Vans - The Triple Bottom Line

The Hunger Games Workshop 4 - Colour

Colour

• What types of colours are used in each location?
• How do the different colour palettes change the feel of the story?
• Why has the director used these colours?

Atmosphere; How you feel in your surroundings/how your surroundings make you feel.

Picture 1 - District 12 - beginning

Green, brown, grey, white, 

Uses a natural palette of greens, browns, greys and whites.

Dark, old, gloomy.

- Life is hard

- Poor, struggling

Picture 2 - The Capitol - as Peeta and Katniss arrive on the train

Vibrant, cyan, pink, purple, orange, white, pale, (the people)

Uses a silver, grey metallic palette (the architecture/environment)

Crowded, Futuristic, Luxurious.

- Easy lives

- Rich 

- They have access to everything

Picture 3 - Control room

Bright vivid blue colours, cyan, white, grey, black, hologram, clinical, clean

Uses a clinical palette of whites, blues, metallic colours and tiny amounts of black.

Technological, Clean, Professional.

- These are professionals

Themes:

- Struggle for power

- Rich vs Poor

- Hope and Rebellion

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Colour is used effectively to create atmosphere. We see this in two scenes in particular - The very first scene showing District 12, and the scene when Peeta and Katniss arrive in the Capitol. In District 12 we see a natural palette of browns, greys, greens and whites, whereas in the Capitol the people wear bright vibrant colours and a metallic palette of whites, greys, and silvers can be seen in the architecture and surrounding environment. This makes us understand that things in District 12 are dark, old and gloomy whilst life in the Capitol is easy, crowded, futuristic and luxurious. The director did this to show the imbalance of rich versus poor. It outlines the difficulties people in District 12 face in their day to day lives, juxtaposed to the easy going lives of those in the Capitol

Essay Brainstorming

Essay Brainstorming

1. Dogs make better pets than cats

• Dogs are more affectionate
• Love lots of attention
• Generally way cuter
• There are different breeds and different sized dogs
• Like going for walks - are more active
• If trained, are usually more obedient
• Don’t have really sharp claws
• Can be taken to a beach
• Less antisocial 

2. Sugary drinks should have higher taxes

• Would prevent some people from buying them
• Companies who make sugary drinks would make less profit
• People would be healthier
• Companies that supply healthier options would earn more profit
• Could potentially lead to people having healthier teeth, meaning -
• Less people would need to go to dentists
• Dentists would make less profit
• People who chose not to buy sugary drinks due to higher taxes would have more money to spend on other luxuries or necessities

3. Stories are told better through TV than books

• Wrong
• Both are better than the other in different ways
• Stories usually fit into movies more (by this I mean it takes less time to watch a movie than read a book)
• Books and the written word are usually more descriptive

Batteries

Dry Cell, Wet Cell and Quantum Cell Batteries

Dry cell batteries contain electro-chemical cells that can store chemical energy in an immobilised paste, which then converts to electrical energy. These sorts of batteries are commonly used in portable electronic devices such as toys, phones and laptops.

Wet cell batteries were the original type of rechargeable battery, and are commonly found in aviation, vehicles (motorbike batteries), electrical utilities, cellphone towers and energy storage. They contain a liquid (for example, sufluric acid) 

Quantum Cell batteries are batteries which contain a quantum system such as a qubit that stores energy in it's quantum states. Theoretically, these batteries can charge faster than ordinary dry cell and wet cell batteries. The most significant difference between standard batteries and quantum batteries is; as quantum systems, qubits can be entangles, meaning they are so strongly correlated that an entire array of qubits can be described by the same quantum state. 

Boomerangs

Last term we looked at the topic of 'migration'. As a part of this, we looked into the history of Indigenous Australians, and the meanings behind their artwork. We also looked at the history of boomerangs, how they helped the Aborigines, different types of boomerangs and the kind of art they put on them. Then we painted our own.

'The First Sunrise' is a traditional story from the dreamtime, a belief system and understanding  of the World's creation which is used by the Indigenous Australians. In this story, all the animals of Australia grew sick of the cold and dark, and decided to attempt to lift up the sky, splitting it open and letting light pour over the land. This is a link to the full story - 'The First Sunrise'

What went well when painting your boomerang?

