Prompt 71

When I went to Bora Bora with my family I had the best holiday of my life. I have this one memory, which was the first morning there was a little car that sprayed insect repellent. I remember the little truck leaving this huge thick cloud of smoke that was supposed to be the insect repellent. I was with my sister when I saw the truck. We both had the weirdest look on our faces. First of all, Bora Bora is on the Equator. Second of all, we had never seen such a vehicle in our lives. I thought for a second that they were spraying toxic gas and we were all going to die. So me and my sister ran into our bedroom for cover. After we saw some people walking on the road were they sprayed, we walked to the restaurant for some breakfast.

At breakfast we saw all of the family and they were completely normal. We asked about the little truck that sprayed the gas. The waiter said that if they didn't sprayed for insects they would infest the whole island. I thought of what that would do and I got frightened. Then I thought of the little truck again. The feeling was shocking, only because I was a little boy. Later that day when the sun went down I saw the little truck again. I still had the same reaction, because the amount of smoke that came out was like a Diesel truck. I will never forget that memory. The good thing was that I got over it quickly, so I did enjoy my vacation.

This was one great trip. The memory is a weird one, but it will always stay with me. More than anything, I think it grabbed my attention. I would have to ask my older sister if she remembers the insect truck. She is older, so I don't think it was that shocking for her to see. That island was something special, I don't think we'll ever have the whole family like together again.

Problems with RotoBall

This has been a stressful project, because my mentality was negative. I thought that I could have never done the project. I guess once I go started with the project I got the hang of it. It was also difficult, because we had only worked with Flash one other time. So we did not have much practice. I had to get the hang of working with the blank frame insert and the normal frame insert. I got lots of help from my friends, which were Jorge, Taku and Eduardo. Although, at the end of my project I was better at doing this. The teacher was also a great help. Since my video at he beginning I did not film my video the correct way. The teacher helped my fix it up and make it a bit longer. Like everything in life, there is always a first ime for everything. The most important thing in life is to never give up, no mater what you feel like.

8th Grade RotoBall

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Rotoball Video edits

I really liked how our videos came out. I only made a change to my background, which was I added a different scenery to the last part of the video. As my teacher said, my other classmates need to cut their videos so that they are not so long. We just need a little editing and we have a perfect RotoBall video. Most of all we overcame our doubts about the video. I am happy about how it turned out and hope we can do another video like this soon. A total success!!!

Rotoball Video

I have to say this project was very challenging. I had many struggles throughout this project. My friends have helped me a lot with my difficulties. I also looked at tutorials and video on youtube to help me overcome my problems. It was a a rush for me, because I missed a lot of days since I travel for golf. My video would be better if I had spent more time on it. I would have put a better and more creative background. I would have also made a better video to start with. If I really wanted to do this video correctly, it would be in real life. Like maybe my partner could film me surfing on an actual wave. This would be more creative and would make the overall project turn out much better. Another idea that I have is doing another subject. I bet a ball sport would be better. I would either do a soccer, golf, or basketball video. I would love to do another one of these videos. This time it will turn out to be a success.