Workshop 4: Lighting & Colour - English

 Atmosphere - feeling/mood set in the scene

Mood - the way we feel/emotional response

Location - area it is set

District 12:

What is happening - Katniss is jogging through the District

Types of colour/lighting - cold colours-more, grey undertones

                                          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

The Capitol:

What is happening - The citizens of the Capitol are waiting the arrival of the tributes

Types of colour/lighting - colours - cold- white undertones

                                                         bright/artificial

                                       - lighting - cold (white) artificial, bright

                                       Palette - setting - whites/melatics, bright, vibrant, colourful

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

Directors purpose - Makes us sympathise with the tributes - they have lots and the districts have none, don't like them because they seem over the top of arrogant

Other Techniques - Costume - rich, extravagant, flaunting, over the top

                                Settings rich, modern, technologically advanced, clean new.

The Control Room:

What is happening - People are manipulating the arena via computer

Types of colour/lighting - colour palette - blue/white/dark grey/clinical

                                          colour - cold (blue/white) bright-especially white shirts

                                                        artificial lighting/colour - cyan/holographic

Viewer effect (feel) - makes us feel they are smart but unsafe, scientific

Directors purpose - Makes us feel like they are mindless drones, detached from reality

Other Techniques - Costumes -white lab coats - feels like an experiment

                                Settings - no clutter, lots of techs, only focused on the one job

Know Your Place

For the past few weeks, we have been researching our region, Canterbury/Otautahi. We learned the history and such significant and important places within Canterbury and was given the task to make Prezi(A slideshow platform) about it and answer a few questions we were given by the teacher and present it onto our blog.

Prezi Presentation

Workshop 3: Costumes

 1. The Reaping Scene - District 12

- The children of the district have gathered together for the reaping to select the tributes                                  - Boys - shirts - buttoned/collars, shorts, pants, whites,colourless, faded, dull,m overwashed.                          - Girls - Dresses, shirt & skirt                                                                                                                            - Bets clothes, probably only worn once a year, wornout colourless, faded.

•  Viewer - we feel sorry for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions.
• Directors Purpose - show us how bad their conditions are, wants us to see them as weak, unprepared, hopeless                                                                                                                                                     

Other techniques - high angle with the faded colours makes them seem weak, vulnerable, helpless.

2. The Capitol - Arriving in the city.

Katniss & Peeta have arrived  by train in  the Capitol                                                                                         The clothes are extravegant! - over the top - colourful, vibrant, accesories - hats / earings / make up / wigs / shoes / bags / dogs. - new - like only worn once, fashionable acces to good quality fabrics, patterns.

•  Viewer Effect - makes than seem higher rank, privelleged, relaxed, we dont like them - attitude of entittlement, clueless
• Director pupose - shows themes of imbalance of power & rich vs poor
• Other techniques - setting is crowded, people are happy buildings are modern, big, well kept. Shows that the Capitol is privelleged.

3. The Countdown 

• The tributes have just arrived in the arena and are waiting to start the games.
• Costumes - survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jackets, pants, t-shirts, desinged to look good, to be practical, light weight

• Veiwer effect - the tributes look prepared, fit, athletic

• Directors Pupose - they are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience (the Capitols) makes it seem more pagent like.
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  Other Techniques - silence - worried, excited to see what happens, anxious, builds tension, makes the audience focus.

Workshop 2: Angles, Movements & Shots

 Brainstorm:

The Reaping scene

•  Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen
•  The Children/Parents of the district give her the 3 finger salute
•  Peeta is chosen as the male tribute

Hope & Rebellion - 3 finger salute - it is a sign of respect for Katniss from the people of her district

- Katniss is a symbol of hope for a district victor

- Katniss is a symbol of Rebellion because she steps in for her sister ( a weaker character) when she is reaped

Rich vs Poor

• Effie Trinket (Character) - extreme, make up, wig, hat, overly colourful, and flashy outfit, proper accent

•  Technology - Use of blood readers/scammers, projectors

Poverty -

District 12 - Children outfits for reaping are the best clothes, dresses, shirts-collard, Boy - Shafts to pants, colours of clothes are very faded from washes & reusing.

- The Village is falling down around them.

Close-Ups-faces- Primrose when is reaped - terror, fear

- Effie - joyful, confident, excited-close of lips when reading names.

- Katniss - Panic when Prim is reaped, shock when she stands with Effie

- Peeta - fear, panic, shock.

Shallow Focus - the people in the background are in shallow focus when Prim & Katniss hug. This forces the viewer to watch the charcters in focus.

