Film Study

Hunger Games
Opening Scene
Music:
Slow (timbre)
Minor tone - often means something bad
is happening or about to happen
Silence - grabs attention

Capital video - major
- saying it is a good thing
- War in the past was worse
Rest of music - minor
- Kids are terrified

Camera Shots:
Mid shots - to show face and body language
Close up - of Katniss and Prim to show emotion
Wide view - see setting, get more information at once
Extreme close ups - focus on specific information, ex the signs say 'Danger!'
Tracking shots - showed how her surroundings changed, that she was going somewhere.
Shaky Camera - more realistic, unsettling as if it's running with her, makes sense for the scene - during district 12 opening 

Close ups - Katniss's reaction to Prim's name
- Effie about to read out names - see her make up, how she is different to everyone else - shows she is rich.
Medium range - Effie takes Katniss & Reta away, when Katniss is in the crowd.
Long/wide shot - Effie looking out, ti see the mass of people
Panning - when people show respect and lift their fingers for her.
POV - Katniss looking for Prim, when giving sign of respect, watching capital's film, when Katniss walks up stairs - extra shaky to show her fear.
Flashback - memory if Pera and the bread, show she knows him, He helps her.

Dialogue:
Crane & Caesar - celebration 'knitting people together'
Crane's 'style' of Game making make prim cry & scream
Prim dreams it was her selected.
Katniss say 'It's your first time you wont get picked' - foreshadowing

Reading out the names
Calm at first, then screaming
'I volunteer as tribute' - sister bond
District 12 first volunteer
Effie - surprised - volunteer make her feel better - could get promotion
- excited-entertain
calm-doesn't have to sacrifice

Colour & Lighting:
The interview - saturated colours, very bright, neon, very artificial, cold light.
District 12 - dull, bland, natural, dark, cold light as well.

Propaganda
What is it? Information that gives a bias opinion.
Where do we see it?
- Video from the capital
- The games itself is propaganda - all the tributes
Real message
- You have fought back once and lost now we can kill your children and there is nothing you can do.
Propaganda message
- It is not a bad thing.
- If you win, you will be a hero to your district.
- The boy and girl in the film - big, strong, healthy, fit.
- How they remember their past.
- Don't give detail 'why' their was a revolt.
- Played every year - Gale mocks it - Effie recites.
- So people from the capital believe in the entertainment.
Key vocab
- 'Honor'  - 'Glory' - 'Eliminated' - 'Peacekeeper' 

Rich (Capital)
- The amount of food.
- Bright colours.
- Costuming - Extravagant
- Modern architecture 
- Everything is controlled - no nature.
- Clean
- Fit & healthy
- Materials - stone, marble, metals.
Poor (District 12)
- People were starving.
-  Dull colours
- Costuming - wearing 'best' types - stereotypes. 
- Small and sickly - don't stand a chance in the Hunger Games.
- Old farm housed/shacks - old - need repair - dirty 
- One good building - for filming - control.
- Materials - mostly wood.

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Dialogue
- Only stronger than fear
- Link to propaganda - false sense of hope that at least one will live.
- Just killing everyone cause resentment - Capital don't want to kill everyone, they need them.
- Hope is only effective if contained.
Camera Shots
- Mid shot - between Crane and Snow talking - to show expression & body language.
- POV - show & Crane - showing their deep conversation.
- Close up - of rose - pruning - metaphor for his 'perfect society' for control.
- Extreme close up of flowers.
- Flower ring showed she really cared for Rue.
- Showing that the games will not change her.
- POV/High angle - showing that she is aware that she is being watched.
Music 
- Sad minor
- Medium timbre
- Progress to being more powerful - more hopeful.

Rebelling - District 11 - Links to 'Black lives' very well.
Music
- up tempo
- more aggressive/emotional

Camera shot
- Track - close up of hands - really important - shows they are united - link to symbol to black lives matter move.
- Wide - to show all the people.
- Birds eye view - drone coming blowing papers - plane landing effect - papers were important - shows technology - Capital is bigger and stronger.
- Cutting shots of shaky camera - creates tension - showed the chaos.
Lighting 
- At the start of scene it was day.
- At end it was night - show fighting for hours.

