characters. Practicing also appeared challenging. All my team members also had to be working on theirs, too. My credit goes to Celine Pederson, my last minute narrator, Anoushka Shahane as my last minute recorder, and Amelie Young for volunteering as my recorder. As you can see, these members of my team are all last minute, and even me as the slider, learned how to slide at the last minute, we didn't practice more than twice due to the fact we were late, and that was our last session before it was due. Recording appeared easier, but we shot 4 times before a blog worth shoot appeared.
I learned a lot more about my ancestry when researching. The main character of my story, Hannah Jensen, comes from my mothers side. I interviewed my grandpa to find out more. Click here for the interview I hosted. Anyway, I am American, and I know now I am part Danish, too!
This project was important because for one thing, we learned a lot more to teamwork. We learned you can't slide, narrate, and record all at the same time. After this realization, we had to create teams. And you had to assist the teams your in well, and you have to lead your group wisely, and work as team. Otherwise you won't get anything done. And seriously, teamwork is something you all need to do and be good at. If you cannot use teamwork, you cannot use Paper Slide. You cannot play team games. You cannot do so many things without teamwork, and this project was really important since we can all improve our teamwork in one way or another.
Your video was very descriptive how you changed characters. I also liked your reflection because I can tell it was done with expressiveness and feeling. I also liked it because you told the story and obstacles you had making a blog worth shot.
ReplyDeleteI like how you expressed your feelings while moving the slides and during the moving of papers. My favourite job that you did with your group was team work, you showed very effective team work to make your paper slide better. I think that next time you should do it in a less loud space. Why not changing place next time?
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