Viewer feels -song for the tribute-Primrose-it was first time

- Katniss she volunteered-selfless act

- Anger towards the capitol for the reaping.

- We consider Effie is annoying, happy, stuck-up, clueless.

Director Purpose - need to be invested in their journey/suffering

- need to be angry at the Capitol so that we judge them & thier dicisions later.

- Effie is depicted as a symbol of people in the District, they are clueless-dont see the suffering.

Workshop 1: Unpacking Themes & Ideas

 Rich vs Poor - some people have more - Capitol

 - money                - Privileges / respect
 - food -variety      - resources
 - proper housing   - technology
 - medicines           - clothing / make-up
 - transport             - childhoods

Hope & Rebellion - 

hope is the belief that something will get better
- Rebellion - to fight against something, protest, surprise, usually against government
Symbols of Hope - Katniss, Melodic Motive, Mockingjay, 3 finger salute

Struggle for Power - 

Currently, the Capitol has power - President Snow
- Katniss becomes a rival for power - people look up to her for guidance, becomes a threat because Snow sees her as one.
'Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous!
Fear - the people are afraid of rebelling because the last time they tried they failed and they were punished with the Hunger Games.
Little hope - becoming a victor
Dangerous hope - that the districts deserve to be treated better.

Power of Propaganda - 
information especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or view.
Messages being told - It's not worth rebelling - The Capitol is the strongest.

Peace keeper -

Propaganda - people to keep peace & help you

Reality - soldiers, violent, keep people in line.

Victor - 

Propaganda - glorious, someone who wins, wealthy, respected

Reality - Violent, to win 

Fallen -

Propaganda - people who die in the games, takes away from the reality of the situation

Reality - teenagers who have been killed/murdered, violent

Tribute -

Propaganda -brave young people, an honour

Reality - sacrifice, punishment to the 'districts'

Rich vs Poor - people in the Capitol vs people in the Districts

                      - Compare opening shoot in District 12 vs Peta looking out the window of the Capitol

- District 12 - Poor - houses are run down, wooden

                               - food - very little, see old man picking at bone*

                               - clothing - 1 pair of good clothing, worn out, old, colours are faded, grey/black, easier

                                                to not show coal dust

Capitol - houses -large, concrete, metals, accents of gold/silver

             - food -variety of choices, don't have the same things, more from enough- excess

             - clothing -fancy, suits, extravagant, fashion, extreme, excess

Hope & Rebellion - Convo President Snow & Senica Craine

                              - Convo between Hamich & Senica

                              - Gives them something to root for, young love!

Struggle for Power - Katniss & Peta eat the berries.

                               - Death of Rue = riot in District 11

Power of Propaganda - Subtle 

                                   - Hunger Games film strip

Music - Starts as we move to picking the boys Minor key, tempo - slower, dynamic starts quiet then gets louder to build intensity - mood - tension, morose

Lighting - bright, grey, natural, cold, mood - sad, depressed,

Colour - dull, cold, pallette-grey, white, blue, faded, washed out.                                                                      Atmosphere-despair, sorry for the people, poverty, run down

Facial/Expressions are dul, bland & sad matching the lighting & colour

Maori Kai/Maori Food

Maori Foods, which mainly consists of crops like wheat, potatoes, maize, carrots, cabbage and other vegetables. Over the years Maori began to raise live stock like sheep, pigs, goat and poultry. The average Potatoe were much more easier to grow unlike kumara, and pigs could be fattened quickly, so pork, puha (water crest) and potatoes created and became a new staple meal.

Growing and Gathering Process: The Ancestors of the Maori brought edible crops from their homeland, including kumara, yam and taro. In New Zealand the climate was colder than their home and Maori used special cultivation techniques to adapt these plants to the new environment.

Early Settlers - Introduced Foods: Maori quickly adopted food sources introduced by the Europeans, growing potatoes, gifting pigs to other tribes, and developing large wheat plantations and mill. In the early 1800s, pigs and baskets of Potatoe were used as currency. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the only sources of meat for the Maori were kuri (dog), kiore (rats), and birds. 

DNA Extraction

Aim : To extract DNA from kiwifruit

Equipment : Water, Beakers, Sand, Spatula, Ethanol, Kiwifruit, sandwich bag, Bunsen Burner, heat mat, Gauze mat, Tripod, Test tube, Dish wash liquid, Glass Rod, Cloth

Method : 

1. Squish kiwifruit with sand & water and pour through cloth to collect juice in beaker.  

2. Use beaker to warm water, pour juice into test tube with 2 drops Dish wash, rest in warm water.

3. Add Ethanol, watch the DNA separate and collect with spatula.

Result :