30 - 35 second film

Theme - Comedy/sinister

Lighting/colouring - Bright, yellow, dull, grey, cold

Location - Playground, field, lane ways

In hurumanu 2 for the past few weeks we have been studying film like for e.g  studying lighting, camera angles, soundtracks, theme and location these are all very important points that you need to know about film. We have now learned all these points of film now we have moved onto a more advanced step in learning about film we are now making our own film, our film is has three characters staring in it one is a bully the other one is an innocent and scared person and the last person is a kidnapper. So i will be the innocent person just casually playing on the playground then ibrahim the bully will come along and start pushing me around he will then throw me off the top of the playground then i will get up and run and ibrahim will jump down and chase me, we will then proceed to keep running around at school until we reach the field and Tyler the kidnapper will then pull ibrahim into the bush as he is chasing me i will then turn around looking all confused at to where he had gone then i will run back and see a shoe and i will pick it up and investigate then as i am investigating Tyler will choke me and bang ending.

melodrama

The Melodramatic Acting                                      Style 

• Remember in Victorian Melodrama, all emotion is externalised. There is no such thing as inner psychological depth! 

Generally this means “Over the Top” in every way. Here are some techniques which help create this affect. 

• Slower clearer delivery of lines with huge projection. Remember Victorian Theatres were huge and there were no microphones. 
• Play everything to the audience, even if you are supposed to be talking to another character on stage! Indicate whom you are talking to by looking sideways at them and holding your hand out towards. 
• Address the audience directly whenever the script will allow you to do so. 
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• The Pose: Invent poses of shock, horror, love, evil, intent, cruelty, desire, dilemma, forgiveness, begging forgiveness etc. A pose should last at least three seconds and should be clearly visible from fifty metres. 
• The working yourself up to the pose: lasts two to three seconds --let's see you getting there! 
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• The Gasp - very loud expressing a range of emotions. Often accompanied by a pose. 
• The Swoon - often preceded by lines such as "Alas! I can hardly bear it." The swoon should be graceful and provision should be made for someone to catch you._ 
• The long walk downstage/upstage/across stage when hatching a plan or in a dilemma. 
• The Pacing- to and fro across the stage when hatching a plan or in a dilemma. Move before you speak so that the audience can track who is speaking. 
• The Tableau (freeze frame)- the still picture made up of a number of characters to freeze the moment, eg: The Happy Ending/ The Secret Lovers. The tableaux should be very explicit. 
• The Sigh/The Groan/The Tubercular Cough 
• First Entrances are important - may even bow, this is related to the cult of “The Actor” – the Star system. 

30 - 35 second film

In hurumanu two for the past couple of weeks we have been planning on making a 30 to 35 second long film, at the moment we have just been working on our plan and our setup like the characters the location and the theme. Now we have finished planning our storyboard and we are onto filming now so what is going to happen is i am an innocent person playing on the playground when a stranger comes along and starts pushing & throwing me around then he will throw me off the top of the playground and i will start running he will then chase me through the lane way all the way to the field then suddenly as he is chasing me i look back and he is still chasing me then i look forward and look back again and he is gone, i then go back to take a look to see what happened while im confused i then find a shoe on the ground which i though belonged to the guy chasing me then all of a sudden as i am investigating the shoe i get pulled into the bush by a paedophile aka Tyler and he will kill me and that will be the end, there also must be not talking in our films and no subtitles either.

Melodrama

Theme - Victorian melodrama

Drama during the Victorian age: in the 19th century in England a new theatrical genre developed, the melodrama.

In the 19th century in England a new theatrical genre developed: the melodrama, that was an extremely simple and short play with superficial and stereotypical characters and in which good always won over evil. In this period also developed the music hall, that was a variety entertainment with songs, jokes, acrobats and belly dancers. 

This theatrical genre used taboo subjects such as sex through the employment of double meaning and it tendered towards slapstick (comicitagrossalana). The people usually went to the theatre to enjoy something carefree, exciting and funny.  Much space was given to music and and sound effects in order to create emotion and sensations, while the characters were stiff and flat. Were built small theatres, that presented modern innovations like gas lighting, which replaced candles and sophisticated machinery, like the ''box-set''. Oscar Wilde was certainly the most outstanding representative of the poetry of the aesthetic movement, but he is better known for his activity as a playwright. he gave fantasy, vivacity and a breathe of a new life to drama. His comedies, full of humour, intrigued and fascinated the audience.

What is the Victorian age? Victorian era, in British history,  the period between approximately 1820 - 1914, corresponding roughly but not exactly to the period of queen Victoria's reign (1837 - 1901) characterised by a class- based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain's statues as the most.

