Challenges Chart

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I finished my independent activity for the Wonder Film Study in English. In that activity, I had to select four lead characters and create a Challenges Chart, using the following headings:

• Characters Name
• A Challenge faced by the character
• How the character reacted
• What is shows us about the character

Reflection

What am I learning?

I am learning to write challenges that lead characters in Wonder faced.

How does this work show my learning?

This shows my learning by putting information about each character.

What am I wondering?

Nothing

Understanding Symbols | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share the activity that I finished for English. As seen from recent posts on my blog, I've been posting about activities and workshops that I have done in English. In this activity, I had to make a creative presentation that explains what each symbol means. Here is my presentation that I created.

Reflection:

What am I learning?

I am learning to find information from the given symbols.

How does this work show my learning?

This shows my learning by creating a creative presentation showing moments of symbols in the film.

What am I wondering?

Is there any other work to do?

I hope you like my post. Have a nice day at home!! Bye!!

SEXXXY Paragraphs | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share my task that I'd finished in English. As you know, I'm doing a film study in English of Wonder. I have to write two SEXXXY Paragraphs and post it on my blog. First, we had to choose two screenshots to write two SEXXXY paragraph on.

Our learning outcome was to construct a written response to a visual text.
Success Criteria: I can

• Construct a paragraph using the SEXXXY structure. 
• Explain how aspects and film techniques are used in a visual text. 
• Use examples from the text to support my thinking.

1:30:00

In this scene, long shots, medium shots, over the shoulder and low angle shots are used appropriately. We can see this when the director used a long shot when Auggie accepted Amos and their friends as his friend. We see this when the director used over the shoulder when Amos and Auggie are talking to the others. This makes the audience feel shocked, confused and surprised because up till this point Amos and his friends used to agree and stay friends with Julian. This was done to show the theme of the importance of friendship and family, because, Amos and his friends be friends with Auggie. This worked well with long shots to show the emotions of all of the characters surviving from the seventh graders. This reminds the viewer of a moment later in the film when it was graduation day and Auggie was named in the service award. All students in Auggie's class supported him when his name was announced. After that incident in the woods, Auggie had been accepted in class.

In this scene, long shots are used adequately. We can see this when the director used a long shot when Auggie and Jack Will were playing with the lightsaber. This makes the audience feel happy and joyful. Because up till this point Jack hadn't played and been at Auggie's house. The director did this to show that Auggie and Jack Will are good friends. Coinciding with the shot was euphoric music in loud key, making the scene even happier. This technique can be juxtaposed with Summer deciding to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggie's back.

Reflection:

What am I learning?

I am learning to write SEXXXY paragraphs.

How does this work show my learning?

This work shows my learning by writing two SEXXXY paragraphs.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

I am wondering how much SEXXY paragraphs do I have to write?

I hope you like my post. Have a nice day!! Bye!!

Workshop 3: How do ‘Lighting & Colour’ enhance the story? | English

Keywords - Atmosphere/Mood
The general feeling of the scene. How we feel watching the scene.


Lighting & Colour

Warm - makes feel comfortable, safe, welcoming.

Cold - feels sterile, clean, futuristic, technological

Bright - feels more lively, energised, vibrant

Dull - feels calm, quiet, boring, old

Natural light - sources are sun/moon, feels like real life

Artificial light - man-made sources, feel unnatural

Palette - the colours used in that shot eg. Nature palette will have colours found in nature like brown/greens.

Brainstorm:

What is happening in this scene?
The scene where August cries to his mum about looking different.
- They don't even talk to me   -   My face is ugly
- It is always going to matter
- Auggie's mum goes into his room to check on him. He tells her others make fun of him and she reassures him.

Theme - Importance of Friends & Family

Shots/Angles

• Close-ups used to show Auggie's emotions
• Over the shoulder when mum speaks to show conversation from Auggie's point of view.

Lighting/Colour

• Warm dark colours - this is a safe & comfortable space for Auggie to cry.
• Dull colours - sad, lonely, sympathetic, calm, quiet
• Natural light - is night-time.

