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How are costumes used to enhance the story?

What types of costumes are used in this location?



The costumes in District 12 which look very old, they are very poor and they cannot afford any clean good clothing.
In the Arena where they fight to death, they are all wearing the same outfit which isn't really as bad as what district 12 is wearing right now.
The audience who are happily watching, are wearing rich, clean and colourful different fabric type of costumes.

How do the different costumes change the feel of the story?
The different costume change, does change the story a little bit to show the people who are rich compared to the poor. From District 1 to 12, District 1 lives a way better life than District 12, because the story is showing how everyone is living.

Why has the director used these costumes?
They used these rich and weird looking outfits, instead of really clean normal looking outfit, because the director wants to show us more colourful and funky looking outfits to see the big difference between each districts from poor to rich.

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Costumes are used effectively to show the imbalance between rich and poor, the Capitol and District 12, in Panam. For instance, this is seen in the reaping scene where the figure of Effie Trinket is juxtaposed to those of District 12 in this scene the children of District 12 are wearing dull faded simple clothes whilst Effie wears a vibrant pink outfit with an extravagant wig and over the top make-up. This makes us understand how unwealthy the people of District 12 are compared to people in the Capitol. The purpose of this is to show that life in all the Districts is not as hard as it is in District 12. Coinciding with this is the use of setting. In District 12 everything is rundown and old but with the Capitol it is new, clean and colourful. The costumes in the reaping scene can be juxtaposed to those worn by citizens of the Capitol seen by Peeta and Katniss on the train.

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How does Music enhance the story?

Choose a moment from the film where the music, or a particular song, was important.

The Hunger Games Cornucopia Bloodbath

What was happening in that scene?

In this scene, the timer was going down by 1 minute. As soon as the timer reached to 0 all the tributes begin to run all in at once in the cornucopia and collect everything they need. Music was building up as they kill each other creating a big bloodbath.

How would you describe the mood of the music?

I would describe it as a very dramatic sound, with a lot of power in it and scary tones to create a scary setting to what is going on.

How important was the music in creating the atmosphere in that scene?

It really did not sound good, which actually was good for the Cornucopia Bloodbath scene. It draws people's attention to what it is going on, it scares them but it still gets their eye because they want to see what is happening.

The Hunger Games

Over the shoulder - Connects the viewer to the conversation of the character.

Extreme long shot - Shows us the crowd, and to show the full area or audience.

High angle - See more people below one scene as vulnerable, shows how powerful President Snow is.

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Camera shot and angles are well used in the film 'The Hunger Games'. When the tributes came through and the audience were first meeting them, Over the shoulder by President Snow was shown to the film. This makes the audience feel like they are connected to the conversation. The director did this to make the movie for of what the movie is trying to show, which literally shows they are gonna die, they would use Pan shot, Shaky camera etc. Coinciding with this, the use of settings shows a powerful special place for Snow and the tributes below with the audience. This can be juxtaposed to the scene later in the film where Katniss and Peeta reclaim power by threatening to eat the poisonous berries in the arena.

Dutch tilt - Dutch tilt shows things that are out of the normal - Katniss is out of place, she volunteered as tribute to save her little sister Prim. Katniss also said she will die for Prim.

Low angle - Low angle can show less power to the people below who are look up to Katniss and the character Katniss we are looking at gives her more power.

Mid shot - Mid shot can show more of the character and to really see them being used in the film.

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In 'The Hunger Games' Camera shots and Angles were used effectively in this film. For example when the director, Gary Ross used a high angle and over the shoulder when President Snow introduced all the tributes. This makes us understand that Snow has the power over all the tributes across all districts and over all the people. The director did this to give evidence of how he rules the world in his own favour. Coinciding with the shot was powerful, through the voice of Snow, it made his words stand out, giving the movie more knowledge to the audience about what might happen next. This reminds me of the movie 'Avengers Eng-game' When Thanos, the Villain, was having the power in his hands trying to destroy The Avengers with his gauntlet with 5 gems, and wanting to take over the world.

Tama Tu Film Questions

Tama Tu NZ Short film
How does the crow help the mood of the film?

The crow helps us think about there is gonna be drama, and war happening through out the film.

What does the ammo exchange help show?

It helps show that they are definitely going to be in a fight or war, and that they are all communicating with each other and sharing the ammo with each other to stay alive.

What does the handheld camera shot help show?

It helps us make us feel very likely that we are going to experience war, and it helps us feel that we are bonding with the soldiers through out everything.

What does the black cat symbolise?

It does symbolise bad luck and death, and the character which was trying to get the black cat, and wanting to play with it. He died because the black cat symbolised death.

How do the filters help show meaning?

It helps show many things, like if they are happy the filters go colourful and full of happiness, but what we had experience through this movie was a dark grey filter, which definitely shows sad and scariness. 

The filter changed from normal black and white, to very dark black and grey when the soldier died.

What and how do the film, aspects help with the suspense with the shooting of the German soldier?

When the soldier was looking through the scope of his weapon, he could see very close the man who died from the black cat. Point of view was used for this part of the film.

What does the use of the shadow help show?

The shadow helps represents the sense of death, which occurred through the film during the point of view scene when the soldier was using the scope.

What shots are used to 'bookend' the film?

Bird eye, Low angle, Point of view, close up, medium close up and Over the shoulder view.

