Cooking - Lemon/vanilla cupcakes

Last week in cooking we made cupcakes that were flavoured lemon and also we added some vanilla essence in them, the people that were in my group are Ella, Kya, and also Toni and also including myself so it was a group of 4. and we got 3 each.  We worked together by all having our own jobs to do so that we were not doing nothing and everyone was kept busy,  but sometimes some people weren't doing anything and were just standing there cause our group wasn't that organised. 

Here's my recipe for the lemon cupcakes i made

- 3C self-rising flour
1/2tsp salt
1C unsalted butter, at room temperature
2C White Sugar
4 eggs
1tsp vanilla essence
2Tbs of lemon zest
1C milk
2 1/2Tbs lemon juice

Icing:
150g butter
250g Icing Sugar
1tsp vanilla essence
2tsp hot water
Zest of 1 lemon

-This is a similar pictures of what we made 

This is what my parents thought about my product i made in cooking class

they thought it was alright but maybe a different flavour next time cause they dont really like lemon flavoured cupcakes they rather chocolate or strawberry something similar to that rather then lemon/vanilla. but their other all opinion was good they were thankful that i actually made them something to try for themselves.

My Opinion about the lemon/vanilla cupcakes is that they tasted very nice and I wish I could have more but I couldn't, and also I love the texture it had in them... and they were moist which I liked about them.

Also I dont think there is anything we need to change about it because we done it perfectly fine and we all also worked well together as a group of just girls...

How does 'Lighting & Colour' enhance the story?

Picture 1

Atmosphere - Feel, energy around
Mood - how you feel, emotions
Location - where something is happening.

Lighting -
- 1. natural -  produced in nature, often sun, moon stars, lightening,
- 2. Artificial - man-made light, usually electrical,

Warm - yellow, makes feel safe, warm
Cold -  white/blue tone, makes feel clean, clinical

Bright - Fills room, makes feel happier, safe,
Dull  - fills part of a space only, often creepy/murky

Colour Pallete:
Predominant colours used in the scene.

brainstorm: colour/lighting
What happening ----------> Coraline + her parents having breakfast in the real kitchen - they look
depressed, dull, lifeless

Techniques: lighting - cold,
natural - from cloudy window
dull

colour: - cold
dark, washed out, faded, muted.
- off whites, creams, + yellows.

Effect on viewer - Feels boring, dont want to be there, feel/think - boring dull lifeless,
 - set the mood that real world is boring + empty - makes the other world more appealing.
(theme) - looks can be deceiving - is not actually bad place to be.

Other Techniques - Costume - real parents in simple plain colours + fabrics in dull colours.
Costume/shots/music/setting:


Picture 2 

brainstorm: Colour/Lighting
what happening: coraline + other parents having dinner in the other kitchen
- characters seem vibrant + appealing.
- good food on offer,

Techniques: Lighting - Artificial - Ceiling light bulb
- Warm - yellowish tone
- Dull - parts of the room still in shadow

Colour - yellows/oranges/black Palette
- warm - makes us feel safe/Comfortable.

Effect on viewer - happy want to be there,
(feel/think) welcoming, colourful, joyful,

Director purpose - looks can be deceiving, - looks nice but in reality it is unsafe.
theme: - Makes Coraline feel comfortable. huge improvement
- On real world

Other techniques -  Costume - Colourful, friendly, looking,  lots of black/red,
- more fashionable, more warm, comfy,
costume/shots/music/setting

  

Paragraph: 1,,, In the real kitchen scene, colour and lighting were used effectively. Also the real world is sort of boring, and makes you feel like you dont want to be there. The type of shot that was taken is sort of like a medium shot. The colour in the real world is darkened, and also shadowy. Looks like she is staring into a creepy cats eye.  As Coraline stares or talks to the cat, there's sort of a feeling that something else is going. So it is sort of Spooky looking and a spooky as feeling for the audience.

           

Paragraph 2:

In the "Other World" when Coraline first arrives there, She thinks its All nice, and stuff. This angle shot is sort of a long distant. The lighting is also sort of dullish. Coraline's room is sort of dark but has a nice design to it. For me being part of the audience i would think that would be a better room for a kid then what is in the "Real World" With the "Real Mother". The other mother acts all nice and each time Coraline goes back there she starts changing like 10 percent each time then it goes to 30 percent change, and then 50 then 100 and then after all she turns all mean all of a sudden. Into herself that coraline would never have thought of.