Effect on the viewer

• Sympathetic
• Sad
• Sorry
• Lonely
• Depressed
• Mirsrable
• Downhearted
• Forlorn

Directors Purpose

Emphasises the sadness of the moment & the importance of Auggie's relationship with his family. 

Co-Construct our SEXXXY paragraph:

In the scene where Auggie cries to his mother about being bullied, colour and lighting is used to create an atmosphere of sympathy. We see this through the use of warm and dull colour in the shot. These make the space feel safe & comfortable for Auggie to express his emotions. This makes us understand how Auggie is feeling; miserable, oppressed because he looks different from his pairs. He asks his mum, " will it always matter" which is a feeling most in the audience can relate. This was done to show the theme, the importance of friendship and family, because Auggie learns resilience by talking issues through his him. Combined with this is the use of close up shots to show the emotions and tears on Auggie's face. This reminds the viewer of a moment later in the story where Auggie is upset because his sister Via doesn't want him to go to her play. Just like this scene, Auggie runs to his room upset and a member of his family comes to reassures him.

Workshop 2: The Impact of Angles, Movement & Shots | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am sharing you my next workshop for English. I hope you like it.

Brainstorm:

Shot 1: Jack & Julian are fighting because Jack had chosen to stand up to Julien after he called Auggie a freak.

Jack Will & Julian fighting - 1.06

Shots/Angles:

• Dutch Tilt - something is wrong in the scene
• Low Angle - makes person on top look stronger - Jack & person below look weak & vulnerable - Julian

Viewers reaction

→ Concerned, worried, surprised

→ Jack had never stood up for Auggie before

→ Jack usually agrees with Julian.

Directors Purpose

→ Close-up used to make us feel part of the fight, see the characters emotions & reactions.
→ Uses techniques to build our concern/shock.

Other techniques

→ Slow-motion - used to show us the details in the fight - too fast otherwise.
→ Music - minor, slow tempo, dynamics increases from quite to help us focus & create atmosphere.




Co-Construct our SEXXXY paragraph:

S - In the fight scene between Julian and Jack, camera angles are used effectively to draw the viewer into the scene.

E - This is demonstrated through the use of low angles, close-ups and dutch tilt shots. The low angle shot makes Jack look stronger and more aggressive, whilst Julian looks weak & vulnerable below him.

X -  This makes the audience feel concerned, shocked and surprised because up till this point Jack had always agreed with Julian.

X - The director did this to draw the viewer into the event and highlight Jack's struggle to choose between being right or being popular.

X -  Combined with this is the use of slow-motion and music which help us to see details on the characters faces and recognise their emotional reactions.

Y -  This can be compared to the use of close-up shots at the start of the film when we first meet Auggie. They are both used to show us a small part of a bigger moment.

Workshop 1: Unpacking the Themes & Ideas | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am sharing you my workshop for English. I hope you like it.

Kindness

Definition - A verbal or physical action that is nice. Caring. Using manners. Respect.

Example 1

• When Jack sticks up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julian.
• Shows Kindness - Sticking up for a friend
• Not letting others talk badly about friends.
• Jack has previously not been kind, talked about Auggie behind his back.
• Important because
• helps people make friends
• makes people feel accepted/included
• if there wasn't kindness Auggie wouldn't have made any friends, grown his self-confidence to be able to take off his helmet, feel included at Beeker Prep.

Example 2

When Amos & the others help Jack & Auggie fight the 7th Graders. 

Importance of Friendship & Family

Definition - People who you can trust, the trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, help build resilience.

Example 1

When the Pullman's dog dies.

• Brings family together to grieve
• Show support for one another
• Auggie & Via put aside their argument to look after each other.

Example 2

Fight at the Nature Reserve where Auggie and the other boys come together to rescue Jack & Auggie from the 7th Graders.

• Support, because they stand up for each other
• Trust, the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
• Resilence, the boys support each other to move forward, they are all friends now.

Important to the Story

• Good relationships with friends help Auggie build trust & feel safe. He takes the helmet off.
• His friendship with Summer teaches him resilience, trust & forgiveness.
• His family are always there to support him when things go wrong at school.

