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Monday, November 15, 2021

Workshop - Essay Planning

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

Costumes - not important

Angles/shots/movement - high angle - Senica has power according to camera but the dialogue "Stop." contradicts that.

Close-ups - emphasises emotions, defiance, stubborn of Katniss - struggle for power

- Katniss wont let them have one victor, Peeta wont let them change him.

Atmosphere - Happy because Katniss + Peeta took back control, if they died then they their own terms, didnt lose their humanity.

Shooting the apple - Hope + Rebellion

Techniques: - Diagetic sound 

Music lighting colour - Katniss - Dark, dim, artificial - grey, black, blues - matches peers

angles/shots/movement - Senica - vibrant, bright, - colour variety - pink - more privileged /individuals 

costume - Costume - katniss - training suit, tributes all look the same

Capitol - Individuals - All different, over the top, extravagant

- close-ups - see the reactions, Katniss-Pensive, shocked 

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

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

Aspeat = Techniques

Camera shots/angles/movement colour/lighting costume music atmosphere dialogue symbols props.

Reaping scene - Closeups, costume, music, lighting

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

In the film "The Hunger Games"directed by Gary Ross

techniques are used to engage the viewer and tell the story. In the scene(inset your scene) film aspects such as(technique 1), (tech 2), (tech 3), and (tech 4) are impactful  in creating the mood atmosphere

Title

author/director

key ideas/aspects

outline


Monday, November 8, 2021

Sexxxy Paragraph

 Scene - 'They Dont Own Me'

Brainstorm:

Angles/movement/shots -  Over the shoulder - shows speaker, puts us in listeners P.O.V makes us part of the conversation. - Close Ups - Shows the emotions of the two - Nervous, Anxious, Mostly Peeta.

Diagetic Sound

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

settings

costumes + makeup

Character / Dialogue 

- "i dont want them to change"

- "i dont wanna be another piece in their game"

- "if im gonna die, i wanna still be me"

Theme - Rich v Poor, Hope + Rebellion, struggle for power 

What Happened - Peeta + Katniss are having a conversation about how the games might effect them

Atmosphere - foreboding, nervous, reluctant, hesitant, 

- Lighting + Colour - P2

- Dialogue - P1

- close-ups - P3

In The Scene " they dont want me ", Dialogue is used to create a foreboding atmosphere.

Katniss and Peeta are having a conversation about how the upcoming games might effect them. This is demonstrated by the quotes " I dont want them to Change me, " and "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 have to do like kill others. This makes the audience feel sorry for Peeta because he is likely going to die, or 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 blacks and greys which adds 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

Understanding How Characters Are Developed In A Film

 Identify 2-3 of these character strengths in Katniss, Peeta, (Little girl)

Katniss's Strength was Bravery and Creativity - Her bravery was by when she was fighting this man/boy at the end of winning the hunger games, and also when this other girl had sharp weapons on katniss's neck, Also she was brave trynna fire the arrow at the man holding the neck of Peeta.

Her Creativity part was when - She used to creative mind to climb a tree so all the other tributes including Peeta couldnt get to her, also so she was able to survive without being killed and losing The Hunger Games

Workshop - 5 Music

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

Dynamics - Volume - how loud or quiet it is

RUES DEATH SCENE:

Rues death: Directors Purpose: feel katnisses Emotions at that moment - remore, anger, helplessness, acceptance, rebellion

Symbols of 3 fingers Salutte is a Sign of Defiance + Anger towards 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 Rues Death 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 roller-coaster that Katniss is feeling. Like the music, Katniss moves slowly and methodically to cover Rues Body in white flowers. As she finishes , the music builds 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 viewer to feel the characters emotions. This worked well with  the use of while flowers to symbolise rues innocence + purity and the high angle shop making her weak + vulnerable. combined with the music we are shown that Rue is a victim of the cruelty if the Capitol

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 salutte + District 11 riots. - What Happened - Rue Is killed, Katniss tries to give her body the closest to a burial that she can. - Colour/Lighting - white flowers, natural lighting, greens, stands out, - Symbol - Innocent + pure - rue never killed anyone, kind, compassionate, victim. - Shots / Angles -  Medium close-ups, Rue + Katniss - See their emotions + facial expressions - Anguish- high angle - weak + vulnerable - Rue is an innocent + blameless victim. - Effect on viewer - Atmosphere of remorse/intense sadness, as the volume increases, it builds the intensity of the emotions, - we see emotions are. - Contagious - hope.



Friday, October 29, 2021

Passion Projects Reflection

 What we did?

  • We had planning paper, I(Abby) Sketched out what the design would look like on the canvas but first on the piece of sketch paper with a pencil

  • We also stuck some buttons on as either blossoms fruits or just to give it some details and it looks really good

What changed as we went along?

  • Figuring out that some of the colours either dried darker or didn’t even dry fast in the time we needed them to

  • What also changed was when we stuck the buttons it we used hot glue and it was super stringy and went everywhere and I had to pick all the stringy bits off 

What we learned?

  • Learned that not all paints work out on our canvas, and oil paint doesn’t dry fast it takes a while depending on the amount we used

How we both worked as a team?

  • We worked together doing the smallest and simplest things first 

What would we do differently next time?

  • Take my time and not try to rush into finishing it, maybe be careful around the edges

Monday, October 18, 2021

Work Shop 4

Atmosphere - feeling/mood set in the scene.

Mood - the way we feel/emotional respsonse.

Location - area it is set

1. District 12

What is happening - Katniss is jogging through the district.

Types of colour/lighting - 

  • Cold colours - more grey under tones
  • dull colours - nothing stands out - blue/grey shades
  • Natural colours - Palette - greens, browns, grey, black
  • - lighting - 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,  underprivileged, good comparison for Capitol

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 - Colour - cold - white undertones - bright - Artificial
  • lighting - Cold(white) Artificial, bright
  • Palette - Setting - whites/melalics, costumes - bright, vibrant, colourful
These poeple are privelledged, they are celebrating, they are , are more advanced
Viewer Effect (feel) - Makes us sympathise with the tributes. Thye have lots and the districts have none, done like them because they seem over the top + arrogant
Other Techniques - Costume - rich, extravagant , flaunting, over the top.
Setting - Rich, modern, technologically advanced, clean, new

#3 The Capitol Room
What is happening- People are manipulating the arena Via computer
Types of colours/lighting - Colour palette  - blue/white/dark grey/clinical
Colour - cold, (blue/white), bright - Expecially white shirts,
Artificial lighting/colour.- Cyan/holographic

Viewer Effect (feel) - Makes us feel they are smart but unsafe, scientific
Directors Purpose - Costume  - White lab coats, feels like an experiment
Setting -No clutter, lots of ech, only focused on the one job


Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Venngage Poster - The Hunger Games

Here's how i've done my Venngage Poster for The Hunger Games, I hope this has some good explanations of this short clip we watched and With Peeta and Katniss, As Primrose got chosen her older sibling Katniss desided to volunteer as one of the tributes to save her little sister. These are the key points of the clip with a little explaining at each of these numbers on my Venngage

I Found interesting that Katniss had chosen to volunteer as tribute because as I was watching the clip seems like no one would of done that as Katniss did for her little sister.

I am learning to understand the parts of the clip that we are writing about, in detail and figure out what the most importants parts are

this work shows my learning by presenting a presentation of what im learning about in class with alot of things included in it

I am wondering what could happen in the next movie and how i could write a good SEXXY paragraph about what ive been doing and make it full of detail and very interesting for this Hunger Games we been working on