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[kuleana--does-anyone-care]

Hello everyone!

I might come back here and post a social media page for the Kuleana project. But I haven't set one up yet. Oops~

Take care y'all. It's been good ^_^

[kuleana--does-anyone-care]

capstone update #1

TO REITERATE: I'm planning to produce a 30-min documentary film.

Hello, I'm finally here to update my blog! I meant to do this last week, but didn't... I was struggling to wrap my head around this project and what I'll be doing this semester.

I think I'm a little crazy for taking this on. Sometimes it feels like too much, but I certainly won't be quitting.

My first reality check was trying to populate the workback plan. It was a necessary step, but so difficult. I had to come back to it a few times to get it sorted out. I always feel like I'm overlooking something when I'm planning out a project, and I've never tried to produce something of this magnitude before. But I sat down with my workback plan again tonight and finally have it in good shape. Coming back to it has helped me process what I'll need to do, and I feel pretty certain now that I'm not forgetting anything. I also recreated my workback plan in Notion, because I don't think I'll be able to stay on track if I only look at it on Google Sheets. (The formatting... the lack of color-coding and other viewing modes... Nah, homie, I can't. TwT) I also gave myself dates to complete things by. I know I can work to a deadline, and now I have a ton of them. Isn't that fantastic!

Anyway, I'm really happy with my organization on this project now that I have all my tasks thought out, written down, and with dates. The tricky part now will be keeping the Google Sheet updated according to the Notion.

Right now I have a bunch of tasks marked as "in progress." There's so much I need to do in the next two weeks, mostly making lists of people and Instagram accounts to reach out to. I already follow a lot of accounts but I have not created a master list for myself to keep track of them all. Once I have my list, I can start drafting up messages to send to them, asking if they might want to participate in my doc, or could put me in connection with people who would. I'm kind of worried that I don't have much to show for myself, a presence, or a reason why they should trust me, that kind of thing. But I'll try it anyway.

I also need to draft emails/ send texts/ make phone calls to people I know, who said in one way or another that they might be able to lend a voice to my project. Cast out a bunch of lines and see if I get any bites. 🎣

Another thing is, I want to find videos on YouTube and Vimeo of the ʻOnipaʻa Peace March that happened a couple weeks ago. I wasn't able to go myself, but I'd really like to incorporate footage of it into my film. Maybe someone would be willing to let me use a few of their shots. If not a person, maybe one of the local news outlets. I also need to do some research. I have a playlist of some news clips about the Red Hill water crisis from when I made my 5-minute piece about it in Fall '22. But there have been updates since then, and I need to collect even more. I'm not 100% sure what or how much I'll do with it yet. But my creative process is 'collect all the stuff, look at and absorb it all, ???, get vision, create the vision'... so step one is gathering more things. :)

Also want to find more PDFs. Last semester, I found some studies and national news articles about Red Hill, pollution by the Navy/ issues similar to what's happening here, but my research topic was persuasion, so I spent the vast majority of my time on that. There's definitely more out there, and I want to find it because I'm thinking of using scans/ screenshots in my film.

Oh, and I'm planning to request titles from ʻUluʻulu by 2.16. Gonna try my absolute best to stay on top of the deadlines I've set for myself. LONG POST: FINITO!!!

[heathergalbreathcapstone]

Final Reflection

Thank you all for following along on this journey!

[thepathtoliteracy]

Final Reflection

It's done! It's done it's done it's done it's done.

One thing I'm sure you guys didn't know, is that I actually didn't plan to do any recordings or read aloud the prior semester. Sharla suggested me to do it at the beginning of this semester and I was so scared I bit off more than I could chew. But, 11 videos later, I got it done! Mahalo nui loa for coming on this journey with me and check out the site!

For any future capstone students, my advice to you is:

Make weekly deadlines.

This should be before the semester even starts and be realistic about them. It keeps you on pace. You only got 15 weeks which blows past before you know it.

Prepare for the worst.