Struggle between being right and being popular

Definition - Being right means showing integrity - doing the right thing even no one is watching. Being popular means agreeing with/acting in a way others want you to, even when you don't agree.

Example 1

When Jack chose to stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julian.

• Jack chose right over popular. Julian wanted to leave Auggie out & Jack chose not to.
• In the past, Jack had picked friendship with Julian over Auggie.

Example 2

When Summer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggie's back.

• Summer chose right - not to sit and talk nasty with her friends, but to go and sit with Auggie who was alone.
• Auggie doesn't trust her first because of Jack.
• Summer stays anyway & helps Auggie - link to the importance of friendships.

Important to the Story

• The concept is relatable, everyone has to experience this, so it helps the viewer to engage with the story.
• Makes kindness/relationships more obvious when we've seen the persons struggle

Theme Guide - Wonder | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share my theme guide for English. Last week, we watched a movie named 'Wonder'. We then watched it again and analyse it. After analysing the movie, we had to complete an activity from four activities.

It was about themes and ideas from the movie. I had chosen the 'Theme Guide', as seen from the title. I had to explain how each theme is shown in the film and give them times to stop and look, quotes and key moments to watch for. We had to present it creatively.

There were three themes,

• Kindness
• Family
• Doing the Right Thing (Popularity)

What am I learning?

I am learning to analyse the film, Wonder.

How does this work show my learning?

This work shows my learning by creating a poster which shares the audience the themes used in the film.

What am I wondering as a result of my learning?

I am wondering nothing.

I hope you liked my post. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Viewing Notes 1 - Wonder | English

Structure:

Narrators change the perspective of the viewer

1. Auggie (August)
2. Via
3. Jack-Will
4. Miranda
5. Auggie

Opening Scene: 0:36 - 1:46

Camera Shots/Angles:

Eye Level, close up (to make us think us think Auggie is in space, we later zoom out to see we are in his bedroom.

Special Effects:

Slow-motion of Auggie jumping because it makes more realistic as, in space, there is no gravity in space so people move slower.

Music/Sound:

  

Diagetic - ground control talking over radio, gives us the idea we are in space.

Music tempo starts slow with quiet dynamic to match the slow-mo of outer space. Tempo picks up when we zoom out to see Auggie in his room.

Symbols:

Astronaut helmet. Represents the physical barrier Auggie puts between himself and others; even when its off people don't really see him.

August's Dad - Nate

'It's like leading a lamb to the slaughter'

Science Classroom Scene - 7:30 - 9:28

Camera Angle/Shot

Open high angle wide shot, makes the room look big & scary & the students look weak & vulnerable.

Body Language

Auggie walks with shoulders hunched, slouched posture, head down. This makes him look smaller & weaker. Trying not to be noticed.

Auggie's First Class - 14:31

Camera Angle/Shot

Over the shoulder, eye-level - between Julian & Auggie. Cuts between close-ups of Auggie to show emotions & mid shots of Julian & the rest of the class. Makes it feel like Auggie is alone.

Summer - 'When given the choice between being right & being kind. Choose kind.'

StarWars Symbols:

• Julien references Dark Sideous
• Auggie has a padewon braid (apprentice Jedi)

StarWars Moments:

Chewbacca → 32:40 → Shows us Auggie, understands why people, but how he wishes they'd deal with it.

Everyone in the Star Wars universe looks strange, weird & deformed so no one treats them differently. This would be a safe place for Auggie because no one would stare.

Auggie - 'I'm sorry if my starring made you uncomfortable'

Julian & Jack Fight Scene - 1:06:06 - 1:07:40

Camera Shots/Angles:

Over the shoulder - as Jack punches Julian, makes us feel part of the event.

Low Angle - during the fight - makes the person on the top look stronger.

Dutch Tilt - lockers on angle, used to show something isn't right in the world. 

Special Effects:

Slow-motion - makes easier to see, especially emotions, also makes it feel more intense.

