Research Task - The Production Line

For 3 periods of business studies, we had to do a research task about the production line.

Link to the slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f50_2yFDdv9ZOiX0xMo3yR6G1Kvd_gA6O5DrzWGvonU/edit?usp=sharing 

Workshop 3: How does 'Lighting & Color' enhance the story?

Atmosphere - feel, the energy around

Mood - how you feel, emotions

Location - where something is happening

Lighting: natural - produced in nature, often sun, moon stars

            artificial - man-made light, usually electrical 

                warm - yellow, makes feel safe, warm

                  cold - white/blue tone, makes feel clean, clinical

             

               bright - fill's room, makes feel happy, safe

                  dull - fill's part of a space only, often creepy/murky

Colour Palette - predominant colours used in the scene.

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Brainstorm: Colour/Lighting 

What's happening - Coraline & her parents having breakfast in the real kitchen.

                          - they look depressed, dull, lifeless

Technique -  lighting 

                   - cold

                   - natural - from cloudy window

                   - dull

                  Colour - cold

                             - dark
                             - off whites, creams & yellows.

Effects on the viewer - feels boring, don't want to be there

feel/think boring, dull lifeless.

Directors purpose - Set the mood that the real world is boring & empty

     (theme)          - makes the other world more appealing

                          - looks can be deceiving - is not actually a bad place to be.

Other techniques - costume - real parents in simple plain colours & fabrics in dull colours

Costume/shots/music 

setting

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What happening - Coraline & Other parents having dinner in the Other Kitchen 

                        - characters seem vibrant & appealings.
                        - Good food an offer!

Technique - Lighting - artificial - ceiling lightbulb

                                 warm - yellowish tome 

                                 dull - parts of room still in shadow

                  Colour - yellow/oranges/block palette

                             - warm - makes us feel safe/ comportable.

Effect on the viewer - happy, want to be there

      (feel/think)     welcoming, colourful, joyful

Director purpose - looks can be deceiving - looks nice but in reality, it is unsafe.

     (theme)           make Coraline feel comfortable - a huge improvement 

                         - in the real world.

Other techniques - Costume - colourful, friendly-looking, lots of black/red.

costume/shots/music more fashionable, comfy, warm.

setting

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

Angle & Movements

* High angle - makes the character 'other Whybie' look small, weak, and vulnerable.

* POV - Other Mother - dominant & powerful

* Medium shot - gives us some idea of background but not full.

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

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

- The first character in the 'other world' to suggest something is not right. 

* Directors Purpose - makes us feel sorry for Wybie.

- makes the audience think that maybe the Other Mother isn't so nice - foreshadowing. 

S.E.X.X.X.Y Paragraph 

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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 high angle shot from the Other Mother. She is looking down the front porch steps at a scared other Wybie. This makes the audience feel sorry for Wybie and makes the Other Mother seem powerful. The purpose of this 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's first thought.     

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Dutch Tilt - Shows that somethings is odd 

POV - The POV is from the doll/sneaky that has been given to Coraline by The Real Wybie

Audience Feels - Concerned from the perspective of the doll  

Additional info - music/lighting/color - Music is silenced - The lighting is dark mixed with a little cold light

In this shot with Coraline and the doll that 'The Real Wybie' has given to her was moved behind the dresser with its head rotated making it the perspective of the doll seemed like something odd is happening    

Opportunity Cost

For business studies, we have made a POWTOON about scarcity

This is the link to the PowToon

Arthritis

Arthritis, also known as joint inflammation

• Most structures of arthritis are thought to be caused by the responsibility in the immune system that causes the body to attack its own tissues in the joints. Arthritis caused by an infection is called 'reactive arthritis'.

• Osteoarthritis the most common form of arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis is the second most common

Osteoarthritis: It occurs when the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of your bones wears down over time. Although osteoarthritis can damage any joint

Rheumatoid Arthritis: the immune system attacks parts of the body especially the joints.

Ways to Prevent Arthritis

1. Maintaining a healthy weight   

2. Don't smoke or quit smoking

3. Try not to get injured in sports 

4. Avoid injury in joints/ while pushing and pulling etc    

This is how it's treated

1. resting

2. physical therapy

3. surgery

Workshop 1 Unpacking Themes and ideas - Coraline

Theme/Idea - Something that links throughout the story.

'Looks can be deceiving'

- Things aren't always what they seem.

Example 1 = The Beldam/The Other Mother

- She starts off as good / Kind but is revealed to be an evil soul-devouring metal spider demon.

- Shows theme because the other mother changes gradually over time so that Coraline& audience doesn't notice.

- Important to the story because it helps the audience understand Corealine's choice then she realizes that having everything perfect won't make her happy.

Example 2 = Other World vs Real World

- The other world is a perfect web/trap to catch Coraline, whereas the real world is boring but safe. 

- Shows theme because even though the other world seems better in every way, the real world is actually better/safer because it isn't a trap.

- important to help the audience understand why Coraline goes back to the real world.

S.E.X.Y Paragraph

Statement - In Coraline, themes and ideas are used effectively 

Evidence - For instance, the theme 'look can be deceiving' is shown through the character of The 'Other- Mother' The Other Mother starts kind, but is revealed to be a soul-devouring demon.

eXplanation audience - This makes the audience feel that we shouldn't trust things or people that seem perfect at first glance.

eXplanation director - This was done to make the audience feel weary or develop a sense of new situations.

eXplanation compare - Coinciding with this is the use of color to show the 'Other Mother' is becoming eviler. At the start, she is surrounded by warm colors that make us feel safe, but the end it is dark with neon green which her seem dangerous

Your link - This theme is also shown, through the changes in the 'other world' as it is revealed to be a spider web designed to catch Coraline.

