Film Study Close Viewing Notes

Notes I took from Hunger Games:

Director-
Gary Ross

The first scene -
music absent. hear nature, dull color implying that district is undesirable and sad, close up shots used frequently to see better emotion

District 12-
costumes - poor, dull, old, worn down. costumes used to show poverty.
environment - broken, destroyed, run-down houses, huge fences imply that the district has no freedom. able to see how isolated they are.
people- kids looking out of a broken window, not clean, hungry, man-eating bone

Forest scene-
shaky camera
foreshadowing used when Katniss is seen shooting a deer
the high angle used when peacekeepers go over them to make them seem weak and vulnerable \

Reaping scene-
able to see not all districts are poor
shows us just how poor district 12 is
low angle shot seen in when reaping video played to make it the dominant part
little kids used to make people more sympathetic and okay with it
Katniss volunteers, becoming the first person ever
close up on prims face so we can see her pain
Dutch tilt to show things are out of place
Gail takes prim away
Peta gets called
Katniss has a flashback once Pete gets called to show where she has seen him before.

town hall scene-
lots of closes up showing emotions
prim comes in crying and yelling showing sadness
Katniss begs Gail to take care of family

train scene-
music to start to make us feel how they feel
flashback helping us establish relationships between characters
Haymitch comes in drinking alcohol, alcohol is often associated with Haymitch.
Haymitch is the only other winner
Haymitch talks about how important sponsors are
Katniss and Peta are amazed when first see the capitol
lots of colors worn by people when first pulling up to the capitol

Katniss was groomed by some capitol people reinforcing how poor she is
meets Cinna, looks rich
deliberately show all other districts to make their costume more plausible

Capitol-
extravagant
shiny
affluent
clean and tidy
lots of gender diversity
clearly a wealthy place
deliberately showing the difference


Effie -
confident shown in Effie's voice
lots of wigs
bright colors
lots of makeup
clothes are expensive looking
looks different to make her the dominant character in a scene


Quotes-
may the odds be ever in your favor
embrace the probability of your imminent death - Haymitch
I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could I would bet on you

Chariot scene-
first, see the girl on fire
president snow has a white flower
the extreme long shot used to show how many people snow is addressing
may the odds be ever in your favor - 4 time

Penthouse scene 1-
flash and modern
has electricity unlike other districts
has a window allowing you to look at a different districts
use of close up on facial expressions

Training Grounds -
stopped using the shaky camera
music used to make us more engaged in the scene
flash, no colors used
Dark

Penthouse scene 2-
close up
no music, facial expressions used to tell the story
Katniss has another flashback of Peta

Training Grounds 1-
color on viewing platform so we are able to tell that they are better than the
music is used to make us feel a certain mood
Peta tells Katniss that Rue has been shadowing her

Rating scene-
Haymitch refuses to drink hinting that he thinks they might have a shot
Katniss enters the room. Low-level music, very dark very quite
The high angle used on Katniss to make her look vulnerable
Katniss gets laughed at for missing her shot, her next shot gets ignored
Music creates a mood of tension
Katniss shots apple gaining attention
"Thank you for your consideration"

Penthouse 3, Waiting for rating-
Ceaser Flickerman is a game show host
able to see the competition and what the game makers think of everyone
Katniss gets an 11

After Rating-
President snow always in black and white
Snow first threatens Seneca
See white rose again
hope

Ceremony-
Ceaser Flickerman interviews all tributes
Fire is embodied in Katniss costume
Over the shoulder used to make us feel like we are in the conversation with them
No music used when talking about prim to show emotion
Effie has new hair again
Peta tells everyone that he likes Katniss
Starcrossed lovers

The scene just before the games begin-
Cinna gives her the mocking jay pin
I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could I would bet on you

Arena-
a big forest with the cornucopia full of weapons in the middle of it
like the place outside district 12
quite
the only noise we really hear is nature
the dark undertone in lighting
giant dome