Blending the colours in the background went well, and the dots that are placed down each ray of sun. It doesn't look as tidy as I'd like, but other than that it looks alright.

The Hunger Games Workshop 3 - Costumes

Atmosphere/mood - how you feel in your surroundings/how your surroundings make you feel.

Picture 1
The Reaping scene, District 12
The clothing worn by the people of District 12 is old, rather bland and simple, not much colour. The boys are wearing trousers and dress shirts, the girls are wearing old-fashioned dresses or skirts with short-sleeved shirts. Most of the girls were wearing braids, and the boys all had short hair. Katniss' hair is in a messy bun, Primrose's hair is in two braids. Katniss is wearing a blue dress, Primrose is wearing white. The people in District 12 all look the same, showing they're equal and making where they come from quite evident. When Effy comes in she's wearing an extremely bright pink dress made out of a sort of velvet material, a giant curly white wig, ridiculously cakey and over the top make up, hair and eyelash extensions etc. This introduces the idea of rich vs poor, and Effy becomes a symbol of wealth.

Director wants the audience to empathise with the characters, and show how stressed and worried they are.

-impoverished
- live hard lives
- scene is tense, people are in fear
- Work for their money

Picture 2
The Capitol
The people in the Capitol all wear fancy luxurious clothing. Their clothing is vibrant and over the top, very bold. Most of them have very unique hairstyles and both men and women wear colourful exaggerated make-up. No one looks alike. A lot of them wear some sort of extensions (both eyelashes and hair), wigs and other head pieces. More advanced technology used in the process of making their clothing, making the quality of their clothing reasonably good, but only designed to be worn a few times unlike the people of District 12.

The director doing this makes the audience despise the people in the Capitol for having everything, and having easy care free lives. They all seem like arrogant pricks. It also shows who is superior and who is inferior.

- live easy lives
- wealthy
- live care free and luxuriously

Picture 3
Beginning of the games, the arena
The tributes wear very dull and camouflaged colours - dark greens, black, grey, almost maroon red, dark brown etc. They wear jackets which look both wind and rain proof, t-shirts, cargos, long pants and combat boots. All 24 of them look very similar clothing wise - it doesn't really matter what they look like considering most of them will die. When they're all dressed the same, due to the fact they aren't main characters it's much easier for the audience to watch a large number of them die pretty much immediately. They're jackets and other clothing are quite thin and lightweight to make moving easier and to fit the environment they are entering.

Themes:
- Hope and rebellion
- Rich vs Poor
- Struggle for Power

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In the reaping scene, the use of costume is extremely effective for seeing the imbalance between the rich and the poor in Panem. For instance, the children of District 12 all look alike in dull, colourless, and worn clothing. In contrast, Effy Trinket wears extremely vibrant and luxurious looking clothing, an excessive amount of cakey bold make-up, and a large wig and headpiece, all fitting her over-the-top and over-positive attitude. This makes the audience feel empathetic for the people of District 12, as Effy acts as a symbol of the wealth in the Capitol. We see that not everyone in Panem lives a hard and impoverished life. The director did this to establish the contrast between the hard lives of those in Katniss' district and the lavish easy-going lives of those in the Capitol. Coinciding with this is Effy's behaviour. She is loud, over confident, far too happy and slightly unnerving while the members of District 12 are quiet and fear for their lives. This can be juxtaposed to the scene where Katniss and Peeta arrive in the Capitol. In this scene, everyone else is wealthy and clean, whereas they are the ones who no longer fit in.

Art Semester 2 Week 1

This week in art we have been learning a small bit about the techniques and designs of particular street artists and working on tonal accuracy. We also worked on research drawing and created pages comprised of fragments of pieces of work made by different artists from around the world. 

Here is my page of research drawing. 

The Hunger Games Novel Study - Plot Summary

What am I learning?
How to identify and explain the effect of key points in the plot of a film, explaining how they impact the story and the viewers.

How does this work show my learning?
I've explained each major plot point, explaining it's significance and describing how it affects the audience.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
I wonder if the plot of every movie is set up in this way; a conflict, a rising action, a climax, a resolution etc.

