Workshop - Essay Planning

                           Shooting the Apple - Hope & Rebellion

Techniques: Diegetic sound

Music Lightning Color - Katniss - dark, dim, artificial - grey, black, blues

Angles/shots/movement- Senica - vibrant, bright,- colour variety-pink - more privileged/initials

Costume - Katniss - training suit, tributes all look the scene

                  Capital - Individuals- all different, over the extravagant 

               - Close-ups - see the reactions, Katnis pensive, shocked

               - High angle - are Katniss shorts the apple, makes her look

                  weak and vulnerable

               - Atmosphere - tension, Katniss comes out as the standout, someone to watch out for.

Music - minor, show,dramatic-building tension, emotional intensity as music get louder

Lightning/Colour - bright, natural, warm, green, black, grey, shadowed-rising of 

the sun- new day-new victor

Costume - not important

Angle/Shots/Movement - High Angle - Senica has power according to the camera but the dialogue 'stop" contradicts that.

Close-ups emphasize emotions - defiance, stubborn

               - Katniss won't let them have one victor

               - Peeta won't let them change him

- Atmosphere - happy because Katniss & Peeta took back control if they died, then they died by their own terms didn't lose their humanity 

Workshop: SEXXXY Paragraphs

Brainstorm - Angles/Movement/Shots - Other the shoulder - show speaker puts us in listeners P.O.V. makes us part of the conversation

Diegetic sound Close-ups - shows the emotions of the two - nervous, anxious, mostly Peeta

Lightning/colour mad-sad  gloomy - grey, dark, dim lightning - works with C/U to highlight emotions on faces

Character/Dialogue - "I don't want them to change"  

                                  "I don't wanna be another piece in their game"

                                  " If I'm gonna die I wanna be me"

Theme - Rich vs Poor, Hope & Rebellion, Struggle for power

What happened - Peeta & Katniss are having a conversation about how the games might affect them

Scene - " They Don't Own Me"

In the scene "They don't own me", dialogue is used to create a foreboding atmosphere. Katniss and Peeta are having a conversation about how the upcoming games might affect them. This is demonstrated by the quotes " I don't want them to change me", and " If I'm gonna die, Still wanna be me" spoken by Peeta. This shows that Peeta has a scene that he is going to have to do things that he doesn't want to do like kill others. This makes the audience feel sorry for Peeta because he is likely going to die, or to kill others to stay alive. The director did this to make us believe Peeta will die early and that being a tribute isn't something to celebrate but a loss of personal autonomy. This worked well with the dark colours of black greys which add to the foreboding atmosphere. This aspect can be contracted to when Peeta joins the career Pack one the games because they are cold-hearted killers which is what Peeta didn't want to be.

Workshop 5: Music - English

 Tempo - speed of the music - fast/slow/moderate 

Dynamics - Volume - how bad or quiet it is

Key - Major - happy sound, minor - sad sound

Rues Death, How is music used to create atmosphere = depressing/sad/mournful 

                     minor, tempo-slow, dynamics-quiet, gets louder as Katniss raises her salute and district 11 riots

- What happened - Rue is killed, Katniss tries to give her body the closest to a burial that she can.

- Colour/Lightning - White flowers, natural lighting, greens stands out.

              Symbol - innocent and pure - Rue never killed everyone, kind, compassionate, victim

- Shots/Angles - medium close-ups - Rue and Katniss - see their emotions and facial expression - anguish

- High Angle - weak and vulnerable - Rue is an innocent and blameless victim

Effect on the viewer - The atmosphere of remorse/intense sadness, as the volume increase it builds the intensity of the emotions - we see emotions are contagious - hope.

Director Purpose: feel Katniss emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, atmosphere, rebellion 

Symbol of 3 finger salute is a sign of defiance and anger towards the game makers - you will take my humanity, also a symbol of unification with those who have lost loved ones to the games.

Music is used to create an atmosphere of sorrow and remorse in Rue's death scene. In this scene we see Katniss dealing with the slaughter of her young friend Rue. For example. The tempo is slow, the slow, dynamics are quiet and the key is minor to reflect the emotional rollercoaster that Katniss is feeling. Like the music, Katniss moves slowly and methodically to cover Rue's body in writing flowers. As she finishes, the music builds in volume, showing the increasing intensity of her anger and grief towards the capital. This makes us understand the pain experienced by the families of the tributes when they are killed each year. This was done to enable the viewer to feel the character emotions. This works well with the use of white flowers to symbolize Rue's innocents and purity and the high angle shot making her weak and valuable Combines with the music we are shown that Rue is a victim of the cruelty of the capital.

Workshop 4: Lightning & and Colour - English

 Atmosphere - feeling/mood set in the scene

Mood - the way feel/emotional response

Location - Are it is set

1. District 12 

What is happening - Katniss is jogging through District.

