Water Colour Painting

This is my watercolour painting that we did with Mr.Ramkolowan.

The techniques were

• Water on Water (Applying water to a piece of paper)
• Water on dry     (Applying watercolour paint to the dry paper)
• Dry on water     (Applying more watercolour to the dry watercolour paper)

These are the three techniques that we learnt but there are much more.

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Movie reviews film studies

Cinematography:

This is the combination of the techniques described below. These techniques include camera angles, camera shots, camera movement and lighting.

Film techniques

Camera shots

A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or frame.

Camera shots are used to demonstrate different aspects of a film's setting, characters and themes. As a result, camera shot are very important in shaping meaning in a film.

An extreme Long shot contains a large amount of landscape. It is often used at the beginning

of a scene or a  film to establish general location or the setting. Long shot contains landscape but  gives a viewer a more specific idea or setting. A long shot may show the viewers the building where the action will take place. A full shot contains a complete view of the characters. From this shot, viewers can see characters’ faces more clearly as well as their interaction with other characters. A close up contains just one character's face. This enables viewers to understand the actors’ emotions and also allows them to feel for the character.

An extreme close up contains on part of the characters face or other object. This technique is quite common in horror films. This type of shot creates moods and provides interaction between the audience and the viewer.

When analysing a film you should always think about camera shots and why they are being used.

Camera angles

It is important that you do not confuse camera angles with camera shots. Camera angles

Are used to position the viewer so that they can understand the relationships between characters. These are very important in shaping meaning in film.

. A birds eye angle is an angle that looks direct down upon a scene. This angle is often used an establishing angle, along with an extreme long shot, to establish setting.

. A high angle is a camera angle that looks down upon a subject. A character shot with high angle will look unreliable or small. These angles are often used to demonstrate the audience a perspective of a particular character.

. An eye level angle puts the audience on an equal footing with the character.

This is the most commonly used angle  in films so the viewers feel comfortable with the characters.

.A low angle is a camera angle that looks up at a character. This is the opposite of a high angle and makes a character look more powerful. This can make the audience feel vulnerable and small by looking up at the character. As with camera shots, you will be able to see many examples of camera angles in films. Think about the different camera angles and how they affect the way you feel about the characters.

Film studies

Film study: Hunt for the wilderpeople.

Characters:

Ricky baker

Uncle heck

Paula

Plot:

(What is the story about - write a small paragraph describing main points of the story to someone who hasn’t seen the film.)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a movie about a boy named Ricky baker that becomes a foster kid to a husband and wife named Hector and Bella. But a twist occurs leaving Ricky and hector on the run from a police officer named Paula.

Effects used:

(Go back to the notes  you wrote on camera styles and angles and list all the effects you can remember being in the film. Try to remember specific styles.)

In the next two weeks coming up,  there is a lot of work to be done to make sure the classroom is ready for the end of the year. Cultural practices are coming to an end and

classrooms are changing and year eight students are graduating the classrooms need

to be tidied and all students work need to go home hopefully we behave well enough to have a shared lunch.

Science: Making a cloud

Rules for lab safety

Safety glasses - protect your eyes

Wear a lab coat - protect your clothes

Lab behaviour - appropriate behaviour to keep safe

Use proper equipment (ask if you have never used before)

Always clean up your mess

Equipment:

- Rubbing alcohol

- Bottle (Plastic bottle)

- Matches

Method:

1. Pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol into the bottle

2. Light a match (older people e.g parents)

3. Hold your bottle underneath the match while squeezing

4. Blow out your match so it produces smoke, and release the bottle

5. Immediately close the bottle tight with lid

6. Squeeze the bottle as hard as possible and then release -

the bottle should fill with a cloud.

Labour Weekend

On Labour weekend we were allowed to stay at home on Monday as well. In  Labour Weekend I got to go see my Aunty and Uncle with their two sons Nesi and Liam.We went to their house and played on the trampoline for a little while and then we watched

some TV. A few hours later we left and we actually told them to come to our house to have a BBQ. We were having lots of fun playing tag and hide and seek.