The Games-
boom sound = someone who died
music in the first minute of the game to give us suspense
an alliance of people from the first 2 districts
game makers add obstacles, such as fire
career districts use Peta to find people
Haymitch finds sponsors
tracker jackers killed glimmer
the blurry shot used to show Katniss hallucination
Katniss gets bow and arrow
flashback to when Katniss father was killed in a mining accident
rue and Katniss form a sort of alliance
Rue reminds Katniss of sister
mocking jay song as a signal
silence used after Katniss blows up the careers gear
Katniss kills the first person, the person she kills killed rue at the same time
Katniss sings the same song to rue that she did to primrose at start
use of music to tell the story of rues death
Katniss lays flowers around rue
3 finger salute for rue, starts riots in districts
snow threatens Seneca again
the announcement comes saying 2 people can win if come from the same district
Katniss finds Peta

Control room-
whites
blues
doctors offices and clinics
polished and clean

Symbols-
first time see mocking jay pin is when she is at the market primrose has to tuck in her own shirt once name gets pulled out. Implies that she has to grow up
3 finger salute is a symbol of solidarity and later on rebelling
The girl on fire
poison berries 

English Essay

In Englsih we recently completed an essay. The essay was based on the book 'Unwind'. Our essay has gotten graded and now we have been told to say what our next steps are.

Here are my nexts steps:

• be more specific, go moe indeepth 
• make confident points that show so insight or orginality in thought or interpretation
• develop points that are sustained throughout and intergrated
• is organised and devrlops a perceptive case or argument; structure and expression may show flair/ originality, enhancing the discussion
• includes clear,relevent detailsintergrated into the answer; quitations may be skillfully "woven" into the points made
• add more vocab

Goals I am setting:

• move up a level
• to actually check my essay after I finish it 
• to stop procrastintaing writing essays 

Art - Magazine

In art we have been designing a magazine about Hornby. We all got put into groups and assigned a topic to make a page about. The page that my group got was the cover page. We are struggling with the cover page as our full group is never here and we keep losing things and having to start again. The first steps to making our page was to make a few thumbnail sketches that we were going to replicate to the best of our ability on adobe illustrator. After the thumbnail sketches we had to become comfortable with using illustrator. Now we are on to actually making the page.  We had to answer some questions about our page so far so like here are the questions and my answers:

Does your design reflect your thumbnail sketches so far? No because we lost the thumbnail sketches we were going to use and had to draw up more yesterday.

Does your design reflect the feeling of your topic? No, we haven't even decided what we want to make the page look like yet.

Do you know where your leading lines are? Again we have not done enough work to have leading lines.

Do you know what your focal point is? Our focal point is going to be our tittle.

here is a screenshot of what we have managed to accomplish so far :

Creative Wrting :/

London isn't getting any better. The air is polluted, kids are constantly exploited, it's overcrowded. To add on to this I have my own personal issues that include but are not limited to: My husband dying of cholera, my first born child, Margaret being a nuisance, my housebreaking and the fact that I am pregnant. Also, did I forget to mention that I am preparing to make the 100-day journey to New Zeland tomorrow? yea well I am.

Everything is all packed, I have all my life savings ( 3489 pounds to be exact), Our goodbyes have been said and now all there is left for me and my child to do is pick up my brother, Charles who is also making the dangerous journey with us. I am beyond nervous. There are hundreds of people gathered to board the old, sketchy sailing boat (No of which seem to know what manners are). As I am boarding the boat I was thanking God that my family is wealthy enough to get a room for the family instead of being stuffed into the overcrowded tiers like the majority of the 300 passengers.

It has been roughly 50 days since we first boarded the boat. I am now 8 months pregnant and expecting my baby in a month or two. I am unsure if I will even survive long enough to give birth. Recently there has been a typhoid outbreak and all around me, people are falling ill. Due to there not being enough doctors or supplies once you got this dreaded disease you were left to die. I am not 100% sure but there have been rumours over 30 people have died already, thankfully all of those deaths have been in the tiers and not in the family rooms. We have been given advice by one of the workers on the ship to take extra precautions when venturing out of our room and to isolate yourself when possible.  To make matters worse our ship is constantly going into stormy weathers, rocking everything (including ourselves) back and forth the ship. Due to the weathers, the captain has just about crashed a few times as well, making the journey so much scarier especially since he doesn't seem to care.  Hopefully, we live to see a new life in New Zealand.