Rebellion
Music - sad - minor
- Powerful.
- Enhanced the drama.
- No lyrics - emphasise her words, adds to the depth of the scene.
Dialogue
- Katniss rebelling against the propaganda of 'their has to be a victor'.
- Voice over urgently saying 'stop'. Katniss has beaten them at their own game.
- First Capital beaten at own game.
- 1st time 2 victors.
- She embarrassed the Capital.
Camera Shot
- Close ups - see both Peeta and Katniss reaction.
- Capital citizen and Crane's reaction - surprise.
- Over head - when the booming voice came - remind the game makers had been in control until this point.
- Extreme close up - the berries - they were the thing that changed everything.
Rich vs Poor
Poor 
- Close up - of guy eating everything he could - food is precious - people here are starving
- Car was malnourished.
- Really dirty - mud everywhere - flies everywhere - cleaning is not a priority.
- Extreme close up - Electric fence sign - fence and money to power it.
- Costuming and Setting - looked like they are in the past - wooden - old, run down.
- Minors were going into the mine but were still covered in soot.
Capital
- Establishing shot - of the capital - see the buildings, the grandur - everything was modern - technology - white/clean/crisp.
- Costuming - Fashion and make up really extravagant.
- Close up - to see lady with big gold eye lashes - the pink poodle.
- Gives huge contrast to lives in the districts.
- Fashion is a status thing here - they want the next best thing - represents wealth.
- Capital clothing is for looks - artificial material bright.
- District clothing is for practicality - more natural.
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Katniss
- Tough - had to mature fast after dad died.
- Emotionless - well hidden.
- Protective of the people she loves.
- Impulsive - volunteering for Prim.
- Caring - flowers around Rue's body.
- Rebellious - sneak out of District.
- Introverted - not very good at making friends. (Like me)
Haymitch
- Alcoholic - trauma, stress - feels like a pawn.
- Depressed
- Smart, reliable - surprised his tributes abilities- smart because he understands that the HG is a TV show.
- Brutally honest - aggressive.
- Witty, cunning.
- Agile - when Peeta tries to get his drink.
Peeta
- Soft - bad or good?
- Crying when he leaves.
- Kind - giving the bread to Katniss.
- Gullible.
- Smarter than he looks.
- Physically strong.
- Socially persuasive - likeable.
- Artistic, creative, cake decorating.
Effie
- Enthusiastic.
- Calm about  the HG - Her job.
- Oblivious of the reality.
- Status driven - focus on 'manners'

SDL Goal Week

This week I will be doing ' Have a positive attitude to all parts of learning including setbacks'.

Reflection - Music

What instrument did you choose to learn and why?
Piano, because it's the only instrument I want to learn and no other. Another reason, piano is my most favourite instrument of all.

What song did you choose to learn and why?

Isn't she lovely, it's a soul song and I think it's the best piano song for us to play.

What was challenging about this piece and how did you overcome the challenges?

Doing it solo is the challenging part for me, I overcome it by playing it slowly with both hands.

Were you happy with your final recording/performance? why?

Yes, it went well and what I expect to happen.

What would you change about your performance if you could do it again?

I would probably pick another song that I know.

Were you happy with your overall grade and why?

Yes, because it's the grade I was given so..

What have you enjoyed about Music this semester?

All of it..

Migration

Here's my work about migration, just to let you know, this video has no sound... Thanks

SDL Goal Week

This week I will be doing:

Model Atom

This week in science, we learnt about atoms and it was really cool knowing what atom is. We also did a project about atom, called model atom, each one of us made a handmade atom, every one has different type of atom, the atom I made is 'O' aka Oxygen.

The equipment we used are:
1 piece of card
30 centimetre of string
blue tac
coloured beads for protons + neutrons

Method: Stick p+n beads to blue tac
- Cut out rings from paper
- Draw electrons onto rings
- Create a label
- Tape string to back of paper so it can hang.

Atoms are made up of 3 main types of particles: electrons, protons and neutrons.The atom I did is Oxygen which has 16 mass number.
Number of protons or electrons = The atomic number. Therefore, the Oxygen atom has 8 protons and 8 electrons. Number of neutrons = Mass number - Atomic number. Therefore, the Oxygen atom has 16 - 8 = 8 neutrons.
Atoms gain or lose to get full outer shell. For the first shell of an atom can only hold 2 electrons, for the second shell it can hold 8 electrons and for third also 8 electrons. For Oxygen, first shell hold 2 electrons and for the second shell has 6 electrons because Oxygen only has 8 electrons.

Film Language

Body Language: Used to communicate through physical behaviours..

Costumes: Used to represent the character’s personality who wore them.

Hairstyle: Also used to represent a character’s personality with their hairstyle.

Make-up: Used to make a character to play another character from a movie.

Make-up: Used to describe a character by using cosmetics in their faces (another meaning for make-up).

Lighting: Used to set the mood of the film.

Props: Used to make a film realistic.

Settings: Used to describe the surrounding can help set the mood.

Dialogue: Used to show the conversation between characters.

Sound effects: Used to help the audience understand a scene without dialogue or music.

Music: Kinda similar to sound effect, it can create a mood through sound in a scene.

Silence: Used to set a serious mood.

Symbols: Objects that give clues or ideas..

Special FX: Used to make a film more realistic.