Music/Sound:

Tempo-slow, minor = sad, dynamics = quiet = intense

Music comes in with voice over - makes it feel reflective



Fight at the Nature Reserve Scene - 1:29:40 - 1:32:35

Camera Shots/Angles:

High Angle Shot - down onto the bully, makes him look weak & vulnerable while Auggie, Jack, Amos & the others look strong. 

Music:

Used to build tension or suspense.

Tempo - very quick rhythm

Dynamics - starts quiet but gets louder as boys start running - builds anxiety

Chords - minor - looked at with tempo makes it feel anxious.

Themes:

Importance of friendship & family
Kindness


Conclusion/Ending - 1:40:26

Camera Shots/Angles:

Tilt Shot - as Auggie bows

We are shown a similar scene to the opening, only this time the background is actual space rather than a painting on Auggies bedroom wall.

Finishes with a repeat of the astronaut jump arms up into the shot.

Music:

Major key - happy

Tempo - fast - gives energy

Dynamics - loud - gives energy

It makes the viewer feel happy about the ending!


Whereas the start Auggie was imagining himself as happy, at the end he actually is happy which is why the background of the scene is now realistic.

Camera Techniques | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share you my visual dictionary of the camera techniques. For this activity, we had to create a Visual Dictionary that shows the definition of each concept with a picture. Here is my visual dictionary.

I hope you learnt something new and liked my post. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

The Language of Film | English

Welcome to another post on my blog. In today's post, I am going to share you my dictionary of the language of film.

What am I learning? - I am learning to learn about film study and it's languages.

How does this work show my learning? - This shows my learning because I've typed every word to its definition.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning? - If there is another language of film.


Thanks for reading my post. I hope you liked my post. Have a nice day. Bye!!

What is Stop Motion? | Art

Welcome to another post on my blog. For our new hurumanu, we are doing Art. We are looking at Stop Motion and what it is. First, we had a discussion and come up with ideas about Stop Motion & what they are. We had to get synonyms about Stop and Motion.

Stop

• Freeze
• Still
• Not moving
• Stay
• Stuck

Motion

• Movement
• Act
• Jiggle
• Going
• Do

We also needed to find out how we make Stop Motions. We got ideas like:

• Smudging an image
• Moving the camera
• Changing a picture - one bit at a time
• Stop - take a photo - move - take a photo - stop...

Our next discussion was about what we need to make a Stop Motion. There were ideas like:

• A camera
• Keyboard
• iMovie
• Paper
• Pen
• Pencil
• Colouring stuff (pencils, pens, felts, etc.)
• Screen

What do we do for our characters? We need to:

• Use clay
• Draw
• Sketch
• Actual people
• Make puppets

I hope you like my post about Stop Motion. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Camera Angles

On the first week of Movie Making, we learnt about Camera Angles by looking at one-minute movies. We had discussed camera angles that we knew.

W.A.L.T.: I can explain a variety of camera angles used to make a movie.

Harry Potter
Over The Shoulder
Credit: http://oliverbairdmedia.blogspot.com/2015/09/pov-and-over-shoulder-shots.html

Over The Shoulder

The camera is over the actor's shoulder.

Close Up
Credit: https://nofilmschool.com/Close-up-shot-uses-and-examples

Close-Up

A close-up shot is where the camera tightly frames the person or the object.

The Hobbit
Long Shot
Credit: https://www.acmi.net.au/education/online-learning/film-it/storyboards/storyboards-beginner/shot-types/

Long Shot

A long shot angle is where it shows the entire person or object.

Harry Potter
Extreme Close Up
Credit: https://www.acmi.net.au/education/online-learning/film-it/storyboards/storyboards-beginner/shot-types/

Extreme Close Up

The angle shows the person or object in detail. This shot is used in dramatic moments.

Zoom Out
Credit: https://storyboardclass.wordpress.com/cinema-language/push-inpush-out-shot/

Zoom Out

This angle is where the camera zooms out.

High Angle
Credit: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/high-angle-shot-camera-movement-angle/

High Angle

This angle is where the camera is above the person or object looking at it.

Low Angle
Credit: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/low-angle-shot-camera-movement-angle/

Low Angle

This angle is the opposite to High Angle where the camera is below the person or the object.