Speed stacking

For 2 weeks we have been speed stacking. We have learned 3-3-3 and 3-6-3.

The 3-3-3 was the easiest one for me all you have to do is stack 3 cup stacks. 

The 3-6-3 is the hardest one for me. 

Philippines Independence Day

Philippines Independence Day

Magandang Umaga(Good Morning) or Magandang Hapon(Good Afternoon), This week we are 

learning about the Philippines ' independence day.

We celebrate the Philippines ' independence day on the 12 June. On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo led the declaration of Philippine independence from Spanish colonial rule. 

Philippines ' independence day is important because it's their day of freedom from the Spanish-American war.

The activities of the Philippines ' independence day are to...

• Visit a historical museum 
• Watch a Filipino film about one of their national heroes
• Read Filipino children’s books
• Sit down to a traditional Filipino meal
• Play some old-fashioned outdoor games

Here are some food they eat on the Philippines ' independence day

• Bamba Bistro’s Lamb Adobo

• BEEF TAPA                                                                                                           

•   LECHON

Here are some people celebrating the Philippines ' independence day.

Coraline notes 2

The 'real' neighbours

Colour - grey, dark, mournful, sad colours-palette faded, washed out, dusty, sticky 

Lighting - dark/gloomy - inside house cold, light, shabby, dark poor 

Music - bland, backround, medium pace, Latin style, up beat, movement

Setting - forest looks dead, house is old, rustic, rundown, basement  theatre room used to be fashionable now is dated 

Characters - Mr Bobinsky - Russian, 'drunk', awkward, weirdo, Miss Spink & Forciable - the argue opposites, Coraline doesn't like them but better than nothing 

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'Other' Neighbours

Colour - bright, light, friendly, welcoming, good dark, shiney, bright, vibrant,        

Lighting - warm light - orange/yellow, warm light - spot lights are bright,  

Music - loud, joyful, circus music, playful, energetic, brass 

Setting - garden is alive, house house is painted/looks new, apartment looked colorful, clean, organised, theatre, grand, large, good condition

Characters - Mr Bobinsky - clean/tidy/done-up, healthy, blue nice to Coraline-gets her name right, Miss Spink - Transformed, young, thin, attractive, talented actresses/acrobatics modern Coroline likes them is enthusiastic to have them as neighbours.

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The Beldam

Colour - dark, green, colourful, purple/pink neons that show in the dark, fades to white 

Lighting - dark, cold, unsafe, horrific

Music - slower, quiet, menacing, creepy spooky, other world, suspicious

Setting - Chocolate & furniture were beetles, sinister transformed from the perfect home to a spider web - polluted

 

 

Coraline Notes

Opening Scene =

*Music: starts quiet, a baby tune/bit creepy, repetitive

*Perspective - other mother P.O.V we know because of the metal needle hands.

*Use of close up - makes us focus on the doll not on the creator.

* Lighting / Colour - Dim, dark green, faded, - Sets the mood/atmosphere that is old, abandoned, unappealing and rundown.

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Setting - Pink Palace - Real world

* Music - Gentle, happy, harmony, charming, sung by children, language made up, makes calm happy atmosphere, Changes to increase tension - faster, louder, minor

*Coraline - sassy, moody, stubborn, Bright blue hair, Yellow jacket & boots, main character 

*Colour/lighting - Grey, Dark, Dull, Boring, Bland tinted, atmosphere - makes the real house look moody, depressing, old, crusty & old Not a place Coraline wants to be

*'Real' parents - dull, workaholics, don't have time for Coraline, not happy, depressed, tired   

*Camera shots - High angle, Low angle, Dutch Tilt

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The 'Other' World =

*Colour/Lighting - Bright, vibrant, warm, welcoming - atmosphere - makes it feel safe, Coraline doesn't stand out anymore. 

*Other parents - Fun, active, show coraline attention, energetic cooked her a nice meal, they look happy & healthy unlike the real parents.

*camera shots - bird's eye view

* Music - Music doesn't match what we are seeing, slow to medium pace,

Coraline

1. 5 plot points I remember

- She didn't want to stay at there world because she didn't want to sew her eyes.

- I remember them playing a risky game if she lose she has to stay and sew her eyes.

- The cat can only talk in the other world

- At the start of the movie the lady made a doll of the main charatcter

- There was a metal hand from the lady and it wanted to get the key to unlock the door.  

2. Character names

Coraline

Wybie

Cat

Mr. bobinsky 

Mum

Dad

Other mum

Other Dad

3. What interested me was the music it's mixed with a scary and a baby tune.

4. Dutch tilt - Dramatic affect, High angle-makes the character look week, Low angle- To show what has less power or high

Arbor Day

Arbor Day

Arbor day is a holiday in which people or groups of people plant trees, and celebrate the environment and trees

Arbor day in New Zealand celebrates our natural beauty and educating our communities. We are planting a passion for the future protection and of our wondrous trees. But most importantly trees provide us oxygen to let us and animals breathe and they help stop climate crisis.

By Planting more trees and attending planting events.

Making a fundraiser for countries that need trees.