Workshop - Essay Planning

 Techniques: Diegetic sound. Music - minor, slow, dramatic - building tension, emotional intensity as music gets louder. 

music lighting color - Katniss dark dim, artificial - grey, block, blues 

Angles/Shots/movement - Senica - vibrant, bright, colour variety - pink - man privileged/individuals. Lighting/color - bright, natural, warm green,  black, greys, shadowed - rising of the sun - new victor. High Angle - Senica has power according to the camera but the dialogue stop contradicts that. 

Costume - katniss - training suit, tributes all look the same capitol - individuals - all different, over the top, estrangement 

Costume - not important 

- Close-ups - see the reactions, katniss - pensive, shocked. emphasizes emotions - defiance, the stubbornness of katniss - the struggle for power.

- Katniss won't let them have one victor.

- Peeta won't let them change him. 

- High 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. Happy because Katniss and Peeta took back control if then they died on their own terms, didn't lose their humanity 5

Change of rules - struggle for power 

Workshop: SEXXXY Paragraphs

 Scene - 'They Don't own me' - Dialogue is used to create a foreboding atmosphere.  Katniss and Peta 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, I still wanna be me" Spoken by Peta. These show that Peta has a sense that he is going to have to do things that he doesn't want to have to do like kill others. This makes the audience feel sorry for Peta because he is likely going to die or kill others to study alive.  The director did this to make us believe Peta 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 and greys which add to the foreboding atmosphere. This aspect can be contrasted to when Peta joins the career pack once in the games because they are cold-hearted killers which is what Peta didn't want to be. 

Brainstorm - Angles/Movements/Shots - Over the shoulder - shows speaker puts us in listeners P.O.V makes us part of the conversation.

Music

Lightning Colour - Mood - sad - gloomy - greys, darks, dim lighting - works with C/U to highlight emotions on faces 

Settings

Costumes and makeup - I don't want them to change 

Character/Dialogue - "I don't wanna be another piece in their game" "If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me."

Close-ups - Shows the emotions of the two - nervous,  anxious, mostly Peta 

Theme - Rich vs Poor, Hope, and Rebellion, struggle for power.

Atmosphere - Forebonding, nervous, Reluctant, Hesitant

- Lighting and colour

- Dialogue 

- Close-up 

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

Workshop #5 Music

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

Dynamic - volume - how bud 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 II riots. Directors Purpose: feel katniss emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, acceptance rebellion.

- symbol of the three-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.

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

- colour/Lightning - While flowers, natural lighting, greens stand out,

Symbol - innocent and pure, rue never killed anyone, 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 increases it builds the intensity of the emotions - we see emotions are contagious - hope. 

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 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 worked well with the use of white flowers to symbolise Rue's innocence and purity and the high angle shot making her weak and vulnerable Combined with the music we are shown first rue is a victim of the cruelty of the capital. 

Workshop

Atmosphere - feeling/mood set in the scene. 

Mood - the way we feel/emotional response. 

Location - an area it is set.

1. District 12

What is happening - katniss is jogging through the District.

Types of colour/lighting - cold colours - more grey undertones, dull colours - nothing - blue/grey shades natural colours - pallet - green, brown. grey, black. Lighting - cold, dull natural.

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

Directors purpose - Shows how. unpleasant it is to live in the Districts, underprivileged and comparison for a capital.

Other techniques - Setting - dirt roads, houses derelict, transport old fashioned wagons, no electricity.

2. The capitol

    What is happening? The citizens of the capitol are awaiting the arrival of the tributes. Types of colour/lighting - colours - cold - white undertones.

- bright/artificial 

- lighting - cold (white) artificial, bright

- Pallet - setting - whites/metalics  Costumes bright, vibrant, colourful. 

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

Directors purpose - makes us sympathise with tributes. they have lots and the districts have none, don't like them because they have been seen as over the top and 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/lighting - Colour pallet - blue/ white / dark grey, Colour - cold (blue/white) bright - especially white shirts, artificial lighting/Colour. (yon/heliographic.

Viewer effect (feel) - makes us feel they are smart but unsafe, scientific, Director's purpose - make 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. 

Music Reflection

1.  What did you enjoy the last term in Music? Playing Piano because when I first time played them it was kinda interesting it got my attention. 
2. What skills did you learn? I learned some of the piano chords even though they're hard to learn I still tried my best.
3. Did you perform/Record? We did perform but I haven't got the video yet.

(Yes/No Explain what you did!) We did a Filipino song called Magbalik. The song Used to be popular in our country, it is actually a love song. 

Attach video to performance if you have one. 

4. Are you taking Music next year? if yes what instrument do you wish to focus on? I didn't choose music because I know it's not my passion even though I can play many instruments. If I chose music I would focus on playing guitar because I can play guitar really well.

Esol/Reflection

• What was the best lesson and why? The best lesson was when we were asked to write an essay. It was easy because we can choose any topic that we'd like to write about. Writing an essay was the easiest thing to do because I like writing a lot. So far this is the only work that I've put so much effort into, I was so focused and I didn't wanna even get distracted but back then I was easily distracted and it would ruin my work. So the best work so far that I did was writing an essay. 
• What did you enjoy doing and why? I enjoyed writing a lot. I don't actually do so much work for this class but when we were asked to write something I did a lot of writing and it was fun because writing is my favourite to do in class. I also enjoyed the test last term. We did a spelling test and I got a perfect score. I enjoyed doing the spelling test because I'm really good at spelling.
• What was one task you were proud of and why? The task that I am proud of was the essay we wrote last week, I did a lot of writing and I think that made my teacher proud because I actually don't do so much work for her class,  so when she saw my essay writing she said some positive words and I was very happy that I finished some work.
• What is something you could do differently/better next term? I would say my behaviour in class. I am easily distracted and sometimes I'm very loud and uncontrollable when my friends do something funny and I'II just laugh as hard as I could. My behavior needs to change so that's what I'm doing next term. I also need to do some work because in this class I don't do so much work, so that's probably what I could do differently next year. 

Blog Reflection

1. What you have been learning about? We've been learning about our place which is canterbury and what is our favourite thing to do. 

2. What went well? What did you find interesting? I like using Prezi because they're easy to use and the template design they're very cool to use, it makes everything interesting. 

3. What did you find challenging? what could you have improved on or done better? I should've written more details about my favourite things to do in canterbury. 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!