English - Lighting & Colour enchance the story

Atmosphere - feeling / mood set in the scence

Mood - the way we feel / emotional response

Location  - area it is eet

1. District 12

What is happening - Kaqtnessv is jogging through thwe district

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

                                          - dull colours - nothing stands out - blue / grey shades natural colours, natural                                                   colours - palette - greens, browns, grey, black

                                          - lighting - cold, dull, natural

Viewer effect (feel) - not welcoming, unpleasent, run down, dirty, poor.

Director Purpose - shows how unpleasent it is to live in the districts, 

2. The Capitol

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

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

                                                         - bright / artifical

                                          - lighting - cold (white) artifical, bright

                                          - palette - setting - whites / metalics costumns - bright, vibrant, colourful.

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

Directors purpose - makes us sympathise with the tributes - they have lots and the districs have none, dont like them because they seem over the top & arragant.

Other Techniques - costume - rich, extragant, flounting, over the top.

Settings - rich, modern, technologically advanced, clean, new.

3. 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, artifical 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 - costume - white lab coats-feels like an experiment.

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

 

English - 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, overwashed.

- Girls - Dresses, shirt and shirt.

- Best clothes, probably only warn once a year, wornout colourless, faded.

Viewer - we feel sorry for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions.

Director 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.

- Katness and Peeta have arrived by train in the Capitol.

- The clothes are extragant!

- colourful, vibrant.

- Accesories - hats / earings / make - up / wigs / shoes / bags / dogs.

- New - like only warn once "fashionable" access to good quality fabrics, patterns.

Viewer Effect - makes them seem higher ranks, privelleged, relaxed, we don't like them - attitude of entittlement, clueless.

Director Purpose - 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 Capitol is privelleged.

3. The Countdown

- The tributes have just arrived in the arena and are waiting to start games.

- Costumes - Survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jackets, pants, t-shirts, designed to looks good, to be practicle, light weight.

- Viewer Effect - the tributes look prepared, fit, athletic

- Directors Purpose - they are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience ( the capitol ) makes it seem more pagent like.

Other Techniques - silence - worried, excited to see what happens, anxious, builds tension, makes the audience focus.

English - Angles, Movements & Shots

What is happening in this clip

The Reaping Scene:

- Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen.

- Teh children / parents of the district give her the 3 fingure salute.

- Peeta is chosen as the male tribute. 

What themes does it link to:

Hope and Rebellion - 3 finger slaute - it is a sign of respect for Katness from the people of her district.

- Katniss is a symbol oif 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 - symbol - Effie Trinket - extreme make-up, wig, hat, overly colourful and flashy outfit, proper acdent.

- Technology use of blood readers / scanners, projectors. 

Poverty - District 12 - Children outfits for reaper are there best clothes, dresses, shirts - collared, boys - shorts or pants, colours of clothes are very faded from washes and reusing.

- The village is falling down around them.

Angles / shots used:

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 and Katness hug. This forces the viewer to watch the character in focus.

How does the viewer feel?

Viewer feels - Sorry for the tributes - Primrose - it was her first time

- Katniss - she volunteered - selfless act.

- Anger towards the Capitol for the reaping.

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

Why did the directer do this?

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

- need to be angry at Capitol so that we judge them and their decisions later.

- Effie is depicted as a symbol of the people in the District, they are clueless - do't see the suffering.

Music / Lighting / Colour:

Music - Starts as we move to picking the boys minor key, tempo - shower, dynamic, starts quiet then gets louder to build intesity, mood - tension, morose.

Lighting - Bright, grey, natural, cold, mood - sad, depressed.

Colour - Dull, cold, palette - grey, white, blue, faded, washed out.

Atmosphere - despair, sorry for the people, povert, run down.

Facial expression are dull, bland + sad matching the lighting + colour.

English - Themes and Idea's

Rich vs Poor - Some people have more money - Capitol 

- Money                                - Privelleges / Respect

- Food - variety                     - Resources

- Proper housing                   - Technology

- Medicines                           - Clothing / Makeup

- Transport                            - Childhoods

Hope + Rebellion - Hope is the belief that something will get better.

Rebellion - To fight against something, protest, uprise, usually against government.

Symbols of Hope - Katness, Melodic, Mocking, Jay, 3 finger salutte.

Struggle for Power - Currently the Capitol has power - President Snow.

- Katness becomes a rival for powerr - people look up to her for guidance, becomes a threat because Snow sees her as one.

'Hope, it is the 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 based or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or POV.

Messages being told - H's not worth rebelling.

                                  - The Capitol is the strongest.

                                  - Things are good the way they are.

Proaganda	Reality
Peace Keeper - People to keep peace and to help you	- Soldiers, violent, keep people in line. Look storm troopers.
Victor - Glorious, someone who wins, weathly, respected	- Violent, to win 23 others had to die, trauma.
Tribute - two brave young people - Its an honor	Sacrifice - It is a punish to the districts.

Rich vs Poor - people in the capitol vs people in the districts.

                      - Compare the opening shot in District 12 vs peta looking out the window at the capitol.

                      - District 12 - poor - houses - rundown, wooden

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

                                          - clothing - 1 pair of good clothes, warn out, old colours are faded, grey/black -                                            easier to not show coal dust.

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

                                     - food - variety of choices, dont have the same things, more than enough - excess.

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

Hope and Rebellion - Conro president snow + Sencia Craine

                                 - A little hope quote

                                 - Conro between Hamich + Sencia

                                 - Give 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.

What happened in the scenez:

- Peta and Prim Rose who are teenagers got chosen to go fight at the huger games.

- Prim Rose's sister wanted to go to the hunger games instead of her sister because she didn't want her little sister to go. 

- Effre Trinket was the woman to pick the boy and girl to go to the hunger games out of the big bowl full of names.

                       

English - Visual Dictonary

 What am I learning?

- In English I am learning to understand the language of film and camera techniques.

How does this work show my learning?

- The visual dictionary shows that I understand what each camera techniques is and what they do in film. 

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

- I am wondering if there are many other camera techniques that I dont know about that I should know and understand what they do in film/

Social Studies - The Holocaust

Today in Social Studies we have been learning about The Holocaust. We also have been learning about Hitler and the Jews, and what Hitler actually said about the Jews. There are two quotes from what Hitler actually said about the Jews and we had to explain how these statements represent anti-semitism. 

QUOTE: “The Jews were responsible for bringing Negroes into the Rhineland with the ultimate idea of bastardising (lowering the quality of) the white race which they hate and thus lowering its cultural and political level so that the Jew might dominate.”

- In this quote Hitler was saying that they lower the quality of the white race. He was also explaining that the Jews were lowering its cultural and political level.

QUOTE: “The Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end...spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce.....he wants to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own people. The Jew hates the white race and wants to lower its cultural level so that the Jews might dominate.”

- In this quote Hitler was explaining that the Jewish youth was spying on a unsuspicious German girl and they plan to seduce. Hitler was also explaining that they want to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own peoples.

Science - 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 and 10ml of water, pour through cloth to collect juice in beaker.

2. Use bunsen burner and heat up beaker with warm water, pour juice into test tube with 2 drops of dish wash, rest in the beaker. 

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

Result: