Workshop 4: How Is Colour Used To Enhance The Story.

Palette-Colours you're using

Atmosphere-the way the surroundings make you feel.

What type of colours used in this location?

1. District 12-Beginning
Colours: Browns, grey, white black and greens.
 A natural colour palette.

2.The Capitol-Brights colours, cyan, pink, white, grey and silver.
A metallic palette

3.Control Room-Cyan, white and grey.
Hologram.
Clinical palette-clean

How does the different colour palette change the feel of the story?

District 12- Dark, old, gloomy

The Capitol-Crowded, futuristic, luxurious.

Control Room-Technological, busy, crisp, clean, professional.

Why has the director used these colours?

District 12-Life is hard, poor, struggling

The Capitol- Life is easy, rich-have access to everything.

Control room-Professionals

Colour is used effectively to create an atmosphere. We see this in the two scenes-District 12 at the beginning and the Capitol as Katniss and Peeta arrived. In District 12 we see a natural palette of browns, greys and greens whereas in the Capitol the people wear bright colours and a metallic palette of greys, silvers and white is used. This makes us understand that things in District dark, old and gloomy whilst life in the Capitol is easy, crowded and futuristic. The director did this to show the imbalance of rich vs poor. This shows life is hard and people are poor in the district but in the Capitol life is easy.

Essay Brainstorm

The student will learn more if school starts at 10am

Study shows 10am is when are brain full works
Fewer people would be late
Fully awake not just woke up in the morning.

Wet Cell vs Dry Cell Batterries

Wet Cell vs Dry Cell Batterries

What is the difference between "wet cell batteries" and dry cell batteries?
Wet cell battery uses liquid electrolyte oppose to dry cell battery using electrolyte paste.


Where do we commonly find examples of each?
Wet cell batteries are commonly used in vehicle batteries such as cars, motorcycles and airplanes. Dry cell battery can be commonly found in phones, laptops, toys and small objects that need batteries.

Why are some batteries able to be recharged and others not?
There are two types of batteries a primary cell battery and a secondary cell battery, primary cell batteries aren't capable to recharge whilst a secondary batteries can. The ability for batteries to recharge depends on the elements used, cheap materials such as manganese that's ussually used in primary cell batteries can easily corrode and the reaction will be spent resulting to a dead battery. Hence the reason for rechargable batteries tending to cost more due to the metals used to create it such as lithium, the better the materials used the less it corrodes and be able to be recharged.

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Aboriginal Boomerang

My plan

My plan

Aboriginal Boomerang

What's the purpose of the activity?
The purpose of this activity is to learn more about Aboriginals and their history with boomerangs/




The story:
My artwork took inspirations from the symbols Aboriginal drew to tell a story on their boomerangs. The symbols tell a story of a typical Aboriginal family in the past, on the left side it shows a man and a woman with a love heart in the middle, this symbolises them being a loving family. In the middle, it shows a meeting spot, this is where they meet after a long day of hunting, the blue on the sides represents the river they had to cross. On the right side, the eyelashes looking thing is actually a symbol for the human track, this where they walk through every day, the one below it is an animal track, this where they can know the locations of the animals they need to hunt after that are trees that represent the Forrest, last but not least is a boomerang, a tool they use to hunt. The red colour represents the desert sand and animal footprints. The black represents the Aboriginal people. The yellow in the middle shows the joy being shared in the meeting place.

What went well?

I think transferring the Aboriginals symbol into my boomerang is the part I did well.

Aboriginal Symbols

Discussion Workshop 3-Costumes

 Workshop 3: How are costumes used to enhance the story?

Atmosphere/Mood-How you feel in the surroundings.

1. Reaping scene-District 12
The girls were all wearing dresses or skirts and have their hair braided.
The colour palette of their clothes is white,  grey and blue (dull and overworn)
Dirty Clothes.
Boys had short hair.
 Boy are in trousers and shirts
Wear their best clothes
Cult-like
All equal
recognise the district
Simple clothes (not well stitched and made)
No makeup

How do you feel?
-Scared of being reaped
-Tension
-Sorry for them

Why are they dress this way?
To let the audience know they're poor, sad and have hard lives.