Types of colour/lightning - cold colours - more grey understand

                                           dull colours - nothing stands out - blue/grey shades

                                           natural colours - palette - greens, brown, grey, black

                                           Lightning - cold, dull. natural

Viewer effect (feel) - not welcoming, unpleasant. run-down, dirty, poor

Directors purpose  - shows how unpleasant it is to live in the districts,

                                an underprivileged good comparison for Capital.

Other techniques  setting - dirt roads, houses derelict, transport old fashioned

                             Villagers, no electricity.

2. The capitol 

What is happening - The citizen of the Capitol are awaiting the arrival of the tribute

Type of colour/lightning - colours - cold - white undertones

                                                      - bright/artificial

                                        - Lightning cold (white) artificial, bright

                                        - Palette - setting - whites/metallics bright, vibrant, colourful

Viewer effect (feel) - these people are privileged, they are celebrating they are more advanced

Directors purpose - Makes us sympathise with the tributes - they have lots and the districts have none, don't like them because they seem over the top of arrogant

Other techniques - Costume - rich extravagant, flaunting, over the top

                              Settings rich, modern, technologically advanced, clean new.

3. The Control Room 

What is happening - People are manipulating the arena via computer

Types of colour/lightning - colour palette - blue/white/grey/clinical

                                            colour - cold (blue/white) bright-especially white shirts

                                                         artificial lighting/colour - cyan/holographic 

Viewer effect (feel) - make us feel they are smart but unsafe, scientific

Directors purpose - Makes us feel like they are mindless drones, detached from reality 

Other Techniques - Costume - white lab coats feel like an experiment 

                                 Settings - no clutter, lots of techs, only focused on the one job

Otautahi - Social Studies

For the past few weeks, we have been learning about our place which is Cantebury, and learning more things about it, I should've written more details about Canterbury today. I just wrote a few details on it, maybe next time when I have enough time to do it.  

Here's my link for my Prezi Hope you like it!

Workshop 3: Costumes - English

The Reaping Scene - District 12

• The children of the district have gathered together for the reaping to select the tributes 

Costumes used:

• Boy - Shirts - buttoned/collars, short, pants, white, colourless, faded, dull, overwashed
• Girls - Dresses, shirts & skirt
• Best clothes, probably only worn once a year, worn-out, colourless, faded

Affect on Viewer:

• We feel for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions

Directors Purpose:

• Shows us how bad their conditions are, wants us to seem them as the weak, hopeless

Techniques add to effect:

• High Angle - with the faded colours makes them seem vulnerable, helpless.

Other techniques - High angle with the faded colours makes them seek weakly, vulnerable helpless

The Capitol- Arriving in the city

• Katniss & Peta have arrived by Train in the Capital
• The clothes are extravagant
• Over the top
• Colourful, vibrant
• accessories - has/earings/make-up/wig/shoes/bags/dogs
• New - looks like only worn once, Fashionable
• Access to good quality fabrics, pattern

Affect on Viewer

• Makes them seen of higher ranking, privileged, relaxed, we don't like them, attitude

Director purpose - Shows them of imbalance of power & rich vs poor

Other techniques - the setting is crowded, people happy, buildings are modern, big, well kept, shows that capital privileged

The countdown

• The tributes have just arrived in the area and are waiting to start the games

Costumes used:

•  survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jacket, pants, T-shirts, designed to look good, to be practical, lightweight.

Affect on View

• The tributes look prepared, fit, athletic

Director Purpose:

• They are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience (the capitols)  makes it seen more pagent like

Other techniques - silence worried, excited to see what happen, anxious, build town, makes the audience focus.

MRS GREN - Blobfish | Science

 

Movement - The blobfish primarily floats around and swallows crustaceans as they pass by.

Respiration - The blobfish's respiratory system uses a process called countercurrent flow to obtain oxygen because it does not have lungs. Countercurrent flow occurs when the water and blood within the body of the fish go in opposite directions across the gills to diffuse as much oxygen into the blood as possible.

Sensitivity - Blobfish has no sensitivity and it is not sensitive to things that can affect (influence) it because ultimately blobfish are just slightly sentient lumps of FAT.

Growth - The blobfish, whose scientific name is Psychrolutes Marcus, grows to as much as a foot long and contains almost no muscle at all. With no muscle, the fish are not edible to humans, as you would be eating mostly a big blob of gelatin.

Reproduction - The blobfish opens its big mouth, and food filters on through. The fish reproduce by laying thousands of eggs in nests. Several females often nest near one another, and they hover over their eggs until they hatch.

Excretion - The blobfish has a very small digestive system compared to most species of fish; however, the process of breaking down food in the body is very similar. Finally, the food is excreted through the anus at the bottom of the fish.

Nutrition - Their diet consists of small crustaceans like crabs, sea urchins, and shellfish. These goodies are sucked into the blobfish's mouth as it floats along. Lacking both bones and teeth, they do not actively hunt.