I can tell Margaret is getting quite agitated after spending so long in this boat. More people have died from the typhoid outbreak, the food has gone, and there is simply nothing for Margaret to do to pass the time. It has been roughly 80 days at this point (I have stopped counting) and I am about to give birth. Margaret and Charles have been helping me prepare for my child and have even managed to find me a doctor on this boat. It's obvious that both my brother and my daughter are concerned about the fact that I have to give birth on this horrible and unhygienic boat.

We have just got the news that New Zealand is now a mear 5 days away and I couldn't be more excited. Thankfully, my pregnancy was over as it just made the journey harder due to the fact I didn't get enough medical attention or that I couldn't sove my cravings baby was born a week ago and I have decided to call her Elizebeth, after this lovely women I met on the boat who sadly died for the Typiod outbreak. . Margaret is bonding well with Elizebeth and is now doing much better with something to pass the time in our family room, which by the way we are still isolated in. The typiod death count has now gotten to over 80 with the majority of the bottom tier dying. A few weeks ago we didn't think we would make it but now I am certain we will.

We have been in New Zealand for a month now and we are adapting well. My daughters are now able to be educated without the fear of exploitation and Charles has got a job that pays good money. Margaret has many more friends than England and Elizabeth is popular within the adults due to her being such a small and cute baby. Our house has much more space and the community we live in is so much more inviting than England. New Zealand is such a lovely place and we are so grateful that we were able to successfully make it to New Zealand to start a new life. 

Eassy Writing Structure

5. Adverb Sentence
Curiously, Quickly, Rapidly, Often. Importantantly, Technically, Firstly, Lastly, Remarkably, Similary, Significantly, Readily, Intrestingly.

* Comma goes after the adverb.
E.g Suprisingly, Mrs Handley was on time to class

Shookingly, everyone was nice to Neika for a day.
Unsurprisingly, I tripped over nothing.

6.  Begin with a Preposition
Prepositions are words that indicate movement or position
Agaisnt, Under, Above, In, At, Throughout, Behind, Within, Near, For, About, Between, Over, Prior, Beyond

*Common tells you when preposition time has ended
E.g Within the hour, all students had finished their essays.

Throughout the day, I competed in different events.
Within a hour, I was bored.

8.  -Ed Start
Committed,Undaunted,Deteremined,Forced,Gifted,Blighted,Thrilled,Delighted,Blessed,Overpowered, Bewildered,Drafted,Surprised, Foreshadowed, Haunted 

E.g Thrilled by the score, the coach shouted us all Maccas.

Forced by my mum, I went to school.
Annoyed by my sister, I left the room.

11. The 'W' Start
Who, What, When, Where, Whilst, Whereas, While

E.g Whereas Liz played Netball, I played Hockey

Whilst my mum was out, I watched Basketball.
Whereas Neika liked talking, I hated her voice.

Classic Compare & Contrast Paragraph 

Suprisingly, many people belive Netball is better than Basketball. In baskteball, everyone on the team is eliglable to shot the ball whenever they please, giving everyone a chance to score. Whereas in Netball, there are only two designated shooters in a team who have to stay within a certain area, a small semi circle at the end of the court.  Compared to Netball, Basketball is more physical and more engaging, therfore making it better than Netball.

Sexist people belive that boys are smarter than girls. This statment is obviously false as all genders have the ability to be as smart as they want to be. Yet not all see it this way, there are multiple sexist people who belive that this hurnedous accusation is true because of geniuses who happened to be male, even though there are still many females who have accomplished great things. Amelia Airheart is a major example of a strong female, as she was the first women to succesfully fly solo around the world. Clearly sexisim is still a huge issue if this statement is still a huge issue in socity.

Charater Profiles

We had to make profiles about characters in our book. Here are my character profiles:

Critical Literacy Matrix

In English one of our tasks is to answer 3 critical literacy questions about any text you want. I choose to answer my questions based on Tomorrow When The War Began.

Why are you reading this text? I am reading this text so I can explore a wider range of dystopian literature. 


Why has the author constructed the characters the way they have? I think that the author constructed the character the way they have so we can get a better understanding of how different personalities would react in the situation they have been put in.

How would the text be different if it were told in another time, place or culture?  I think that in a different time, place and culture it could be more seen as a very real scenario as there have been wars because countries have invaded other countries.