Effie
-Bright dress(pinkish)
-Makeup-white face, pink lips, crazy eyelashes

2. Capital
Bright, colourful and vibrant clothes
Crazy makeup and hairdo's
Exaggerated, over the top
Loud
different hairstyles, unique
excessive makeup on men and women.
use of headpieces.
Complex, extra clothes.
Advanced technology, better style
good quality made to wear once and throw away

How do you feel?
Despise/Dislike because they have everything the tributes don't
Life isn't equal.

easygoing, not stressed, arrogant



3. Beginning of Arena
Dull colours(grey, brown, green camo)
Jacket, cargos, t-shirt, hiking boots.
All look the same-makes it easier to watch them die.
Clothes fit the environment.

Themes:
Hope and Rebellion
Rich vs Poor
Struggle for Power

In the Reaping Scene costume is used effectively to show the imbalance between the rich and poor of Panam. For instance, the children of district 12 all look alike in dull, simple and overworn clothing. In contrast, Effie Trinket arrives wearing bright colours, a large wig and headpiece and excessive makeup. This makes the audience feel sorry for the people of District 12 because of Effie is a symbol of the wealth in the capital. We see that not everyone lives in poverty. The director did this to show the hard life of those in Katniss's home district. Coinciding with this is Effie's behaviour. She is loud, happy and confident while the people of the district are quiet and scared. This can be juxtaposed to the scene where Katniss and Peeta arrived in the Capital. In this scene, everyone else is rich and clean and they are the different ones.

Discussion 2-Workshop

Audio/Music

Words that popped up in my head:
1st Track
Country vibe
Lonely
Depressing

2nd Track
Scary
Intense
Fast-paced
Oriental type of music
Flute
This can be heard when Katniss travels in the forest.

3rd Track
Unhappy
Slow
This sounds like it would be put into a sad scene

4th Track
Scary
Deep toned
Builds up
Dark
Slow
Heavy

Mr Taylor's Video

The First Song Played
Happy
Fast-paced
Easy going

The Second Song Played
Emotional
Depressing
Uneasy

Notes:

Tempo-Speed
Faster- More energy, upbeat
Slower-Melancholy, sadder, sombre (quiet and still)

Chords
Major-Full, bright, happy
Minor-Sinister, sad

Dynamics-Volume
Loud-Energy, emotions. When the music starts to rise the editors want the emotion to rise as well.
Quiet-Subtle, focus

Reaping Scene Music
No music to start off with, to hear the footsteps and the awkward silence of the people.
The first scene uses silence to make it suspenseful, get a sense of realism, and make the audience to focus.

Quiet music during Propaganda film- Doesn't distract from the story.
Medium tempo
Minor chord-scary energy

When Primrose got called
The music went out again making it suspenseful and emotional.

When Peeta got called the music started to appear slowly and gently.
The tempo was slow at the start but builds up.
Music used to introduce him, to represent his feeling of anxiousness.
Has a major chord but it gets dominated by the minor chords making it feel sinister.

Horn/Trumpet symbol of battle, war, triumph. (Sinister victory)
Makes the audience feel sorry, isolated from others, that he might have a chance of victory.


Music and silence are used effectively to create a forbadding (Something evil coming) in the Reaping scene. In the reaping scene, the tributes from District 12 are selected and we see Katniss volunteer as tribute for her sister. The male tribute selected was Peeta. Silence is used when Effie draws out and reads the tributes names to make us feel like the moment is real to make us focus and draw out the suspense. The director has done this to make the audience worried about who will be chosen. Music was used to introduce to Peeta when his name is drawn. The music is predominantly minor and has a slow tempo which makes us feel sad and worried like Peeta. This is combined close up shots of Peeta's worried facial expressions to draw the viewer in.



The use of music and silence was utilised strategically to create an atmospheric scene during the Reaping. The

Freytag Pyramid-Hunger Games

What am I learning?
To analyze film plots.

 How does this work show my learning? 
I created a Freytag pyramid of the different plots in the film The Hunger Games.

 What am I wondering?
Do all films use this as a way of creating a story?

Essay Brainstorming

P.E class wastes students learning time

• Improves students physical wellbeing
• Helps with thinking/making strategies
• Exercising in class can help students brain work better.
• Can help with relationships (working in teams)
• Helps with coordination

Improves student physical wellbeing

Exercising in class can help students brain work better.

Helps with thinking when brainstorming strategies.

English Discussion Workshop

English Discussion Workshop

How do camera shots and angles enhance the story?
Angle-Over the shoulder- Brings audience into conversation.
Shot-Extreme wide angle shot-To give persepctive and size.
Angle-High angle- It shows that the subject is important/ has power.