Critical Literacy Matrix Questions!
Why are you/we reading this text?
We are reading this text, to know more about Maori New Zealand culture. And to also know what War somehow looks like.

What kind of language is used in this text?
There is no speaking in this Maori film. But the languages they look like they are using is Maori, they use Body language that shows there culture sometimes.

Who is real in this text?
Well all the characters in this scene are real, and they act very well.

Critical Matrix Advertisements

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What is this text about?

This is more likely an advertisement featuring, Pepsi and also Cardi B's famous catch phrase.

How do we know?

Because the photo above shows the product and what it is trying to tell us about its product.

Who would most likely read this text and why?

The audiences who support or most likely, like Pepsi would love to read this text. It could also entertain people who love Cardi B, the person who is introducing everyone to the product.

Why are you/we reading this text?

I am reading this text because I do love Pepsi, and I would actually prefer Pepsi than Coke. This doesn't only show a simple advertisement, but it is really funny and interesting because the way they put everyone together to make it an Amazing video.


What does the author of this text want us to know?
The author definitely is trying to show us, that Pepsi is very refreshing that somehow refreshes our world. It shows only Pepsi, so they really know that it is a good drink.

Is this text fair?
This text might be fair, because once you see advertisement photos or videos, you might be unlucky in reality. But this drink looks nice and simple that it could the same as it looks, and it is a refreshing nice drink.

Why is the text written the way it is?
Because it goes well with was it is trying to show. The font of the letters are bold and large, that it is going to draw a lot of peoples attention.

Film Techniques + Crossword

What am I learning?

I am learning many things that I hardly know about just like Sound, Movements of camera and other stuff.

How does this work show my learning?

It showed my learning about finding out the definitions about each things about film techniques

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

I wonder if there are many more film techniques that I can learn about.

Essay Goals

In English Semester 1, I felt like I really didn't do good for my Essay and that I know I didn't get a good score as I thought I would.

For my future Essay, I would want to aim for 2 Levels forward and get an Achievement.

I know that I didn't good, but I know next time I will complete my goal and reach 2 Levels forward and aim for that Achievement, and to mostly use vocabulary. 

School Uniforms - Essay Practise Structure

School uniforms are a waste of time and money - 

All School uniforms are a waste of money.

They are a waste of money because you only get to wear uniform in school and that's about it obviously.
Clothes that you have a lot of you can keep changing your clothes everyday, instead of wearing the same thing every 5 days a week.
They are just really expensive and they only last for not that long, once they are wrecked you are gonna have to buy new pairs which will cost a lot.
All school uniforms are a waste of money, they should stop selling them and let everyone wear what they want to wear, which would most likely be cheaper then uniforms.

Essay Writing Practise Structure

Essay Writing Practise Structure
Adverb Sentences:

Curiously, Often, Importantly, Readily, Significantly, Firstly, Lastly, Quickly, Rapidly, Technically, Similarly, Remarkably, Surprisingly.

!Comma would always go after the verb!
Examples in sentences:

Unexpectedly, I turned up to class and everyone was looking
Surprisingly, I wasn't late to class
Importantly, I got straight to work

Begin with a preposition:
Preposition are words that indicate movement or position.
Against, Under, Above, In, At, Throughout, Behind, Over, Prior, Beyond.

Under the bed, I spotted light through the floor.
Behind the house, there was treasure hidden under the dirt.
Above the shed, I could see my lost cat.

Basic body paragraph:
Point - State the point you want to make
Evidence - Provide evidence to support your point 2-3 sentences
Explain - 3-4 Sentences that explain your evidence in relation to your point/question.
Link - Back to your point - 1-2 sentences - To the next paragraph.

Point - Everyone knows that it is better to read the book then to watch the movie.

Evidence - For example, The movie made of Wonder is very different from the book.
It leaves out lots of information. In the book that main teacher is female but in the move they are male.
Also the camp incident missed out the info about Auggie's hearing aids.

Explain - This incident made more sense in the book because he was bullied for having his 'lobo ears' which made his look different.
It didn't make sense to bully him in the movie without them.

Link - For these reasons, the book was clearly better than the movie.
However, you can enjoy the movie without reading the book.


Preposition - Before the bell rang, everyone was getting ready to work
Adverb - Surprisingly, everyone was on task before class started
- ed start - Forced, to talk in front of everyone
W start - When I was coming to class, I luckily came early
The - ing start - Hoping that I wasn't starving, I tried eating as much as I can.
The - ing start - Thinking about food, I started to starve.

Adverb - Quickly, I tried to get ready to work.
Preposition - Under the tables, I could see the carpet.
 - ED start - Scared so much, I had to talk in front of everyone.
- ING start - Praying so much, that I don't get chosen.
W start - Within an hour, I have another subject next.

Q - Quote, rhetorical question
T - Title of your book
A - Author of your book
K - Key argument
O - Outline

OTAKO:
Introduction Starter: Practise
Have you ever lived through invasion? In John Marsden's 'tomorrow when the War Began' eight young Australian's venture into the bush, only to return and divorces an unknown force has invaded their town. We see the characters show courage first when they venture to the show grounds. Next when they rescue Lee after he is shot and finally when they blow up the town bridge.
These are memorable to the reader because they show me importance of courage to achieve things.