Digital tech

For the past three weeks of digital tech i have been learning about coding and ergonomic info graphics, robots etc, so we have pretty much been learning how to get used to the technology and how to use it. I have been testing and making games with coding and also learning about ergonomic info graphics and i will admit, it wasn't too bad because i got to play games and learn how to function them there were sometimes ten or more stages to go through throughout the course and what the courses were was just teaching some simple steps to coding for beginners like me of course. completed about two games and i got two certificates one was for learning how to code minecraft and the other was flappy bird. So now switching over to info graphics. Info graphics is pretty much like a set of instructions or a chart of something for accuracy but im not to sure so its like a chair for e.g. a chair is bit on a 90 degree angle so that we would be sitting on it flat on not on a curve or like how the chair is made of plastic etc and not made of nails so yeah thats pretty much what ergonomic info graphics.

Digestive system

Digestive system

D.L.O. To learn the components of the digestive system.

What is the small intestine and its function? The small intestine also known as the small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the already processed nutrients and minerals from food takes place. It lies Between the stomach and the large intestine, and receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct to aid in digestion. The small intestine is the part of the intestines where upto 90% of the digestion and absorption of food occurs, the other 10% taking place in the stomach and large intestine. The main job of the small intestine is to absorb nutrients and minerals from food.

What is the large intestine and its function? The purpose of the large intestine is to engross water and salts from the minerals that have not yet been processed as food, and get rid of any  waste products or left overs. By the time food mixed digestive juices reaches your large intestine, most digestion and absorption has already taken place.

What is the function of the colon? The colon is a part of the large intestine, the final part of the digestive system. Its function is to reprocess fluids and to absorb waste products from the body and prepare for its elimination. The colon is made up of four parts: descending colon, ascending colon, transverse colon, and sigmoid colon.

What is the function of the rectum? The rectum is the final part of the large intestine that connects the colon to the anus. It stores fecal matter produced in the colon until the body is prepared to discard the waste through the process of defecation.

What is the function of the anus? The anus is the end of the gastrointestinal [GI] tract. When the rectum is full, your body feels the urge to have a bowel movement. The internal anal spincher relaxes and pushes  the stool from the rectum into the anal canal.

Workshop 3

Atmosphere - Feel in space, the energy around you.

Mood - how you feel.

Location - place something is happening.

Lighting - Natural - light that comes from nature - sun, moon, stars, lightning, fire.
                Artificial - man-made light source - electricity, light bulbs.

Warm light - yellow/orange tone
Cold light - blue/green/white tone-clean/clinical

Bright - fills the space.
dull - fill half the space -faded.

Colour - colour palette - what are the predominant colours used.

Warm colours - welcoming, happy, friendly.
Cold colours - depressed, sad, chilly, lonely.
                                      -clean, clinical

Brainstorm: lighting/colour
What is shaping - Coraline and her family having breakfast in the real kitchen look rusted, tired.

Describe - lighting - natural light - clouds through the windows.
Cold - white tone
Bright - whole space bright

Colour - white, yellowish, cream - old
cold - make space feel tired.

What is the effect on the viewer - boring, sad, dull, understand that they are not a happy family, Coraline unhappy.

Directors Purpose - makes the other world seem better.
Coraline doesn't like the real world.

Any other techniques - setting - outside the window is loudly and grey, furniture looks old and run down. Doesn't feel lived in-empty.
angles/shots, music,costume,make-up,setting

What's happening - Coraline other parent eating dinner in the other kitchen.
everyone looks happy.

Describe - artefact - ceiling light -warm - yellow/orange tone, dull -some spaces dark.

Colour - red, orange, white, black.
              warm - happy, safe, welcome

Effect on the viewer - Compact/closer, interesting, welcoming, safe.
                                  - Coraline is happy to be there.

Directors Purpose - shows theme looks can be deceiving because other family looks kind and happy but are actually evil.

Costumes - formal, fashionable, fit better, makes them look tidier
- bright black, red, white.

Workshop 2

Brainstorm -

What is happening in this shot -
Other Wybie standing on stairs outside the house. 'Other mother' asks him to smile from the doorway, instead, he frowns. Other Wybie making self smaller-less of a target-head down, shoulders hunched. It looks weak and vulnerable.

Angles/Shots - High angle - makes Wybie look overpowered, weak and vulnerable,
POV - 'Other mother', makes her seem stronger, bigger, more dominant.

Viewer - Makes viewers feel sorry for/ scared for other Wybie.

Why did the director do this -

Foreshadowing hinting at what is to come.
hinting that maybe the other mother isn't so wonderful.

Other Techniques - lighting - spotlight on Wybie - like he's on the spot/ under focus - dark around creates a creepy atmosphere.

In the scene with the other mother and the other Wybie we see high angle shots used to show the theme 'looks can be deceiving'. We see this when the other mother asks the other Wybie to smile but he hunches over and frowns instead. This makes the audience feel sorry for the other Wybie because he looks scared. The use of a high angle shot from the other mother's point of view adds to this feeling as it makes the Other Wybie look weak and vulnerable. Why did the director do this to foreshadow the change of the other mother from creepy to more creepy. Coinciding with this is the use of lighting. A spotlight is on the other Wybie emphasizing that he is under the focus of the Other Mother. This reminds us of early in the film where a low angle shot was used to make Wybie seem big and scary but he really he was just ordinary this links us to the scene because it also shows looks can be deceiving.