Theme: Power/Control

• Shows power through:
•  Shot of everyone looking up at President Snow.
• Body language and gestures.
• Tributes are seen as vulnerable and at his feet also below the citizen.

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In 'The Hunger Games' camera shots and angle are used effectively to show the theme of power. We see this when President Snow is addressing the crowds at the Tribute parade. In this scene the director uses a low angle, over the shoulder extreme wideshot to show that Snow has the power over everyone. The purpose of this is to introduce the antagonist character and show the power and control he has over others, including Katniss. Coinciding with this is the use of ligthing focusing on the tributes and Snow to show that they are the most important in the scene. This can be juxtaposed to when the tributes, Katniss and Peeta, reclaimed power from Snow in the arena by threatening to eat the nightlock berries and robbing Snow of his victor.

Low angle-It shows she is important, why? she just volounteered as tribute. 1st volunteer in District 12.

Dutch Tilt- Dramatic perspective, something is not right.
Mid shot-Not intimate for the viewers, we feel like we are watching it happen.

Aspect: Costume

In the film ' The Hunger Games' camera shots and angles are perfectly executed to showcase the theme of power

Settings In The Hunger Games

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What am I learning?

Identifying different settings in films and what purpose of it.

How does this work show my learning?

It shows my learning my making a timeline showing different settings in the film.

What am I wondering?

How do people make a setting that helps the audience understand the film better?

Hunger Games-Movie Notes

Hunger Games-Movie Notes

Notes

Settings:
Cornucopia-Where the contestant started the game and where you can get the loots from.
District12- The houses looked low maintenance (broken windows, chipped walls, etc.) Uses old school technology.
Capitol- Seeing a lot of Affluence, the Capitol looked high maintenance containing, tall modern looking buildings, also being clean and tidy and have advanced technology.
Penthouse-Compared to Katniss house the penthouse was high tech and clean. It also had electricity.
Training Grounds-This was where the tributes trained their strength, agility, speed, accuracy etc. The colour used was (dark, grey, black, and red) and lighting was also dark,
Control Room- The room is very bright and futuristic, the colour palette of the room is clean mostly consisted of white and blue that usually associated with clinics and hospitals.
Arena-(Woods) The hunger games had a similar setting to where the audience saw Katniss at the start.


Shots and Angle:
Birdseye view- Where it shows the children walking over to the stage.
Medium shot-It was used when Katniss was shooting with a bow.
Two shot- It shows Katniss and Gale talking on the mountain.
Point of view-During one of the scenes, where Katniss climbed up the tree for safety she was looking down on Cato’s squad.
Long Shot- It was used to show the capitol.
Over the shoulder shot- It was used during the time Effie pulled out an envelope and started revealing the first tribute. That makes the audience feel they're are part of it.
Extreme long shot- This shot is used to show the arena.
Close up shot- To show Primrose’s reaction and emotion after dreaming about herself getting picked by the capitol to join the hunger games. They use close up shot throughout the movie to create the atmosphere instead of relying on the music.
Medium long shot- This shot was used during the parade to showcase how many people attended the event.
Dutch Tilt-It was first shown when Katniss volunteered to show the audience that something is not quite right. It was also shown Katniss was finally lifted up to the cornucopia it shows a dutch tilt showing the audience how disoriented Katniss was at the moment.
Low Angle- It was used during one of the girls in district 2, about to kill Katniss, it shows that she controlled the fight.
High Angle- The scene when Katniss and Gale were looking up on what's up on the sky making them seem vulnerable.
Shaky camera- This camera shot isn't t stable, purposely making it seem someone holding it without any tripod.
Panning shot- At the wilderness to show how people at the district 12 are isolated
Wide angle shot- To show how many people were at the reaping.
Tracking Shot- When the game started this shot was used when Katniss was running away from the cornucopia.
Extreme Close up- It was used during the Katniss's attempt to shoot the apple bag. The shot was closed upon her lips to show the details of her nails, arrow, and lips showing how she was nervous, breathing in and out.

