336 Downfall of Love

Love is something that has been in controversy for a very long time. Some people say they will never fall in love, and how it is unimportant and only a distraction. Others however, say they wont be truly happy until the point they find true love since it is the only thing that matters. These two ideas are shared by many people. I must say that love is actually both. There must be some part of it all that makes people happy. Although at the same time that happiness can be darkness for others. There is no way to actually state if love is a good thing or it Is not. It is all based on experience. I, however, have not yet experienced love in that way. I must admit, I do feel scared to. I have read a lot about what love can do, and what it can cause. There is one thing I am sure of, its not something people can regret happening. First loves are the best since you have no idea what might happen. Even the whole process of being in love can be amazing. This is all very fascinating, but what I will be talking about in the Downfall of Love. When love goes all wrong, and when people have no choice but to let go. The hardest part of it all.

Little girls always want to plan their wedding, and their perfect prince for when they grow up. The thing they are not told, is that love does not always last. Actually, it usually does not. Love can end in a great variety of ways. People can lose interest, people can fall into temptation, people can even move on to what is best. The truth is that no matter the way it ends, someone will end up getting hurt. That is the truth of the matter. I'm not only talking about adult love. Young love is the exact same way, or even maybe worse. Since they have less liberty and have more limitations. Also because they are smitten, and they think it is all rainbows and unicorns. They don't think there are people out there trying to hurt them. This is a big problem with teens. Boys are just looking for one thing, and they are capable of doing anything in order to fool girls into doing it. Love is seriously some tricky business. No one ever knows where it might lead to. People always talk about finding true love. What is it does not exist? Will we ever know? There are all of these stories of heartbroken girls and boys. Yet they still look for love. So I will ask this, why are people so obsessed with love? Will they seriously not be happy until they find it? I guess that is all up to them.

As I have stated, love in not pretty. Maybe I am wrong, and maybe all we need is love. But there is no way to predict how that downfall will end up like. It all depends on the situation. Love can be magical and amazing, but that does not mean that the downfall wont hurt. Because I can promise you that it will. I bet that the world be much better off if love was actually sincere. Of course, that too depends on the person and the situation. If someone can define is love is a good thing, I would love to hear about it.

Rotoball Final!

8th Grade RotoBall from mistermark on Vimeo.

This project was definitely a trill ride. I came across a lot of different obstacles, but I was able to over come all of them. The one that took me the longest, was adding the motion pencil thing to the video. I did every single step a lot of times to see if there was anything wrong with what I was doing. Although, I could not find anything that I was doing wrong. Finally, I saw that form one little step, that was not added, made it so hard for me to finish. I have to admit that I did receive a little bit of help form my classmates. Once that was all figured out, I found that the other steps that I still needed to do were a complete piece of cake. I was a drag to have to do every single key-frame. But it was worth it in the end, since all of the movements did look real from that point on.

Finished Rotoball

Wow! This video could not have come out more perfect. I loved the way it was ordered around, and how it was designed. It was very cool to see what each of my classmates wanted to do with their cartoon. We are really creative now that oi see the video. There were only a handful of things that should have been fixed, but are obviously going to make a difference once they are fixed. I personally do not need to make any changes, because I followed all instructions from the start. My classmates, though, have to change the speed of the video and the color of the background. Since it looks to similar to the color of the persons outline. I am sure that if we show this video to other people, they will want to do one for themselves also. I feel completely grateful for Rodrigo and for the teacher, because they were the ones who put more of their work in order to make it fit together more fully. Not everyone gets the chance to do things like this, so I am definitely happy that we who had the chance, could accomplish it all. I cant wait to see the final take of the video once the changes have been made and fixed up by my classmates. I am still shocked with this amazing ending result.

Rotoball

I had a blast making this cartoon. I personally think it was because I had never been taught to do things like that. Most of the time they would teach how to use excel or power point, or one of those simple things. This time it was very different. The thing I most liked was the fact that we had to make a video of ourselves and trace it. So it was really us in the cartoon. Although, it did get pretty hard at time. I especially had the difficulty of when I had to make the butterfly move around the screen as if it were flying. I was supposed to use the tracing cheat. Although, it was a complete fail, since I tried and tried to do it but I could not succeed. Until my classmate who was next to me helped me out. This was a complete new experience and I cant wait to see how the ending will be when Mr. Mark makes them all together. I am very interested to see what my classmates have made. This is a skill that I do not plan on throwing away. It is something that not all people know, and I am very grateful that I got taught how to use it. I told my mom that I was learning these new skills at school, and she was it shock. She started to tell me what she would learn when she was in school. It had completely nothing to do with what we are learning now. These was a new experience that was was quite fun, I cant wait to see what more there is to learn

Technology

This video was like nothing I had ever seen before. It was very smoking to see how technology has been growing. Now they are connecting the physical World with the digital World. That is something that will definitely change the way some people live their life. I would definitely buy one of those. It is something that would be very interesting to try. I wonder all of the things that could be done with something like that. While watching this video I was thinking how much people have changed in regards with technology. It obviously has a lot of things that need to be fixed still to make it even more real. But the most shocking part of it all, was that one man did it. Not a big group of scientists, only one man. I loved watching the way he started out. It was based on pure curiosity, and then how he got more and more into it, until he came up with something magnificent.

The greatest things about technology are the way they can help change peoples lives for the better. They can make you stay in touch with family, and stay connected. Have more variety of education. With technology now we can get a very good education since it makes it a lot easier for us. Many things are still not done with technology, but that wont last for very long. Now, even medicine is done with technology. That is definitely something that has been helping the world a lot. Since it is actually helping the lives of people.

I like the fact that he said that kind of technology can be made at home. He’s not like other people who are only interested in selling it to big companies and making a lot of money. He actually wants to encourage people and make them know they can do it to. Open source means that you kind find the materials to make it from practically anything. And you don’t really need to waste that much money on it. Anyone can do it. The cons are that not that many people will be able to do it perfectly. It will obviously have a lot of flaws if they don’t really understand what it is they are doing. Some people would much rather just buy it out. The pros are that people will definitely be encouraged to try it out. See if they can accomplish something like that. Many students would also want to give it a try. This video leaves a lot to think about. It gives us a lot of clues of what is to come in the future.

Social Networking

Every teenager feels the urge to stay connected with friends through the Internet. That is where they get to see the latest gossip, who is dating who, and new pictures to make fun of. Research has shown that it has made a very big negative impact. People go through very hard bullying through the internet. They might get mean and vulgar comments from other people. The problem about this, is that they probably would not do that to the persons face. Also, people really say what they feel through MSN, or Facebook. They don't go up to people anymore, or even write letters. That is also something that is not good because it has completely changed the whole system of things. It can also get very dangerous. It could be possible that a stalker makes its way through to children who don't really know what they are doing because the trust the person. Parents should really keep a close eye on kids, or tell them how it is supposed to be properly used. Of course, without exaggerating. Staying connected can be a very nice thing, as long as it is in good control.

Digital media in Schools

Schools are being very affected by Internet. Computers are something that have a big influence in many schools all over the world. People consider copy and pasting work not cheating. I strongly disagree. Teachers leave homework and books to read, so that people read them. Not go home and use spark notes to copy everything. Teachers should make them do their essays at school, so they can really see who is doing their homework and who is not. That would help make it more difficult for students o cheat their way throughout high school. It will make them be more responsible. Teachers do not come to school to be entertainers. They come to teach with their own ways. Those teenagers that don’t really care about the class, will just fail and have bigger problems. But teachers are not meant to be entertainers, not at all. Schools are what change the future. They should start as soon as possible by making an impact. Or else this Internet society will never change.