For some reason, a lot of my classmates' programs crashed and didn't save anything. For me, the back to back storms did not help, but it messed with my timeline. Also you should already have a drive that you're working off of, NOT your computer itself, and make sure to save every few seconds. Your left hand should always be on command S.

Figure out where your priorities lie.

Are you working on another class instead of your project? Are you focusing on a small detail rather than just getting it done?

Make something you're proud of.

This is your SENIOR PROJECT! It's the show all of your knowledge and skill. Make it good.

Good luck!

The Path to Literacy

[thepathtoliteracy]

Wrapping Up: Week 15

The past two weeks have flown by, but I got a lot done. I finished up editing all of my read alouds, I created the thumbnails, and added them to my book gallery. All that’s upcoming is my website walkthrough and I’m all pau! The biggest hurdle was having the patience to just sit there and do it. I wanted to hurry up and get it done, but rushing doesn’t lead to quality work. In the end, I sat there listening to myself read for hours, but it got done.

My AHA moment would be that I actually got so much done. Originally, it wasn’t in my plan to record myself reading these books out loud. But not only did I set out what I wanted to do, but more. What helped me the most was my self made due dates that I created before the semester started. It kept me on track to when I should be creating everything. Now that I think about it, my wireframes feel like so long ago…

The website is live! Go ahead and check it out! And mahalo for following me along on my journey.

The Path to Literacy

[thepathtoliteracy]

Wrapping Up: Week 13 - 14

This past week, I finished my website and redid some of the assets of my video series. I changed the theme of the website to match my images and style better. It felt weird to have everything be serif but then all my assets are friendly and with my own quirky bubble font on the front page. I created a new title card, font, and changed the thumbnails to match that font. I added that font as image assets to the website, and updated all the images there. I added 18 more books to my book gallery, and am working on adding three more! I’m going to record the last four books tomorrow and once those are edited, I’ll be done~ Timeline wise, I’m a little behind where I’d like to be. I was hoping to be done by now and I could send the website out for testing. But this past weekend I was a complete shut in and just worked all day, and it was worth it.

When choosing which books to read, I of course was looking at the reading level. I avoided picture books with only two sentences per page. I wanted at least one page of text accompanied with a picture. This way it’s targeted towards the 1st-3rd graders that I decided to target when doing my research. Some books are quite easy, but there are also some light chapter books as well. This way I an accommodate for all the reading levels within that age group. My last four books delve upon different cultures and I’m excited to read those! I’ve actually been enjoying the children’s books myself… Maybe I’ll continue to read them even after this project. They’re quite good!

I’ve attached some screenshots of my website, it’s made with mobile-first in mind. I've also attached my new title card and thumbnail. Definitely more whimsical!

[thepathtoliteracy]

Execution: Week 10 - 12

Launched into editing, I have! And there is more recording and editing to be done. I’ve also added a plethera of books to the gallery, but I want to add more recordings of course. Editing has gone very smoothly, I edit the audio first then chop up where I mess up and connect the clips. I’ve created a thumbnail as well. I need to create my survey to send out soon, though!

I got my cap and gown today… things are getting real! I’ve attached my thumbnail as well as a little blooper reel from the current video I’m working on. Maybe I should look into my own literacy level…

[thepathtoliteracy]

Execution: Week 8 - 9

I’ve added all of my body copy into my Word Press draft and laid every page out. I have filler images for right now, but things are looking good. I added public domain books into the gallery as well, so that is building up nicely. I’m currently editing my read-aloud videos. Coming up is more recording, editing, and inputting books.

Hiccups was figuring out WordPress, it seemed simple but also not. But I got that down quickly. Once I knew how I wanted to translate my layout and how to do it, especially columns wise, I got it covered. Although, my original homepage layout did NOT work with the mobile version, so I messed around with it and will continue to do so. Especially since I’m doing a mobile-first design.

Timeline wise, I’m on track. Coming up in two weeks I need to create the survey on the useability of the site. Who knew that it’s coming already! But what really helped was in the summer, I created a week by week timeline. I would be lost without that.