Language of Film -English

Language of Film Dictionary:

Body language - Used to recognize the feelings of the played character.  

Costumes - Used to describe the personality of a character.  

Hairstyles - Alike to costumes it used to tell the personality of a character. 

Make-Up - Used to describe or transform an actor into the played character. 

Colour - Used to set the mood of the scene (for example blue is used as sad)

Lighting - Used like colour but lights makes something important stand out. 

Props - Used to make a scene more realistic.

  

Settings - Used to progress stories and describe the surroundings. 

Dialogue - Used to elevate a plot or reveal something new about a character. 

Sound Effects - Used to create a mood for the audience or highlight a scene. 

Music - Also used to set a mood or describe an ongoing scene. 

Silence - