Workshop 5: Creating the illusion of the other Mother

1. - Looks like normal mum with button eyes
- dresses like the real mother
- softer/rounder edges - hip, head, knees, elbows
- clothes are basic design, no patterns, covers most of her body

2. - Head & nose - pointier/sharp,
- Sleeves get shorter
- Addition of red to colour palette
- Starting to get beatle shape from apron
- long baggy pants keep idea of softness.

3. - All weight has moved to hips/bum - accents beatle shape of dress
- red, black, white, more pattern, better/tighter fit, more skin showing.
- getting  longer & pointier - stretched neck, pointed elbows, shorter hair, pointed head & nose.

4. - Scissor/thing like - very skinny
- huge height increase - compared to oven
pointy head, elbows
- high heels
- full back outfit - red shoes
- little/ no fat left on body, lots of skin showing

5. - skinless, needle like, no face, paper thin
- has grown extra legs, fractured bones.
- looks alien - not human like
- clothes are more like tattered rags
- has become hunched over

* Gradual changes over time.
- takes more time to notice
- looks can be deceiving 
- changes as Coraline perception of her changes.

* Start - colour is warm, inviting, by the end is green, unnatural & creepy  

Workshop 2: Linking themes to the impact of Angles, Movement and Shots.

* High angle - Make the character 'Other Wybie' look small, weak and vulnerable.

* POV - Other Mother - dominant & powerful

* Medium shot - gives us some idea of the background but not fall 

* Audience feels - powerful, we are looking down on Wybie through Other Mothers POV.

- sad/worried for Wybie - he looks small, sad, innocent

- first character in Other World to suggest something is not right

* Directors Purpose - Make us feel sorry for Wybie.

- Makes audience think that maybe the Other Mother isn't so nice - Foreshadowing.

In the shot with the Other Wybie and the Other Mother, high angle shots are used effectively to show the theme ' Looks can be Deceiving! This is demonstrated through a angle shot from the point of view of the Other Mother. She is looking down the front porch steps at a scared Other Wybie. This makes the audience feel sorry/worried for Wybie and makes the Other Mother seem powerful. The purpose of these scene was to make the audience think that maybe the Other Mother isn't so nice after all. Combined with the use of lighting, Wybie is in a warm light but surrounded by darkness, the Director has created an atmosphere of caution - something is not right. This reminds the viewer of a later scene where Coraline is looking up at the Other Mother in horror as she throws her through a magical portal into a locked room. This Shows that Looks Can Be Deceiving because the Other Mother wasn't nice like Coraline first thought.

Within this shot with Coraline and the Doll (also known as the Other Mothers Spy), The Dutch tilt is used effectively to show that 'Looks Can be Deceiving.  

Music Term 3

1. Why did you choose music?, because its one of my favourite hobby's and topics.

2. What would you like to learn in music?, obviously drums.

3. Do you play an instrument?, I play drums, for how long? about 5 years, what can you play? I can play drums once again and a little bit of other instruments and singing.

4. Who is your favourite singer/band, why?, Don't really have a favourite singer.

5. Name 5 of your favourite songs.

. Element by Pop Smoke

. Go Crazy by Chris Brown

. What they want by Russ

. Work Out by J.Cole

. Get back by Pop Smoke

Choc Chip Cookies

Recipe:

100g butter

1/2 cup Chelsea White sugar

1/2 cup Chelsea Soft Brown sugar

1 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence 

1 1/2 cups flour

Pinch of salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cups chocolate chips

Method:

Melt butter, and add both sugars and cream these together. Beat in the eggs and vanilla mix in the dry ingredients. Roll into medium sized balls, making sure the mixture is no too wet! Put on well greased baking tray. They shouldn't spread too much so flatten slighting. Bake at 180 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Tip: You can easily half this recipe. Or roll half into a log, wrap in cling film and freeze. Cut into 15 pieces while still frozen and bake.

Pikelets

Ingredients:

1 c Plain Flour

1 t Baking powder

1/4 t Salt

1 Egg

1/4 c Sugar 

3/4 c Milk

Method:

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.

2. In another bowl beat the egg

3. Add the egg mixture and the milk to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

4. Gently heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and add or brush with a little melted butter. Drop tablespoons of the mixture from the point of the spoon onto the surface.

5. When bubbles start to burst on the top of the pikelets, turn them over and cook the second side until golden.

6. Place on cooling rack.

7. Serve with a sweet or savoury topping.

For our Practical yesterday, we came together and made Pikelets. 

First and always we had to Mis en Place with our ingredients from the above. Secondly we sifted the flour, baking powder and the salt into one bowl while in the other bowl we had an egg that we had to beat. Next we added the milk to the egg and poured it into the dry ingredients and mixed it until all was combined.  

Ginger Gems

 Ginger Gems        (Serves 12)

Ingredients:

150g Butter

1/2 Cup Sugar

2 tsp Groung ginger 

1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

2 tbsp Golden Syrup

1 Egg

2 Cups Standard flour

1/2 tsp Baking Powder 

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 Cup Milk

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200 DegC. Place gem iron ( Or muffin tray) in oven to heat.

2. Cream 100g of the Butter with Sugar, Ginger and Cinnamon.

3. Beat in golden syrup and egg, adding a tablespoon or two of flour to prevent curdling.
4. Sift flour and baking powder.
5. Dissolve baking soda in the milk. Mix flour into butter mixture alternately with the milk.
6. Remove gem iron ( or muffin tray) from the oven and put it on a wooden board.
7. Add half a teaspoon of remaining butter to each mould or hollow. It will sizzle.
8. Fill moulds with batter. Bake for about 15 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
9. Cool slightly then remove gems to cool on a wire rack.

These tasted quite nice after taking them out of the oven.

Sustainability and Maths Reflection.

1. Summary of learning

For Sustainability, we learnt about multiple problem within our ecosystem to prove that the Earth was under Pressure, referring to the book we had to read. These were problems that ranged from Over Population to endangered species, poachers, pollution etc. We also watched a couple of clips for COVID-19, learning at the same time how to avoid it.

                                                                     

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Reflection. 

Something I learnt from this topic was to find efficient ways to sustain energy for many years to come, such as aero, hydro and solar energy. I enjoyed many of the maths topics such as mathletics and a website where we made objects with shapes.