The Hunger Games - Workshop 2 - Music

Track one
- Introductory music
- Fast paced
- Deep undertone
- Stringed instruments

Track two
- Suspenseful
- Dramatic
- Stringed instruments
- Fast paced
- Flute
- Movement
- Progressively gets louder

Track three
- Slow paced
- Strings
- Sad/solemn
- Volume changes throughout song
- Played when Rue dies..?

Track four 
- Deep
- Double bass
- Violin or other stringed instruments
- Slow paced
- Suspenseful
- Played during reaping scene

Notes:
- Emotions and feelings that music and sound in film give the viewers
- Tempo - speed, how fast the song is being played
- Faster, upbeat or more energetic, slower, sad, less upbeat and less energetic
- Chords: Major - bright, happy. Minor - Sinister, sad.
- Dynamics - volume, how loud or how quiet something is. Louder - Focus more on the music than whats happening on screen, to raise emotions. Quieter - subtle, forces audience to focus on the scene.

Song 1
- Fast paced
- Cheerful and upbeat
- Calm

Song 2
- Slower tempo
- Sad/solemn/sombre
- Sort of a country vibe

The Reaping Scene
- Starts with no music, only background noise (no dialogue). Makes you feel suspenseful/on edge, realism.
- During Snow's propaganda video: Tempo - medium. Has a sound of building suspense. Minor chords are used. Dynamics - starts rather quiet, volume doesn't raise much, making everyone focus on the video more than the music.
- Back to silence as Effy draws Primrose's name.
- Still silence as the people of District 12 do the three-finger salute.
- Music starts slowly and quietly as Peeta is introduced. Predominantly minor chords, instruments such as violins or cellos, double bass', trumpets, horns etc.
- Tempo starts slow but increases.
- Makes audience feel sorry for him/empathetic.

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The effective use of music and silence during the Reaping scene creates a tense and foreboding atmosphere. In this scene, two people from District 12 are chosen to represent their district as tributes in the Hunger Games, and we see Katniss volunteer for her little sister. The male tribute selected was Peeta Mellark. Silence is used when Effy draws and reads out the tribute's names to make us feel like the moment is real, to make us focus and to build the suspense. The director has done this to make the audience worry for the characters involved who will be effected. Music was used when first introducing Peeta, predominantly minor and having a rather slow tempo, giving the feeling of sadness and anxiousness much like Peeta in this scene. This is combined with close-up shots of Peeta's worried facial expressions to draw the viewer in.

Settings in 'The Hunger Games'

The Hunger Games - Workshop One, Camera Shots and Angles

How do camera shots and angles enhance the story?

President Snow speaking at the Tribute Parade

• Over the shoulder shot - Brings audience into conversation (A)
• High angle - Used to show the subject is of importance/has a high amount of power (A)
• Extreme wide shot - Gives perspective of the size of the space they are in (S)

Theme- Power and control

- Extreme wide shot shows that Snow has the power to get the attention of thousands of people, everyone looks up at him.

- The tributes are at the bottom, showing they are weak and vulnerable in comparison to Snow. The tributes are at his feet, below both Snow and the audience - kind of like rats in a trap.

In 'The Hunger Games', camera shots and angles are used effectively to portray the theme of power and how it is imbalanced. This can be seen during the scene where President Snow addresses the audience at the Tributes Parade. During this scene, director Gary Ross uses a combination of extreme wide shots, over the shoulder, and low angle shots to demonstrate Snow's immense amount of power and control over the people of Panaema. This serves the purpose of introducing the antagonist character of the film, establishing the power and control he has over everyone - including our protagonist, Katniss. Coinciding with this, the aspect of lighting, which is focused on both the tributes and Snow, shows that they are the most important characters in the scene whilst not taking away from the fact Snow has supreme power. This can be juxtaposed to the scene near the end of the movie where tributes Katniss and Peeta make a suicide pact, agreeing they'd both rather eat the nightlock berries and die then give Snow what he wants.

Katniss on the stage after volunteering for Primrose

• Low angle shot - Shows that Katniss has gone from being just like everyone else, to being a character of importance. This is because she is the very first person in the history of her district to volunteer. (A)
• Dutch tilt - Used for dramatic effect, showing something about this scene isn't right. (A)
• Mid shot - The use of a mid shot helps the audience to understand that Katniss has just singled herself out, also making us feel like we are watching it happen. (A)