Jurrasic Park
Medium Shot
Credit: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/medium-shot-examples/

Medium Shot

This shot is where the camera is straight in front or by the actor/s.


I hope you like my post about Camera Angles. I hope you learnt something new about Camera Angles. Comment down below what you've learnt something new today. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

The Three Bad Pigs and One Good Wolf

For today's post, I will be telling you about our plans for our movie. A few weeks ago, I had posted about our Movie Reflection. In that post, I had shown our 1-minute movie that JV, Christian and I made.

So here is the WALT

W.A.L.T. - I can write a narrative using correct structure about the narrative you wrote to create the movie.

To make it understanding, in our group there are Blake, Niko, Tyson, Ryan and Regan. We had to make a movie which is a fairy tale with a twist. Below is our crew:


Niko - Benjamin (Pig 1)
Tyson - Noah (Pig 2)
Blake - Bryce (Pig 3)
Regan - Wolf, Music
Ryan - Cameraman
Khush - Director/Editor/Scriptwriter

Here is our script

Benjamin - “I’m quite bored.” - Throws the rock on the ground

Noah - “What do you mean?” - Bryce looks at the advertisement for a bank job.

Bryce - “Why don’t we rob a bank.”

Noah - “That’s an amazing idea!”

Benjamin - “But how are we going to do it?”

Bryce - “I’ve got a plan...” “You see the advertisement there, why don’t we work at a bank and…”\Noah - “

Bryce - “So I was saying was that we are going to pretend to work at the bank and steal the money.”

Noah - “That’s a really good idea.”

Bryce - “We should build on it. First, we are going to get an application for the job.”

Benjamin - “Nah, let’s do it this way, I think that on Thursday we should rob the bank.”

Noah - “A really good idea.”

Benjamin - “How can we rob the bank?”

Bryce - “Let’s get the blueprint of the bank.”

Noah - “Let’s go to the bank and try to get the blueprint.”

Bryce - “What we will do is that we will act to give the application to the boss. When the boss is out of his office we will take his blueprint and the…”

Benjamin - “Money!”

Thursday night…

Pigs enter the bank with style.

Benjamin - “It’s time to get the money.”

Noah - “Yea.”

Bryce - “I’m coming in a minute.”

Blake goes and gets the money.

Bryce - has the money the money and he ditches everyone.

On the way, the Wolf sees Bryce with the money. The wolf runs to get the Bryce.

Wolf trips on the ground, Bryce laughs and crashes on the wall.

Bryce wakes up and releases it was all a dream…

DUN DUN DUN!!!

I hope you like my post about our update. Comment down below if you've made a movie before? Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Our Movie Reflection

For today's post, I will be reflecting on our movie-making project. We have made 1-minute movies with a group of 3. We had to write storyboards and learn about film angles. In the one-minute movies, we had to add a twist.

First of all, the teachers introduced the topic. We watched three one-minute movies. We learnt about the camera angles and sound effects that were used. We went in a group of three. In my group, there were, JV, Christian and I. JV and I was the actors, Christian was the cameraman. We had to make our movie on iMovie. Below is the movie that we made.

After making our movie, we had to make our proper movie (because it was a tester). The theme was fairy tales with a twist. We watched a video of how it looked like. We had to choose a group of five. We first chose the roles that we are going to do in the movie. (I don't know why we chose it first.) I was the director and editor of the group. Ryan was the cameraman. Well, in my group, there is Blake, Niko, Tyson, Ryan and Regan.  We chose to do something similar to the Three Little Pigs fairy tale. I chose to change the whole story up. I changed the title to 'Three Bad Pigs and A Big Good Wolf. 

I hope you like my reflection about our movie that we are going to make. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Mariana Trench, Challengers Deep Movie!!

On my recent post I posted my poster of my movie. Now I am publishing my movie of the Challenger's Deep. I am proud that I worked with Axle and Vann because I learnt something new about the Mariana Trench. Please watch our movie 🎥. Please leave a comment on my post. I hope you like my movie. Bye!!