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Monday, November 15, 2021

Antarctic Treaty - Social Studies

Hello everyone, in Social studies we are learning about treaties. We have searched different treaties and also the treaties that we wanted to learn and want to know more about. Our teacher gave some suggestions on some interesting treaties. I did the suggestion one and It is about Antarctic treaty. Here are the information that I learned about the Antarctic treaty. 

Workshop - Essay planning | English2021

Shooting the apple - Hope and Rebellion


Techniques:

Music, lighting, colour 

Angles/shots/Movement

Costume  


  • Diegetic sound

  • Katniss - dark, dim, Artificial - grey, black, blue - matches peers 

  • Senica - vibrant, bright - colour variety - pink - more privileged/ individual 

  • Costume - Katniss - training suit, tributes all look the same

  • Capitol - individual - ll different, over the top, extravagant

  • Close- up see the reaction, Katniss - pensive, shocked 

  • Hight angle - once Katniss shoots the apple, makes her look weak and vulnerable. 


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


Change of Rules - Struggle for power 

Music - Minor, slow, dramatic, building tension, emotional intensity as music gets louder

Lighting/colour - bright, natural warm, green, black, greys, 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 - defiance, stubborn of Katniss - Struggle for Power 

  • Katniss won’t let them have one victor 

  • Peeta won’t let them change him. 

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


Aspect = techniques 

Camera shots/ angles/ movement colour/ lighting costume

Music    Atmosphere   Dialogue   symbols    Props.  


Task 2: 1 - 2 sentences explaining what happened in the scene. 


T - Title

A - Author

K - Key

O - Outline


In the film ‘The Hunger Games’ directed by Gary Ross, techniques are used to engage the viewer and tell the story. In the scene ….(insert your scene) film aspects such as (Technique 1), (Technique 2), (Technique 3 ) and (Technique 4) are impactful in creating the mood and atmosphere. 


Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Science - Volcano eruption

Hello everyone, in Science we are learning about Volcanoes, in this project my team and I researched about the volcanoes we wanted to make. The Volcano that we made is Taal Volcano. Here is the thing we had discovered. 

A caldera forms when a volcano erupts and then collapses, this creates a large depression.




Types of rock formations that form around the volcano.

Olivine Basalt is a type of mineral.

Andesite


Plan
Make a border around the volcano and make it look like the volcano looks like it’s submerged in water.
We need to make it slightly taller than the bottle we’re going to use while still making it look like just the very top of the volcano.

Making the base out of cardboard, we will roughly cut out the shape of the volcano.

Reaction: Elephant's Toothpaste
Hydrogen Peroxide and Potassium Permanganate - Turns brown as a chemical reaction between the oxygen and the Potassium Permanganate.

Put warm water in a bottle, then put Potassium Permanganate crystals. Mix.

Add 1-2 drops of detergent to the mixture.

Find an open space.

Pour Hydrogen Peroxide in a measuring cylinder, pour till satisfied with the amount.

Then, quickly pour the Hydrogen Peroxide into the bottle, wait for the reaction.

Character Portray | English2021



Monday, November 8, 2021

Workshop: SEXXXY Paragraphs |English2021

Scene - 'They don't own me' 
Brainstorm 
  • Angles, movement, shots, Over the shoulder 
  • Music Diegetic sound
  • Lighting/colour, 
  • Settings
  • Costumes + make-up
  • Character/ Dialogue  
Theme - Rich vs Poor, Hope and Rebellion, Struggle for Power

What happened - Peeta and Katniss are having a conversation about how the games might affect them. 
  • Angles, movement, shots, Over the shoulder - shows speaker, puts us in listeners P.O.V make us part of the conversation 
  • Close up - This shows the emotion of the two-nervous, anxious, mostly Peeta.
  • Lighting/Colour - Mood - sad, gloomy - Gray, darks, blacks, dim lighting - works with c/u (close-ups) highlights emotion in faces 
  • Dialogue - "I don't want them to change me" "I don't wanna be another piece in their game" If I die, I wanna still be me" 
  • Atmosphere - Foreboding, Nervous, Reluctant, Hesitant - Lighting and colour2 - Dialogue 1- Close up 3
SEXXXY Paragraph 

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 quote "I don' want them to change me", another "If I'm gonna die, I still wanna be me" spoken by Peeta. These show that Peeta has a sense 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 that Peeta die early and that being a tribute isn't something to celebrate but a loss of personal autonomy. This work well with colour the dark colours of black and greys which add to the foreboding atmosphere. This aspect can be contrasted to when Peeta joins the Career Pack once in the game because they are cold-hearted killers which is what Peeta didn't want to be.     

Monday, November 1, 2021

Workshop #5: Music | English2021

Tempo - Speed of the Music - fast/ slow/ moderate
Dynamic - Volume - how loud or quiet it is
Key - Major - Happy sound, Minor - sad sound 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/ lighting - While flowers, natural lighting, greens, stands out ⟶ innocence and pure - Rue never killed anyone, kind, compassionate, victim.

- Shots/ angles - Medium close-ups - Rue and Katniss - see their emotion and facial expression - anguish 
- High angle - weak and vulnerable - Rue is an inoocent and blameless victim. 

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

Directors purpose: feel Katniss's emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, acceptance, rebellion 
- Symbol of 3 finger salute is a sign of defiance and anger toward the game makers - you will not 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 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 white flowers. As she finishes, the music build in volume, showing the increasing intensity of her anger and grief towards the Capitol. 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 viewers to feel the characters' emotions. This worked well with the use of white flowers to symbolize Rue's innocence and purity and the high angle shot making her weak and vulnerable. Combine with the music we are shown that Rue is a victim of the cruelty of the Capitol.