When we finished playing it was time to eat our dinner so we went to the shop to buy some yummy drinks to have with our dinner. We ate our delicious dinner and then me and my sisters did our chores so we could watch a cool movie. We watched shark tale and we ended up laughing through nearly half of it because it was a pretty funny movie.We wanted to watch another movie so my mum put in another DVD called Tangled. It was really entertaining with all of the songs and funny bits. A few minutes later my cousins fell asleep so we fell asleep too so that was pretty much saturday.

The next day my cousins went back to their house and it was cleanup day! We cleaned every room in the house and every single wall in the house. When we finished we felt so hungry and so thirsty and so hot so my dad organised a trip to the sunny beach!

We packed our stuff and our food and drinks then left to bucklands

bay. We played on the playground and had fun and then we had sandwiches and fizzy drinks for lunch. We then hopped in our togs

and ran into the nice cold water. It felt amazing! We were in the

water for over an hour and then we went back to the car for a snack because we ran out of energy. We ate some almonds and some Juice and then we were set to even more fun! We stayed in the water until sunset and then we went back home to have a shower and

relax. We watched an episode of KUWTK (known as Keeping up with the Kardashians), and then we ate some Ice cream and fruit salad.

And that was the end of Sunday.

The next day was the best day because we went to the pools for the whole day and we went out for lunch at a fancy restaurant. We got to go on the big slide and then we jumped off the side of the pool into the really deep water. We grabbed our inflatable pizzas from the car and then we filled them up with up with air so we could relax on the nice water. I almost fell asleep because it was so comfortable! After the pools we went to a fancy restaurant and we

ate some delicious food! After that we went back home feeling very very tired!

Writing assessment: I heard a whisper but no one was there

I was walking in a cold cold alley. My fingers were suddenly turning blue and purple.My face felt like it was in a ice cube and my feet felt the pain of pins and needles but I knew that I would be back home in no time. I reached half way out of the alley when I suddenly heard a whisper. It was so quiet that I couldn’t hear what it said. I decided to ignore it and continued walking. I then heard it again and felt shivers go down my neck.That’s when I knew I wasn’t alone.

I started to walk a lot faster until I heard the whisper again.My guts told me that I couldn’t take it no

more and to just look back but my brain told me to not look back. I didn’t know what to do so I looked back but no one was there.It felt frightening because I knew that the whisper wasn’t my imagination it was something or someone.I started looking in the bushes to see if I found any luck.I only ended up finding a few two dollar coins and a small rock but I was determined to find out what that noise was. The temperature started dropping so I started to look faster.

As I was looking, for the fourth time I heard the whisper. I was getting sick of it so I looked back but there was still no one behind me! My heart was beating a lot faster than usual! I knew that my legs were not very determined but my mind was still telling me to go. I started to look in the trees and by the logs but there was still no sign of anything. My eyes suddenly started to see blurry and things were coming out of my mind. I shaked my head a lot and things became more clearer. Then I decided to give up.

When I gave up I was nearly there when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I screamed and ran into the bushes until the person walked past. It had been about twenty minutes since I saw no one walk past. I walked carefully out of the bush and checked both ways.There was no sign of anyone.My spine felt as if it was frozen. I saw a dim light coming from the hills so I started to go down  to see if anyone was there and surprisingly I saw a small house. I quietly invited myself in and for  once it felt nice and warm and I smelt a delicious supper. I had to find who lives here. I checked all the rooms but they were all empty. The last three rooms left were the living room, the dining room and the kitchen.My stomach felt tight and my brain felt scared. I opened the door and found a surprise.

There were four fairies sitting on the table eating some yummy chicken soup! I then asked them,

“Was it one of you guys that whispered to me while I was walking?”

“Yes it was me I’m sorry if I scared you!” said the blue fairy.

“I was flying in the reserve to get some wood for the fireplace when I saw you. I whispered hello

then tapped your shoulder for attention! I’m sorry”

“It’s ok” I said and then they offered me some soup. I was thankful but I knew that my parents

were expecting me to be home any minute so I passed. I thanked the fairies then continued my journey back home.