Themes:
Survival

Symbol:
Mocking Jay Pin- First time it was shown was when Katniss was bantering with the old lady. For Katniss, the Mocking Jay symbolises protection and hope. It also symbolises rebellion to the capitol.
Three finger salute- It’s a symbol to show gratitude, admiration or saying goodbye used by the people from District 12. It 'also the start of the rebellion after Rue's death.
Primrose tucked in her shirt indicating she needed to grow up since her sister usually does it for her.
Girl on fire- It was started to during the parade of the districts. Second, you see it embodied in Katniss's costume was during the interview before the hunger games started.
White Roses- Associated with President Snow.


Props:
Weapons- like Katniss’s bow and arrow.
Food- To show how rich the capitol is, feeding their contestant. (The Train and Penthouse)
In district 12 it shows a character
Technology- District 12
Alcohol- Prop associated with Hamich indicating he is an alcoholic.

Costume:
The rich people in the capitol wore bright futuristic clothes or clothes you would see on the runway also wearing colourful in your face makeup for example Effie. Showing how rich they are Juxtapose of district 12.
We can see this extravagance with the use of costume, make and hairstyle.
Gender diversity in clothing.
People at district 12 wore plain neutral coloured clothes more like older style articles of clothing. Telling the audience that district 12 was very poor.
The outfit both Katniss and Peta wore was special compared to the other districts to stand out and get sponsors. It stood out due to their costume lighting up on fire.

Music:
Music to transition to another shot.
Intense music- This use of music to create an anxious atmosphere to get the audience on their feet.
Music wasn't used much at the start of the movie instead colour and facial expression are used to the set the atmosphere.
At the start no background music was used at the start, only nature or sound at the background was heard focusing on what the characters were saying.
Music was parsley used.
During the showcase Katniss missed the shot, this was when high-pitched fast-paced music played creating tension.
When the game started, no music from the actual shot was heard but intense violin music.
During Rue's passing sad music was playing in the background to set the mood.
Sometimes there is no music to show raw emotion.
Music was used when Katniss was looking for Peeta, the music was put in to place to create tension or excitement.

After Katniss ran away from the cornucopia no music was used but the sound of nature(leaves crunching, birds, etc) to create the atmosphere.


Colour:
Colour choice in the movie was dull to imply that district 12 was bland.
The colour changes throughout the movie depending on different districts.


Foreshadowing:
In the beginning, Katniss was shown to have almost shot a deer using bow and arrow foreshadowing on what's going to happen later on in the movie.

Hairstyle:
Braids-Braids were used to represent District 12 in the movie.
Wigs-Effie Trinket wore various hairstyle indicating she wears wigs, telling the audience how rich she is.

Quotes:
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
"Embrace the probability of your imminent death"

Flashback:
Katniss had a flashback on how she knew Peta, the scene where Peta gave bread when she was hungry. That helped us established their relationship in the past.
There was a flashback to how Katniss's father died of a mining explosion.

Lighting:
The lighting always had darker tone most of the movies except for the control room and the capitol.

Dialogue:
Other than music and facial expression, the dialogue was also used to set the mood.

Cornucopia- Horn of plenty. A cornucopia has all the things you need.

Director: Gary Ross

Writer: Billy Ray

Cast:

Katniss-Jennifer Lawrence

Peeta-Josh Hutcherson

End Of The Term Art Reflection

Art Reflection 

Where is your focal point?
Our focal point for the front cover was the picture in the middle, where it shows a handshake, we did this by putting the leading lines (The pink and grey shapes in the background) on the side to lead people's eyes towards the picture in the middle. The curved text also helped attract people's eyes towards the subject.

Why did you choose it and put it where it is?
We chose to put a bright colour that goes well with white to attract people's eyes that would eventually take them to the focal point.

How are your shapes and lines leading to your focal point?
The shape we chose was simple due to it not being over the top and sticking with the simple theme the line was straight so it can easily lead people's eye to our subject.

Why did you choose the colours you did?
We originally tried to do a pastel colour palette and we started with pink so we decided to just stick with it since we wanted it to be simple and not too bright.

Does your text reflect the hierarchy rule? How?
Our text followed the hierarchy rule by using different text sizes to let the viewers know if it's the title and the body text.

How does your page link with other members in your group?
We used our colour scheme throughout our pages, used similar fonts and used black and white pictures.

Based on the start of the term, where would you now rate yourself on the solo levels? Why?
I would rate myself 3, we planned out what our magazines are gonna go look like before actually doing it, we also researched about Micheal Mew and applied his leading lines technique in our magazines and related other artists into our magazine from seeing it from the internet.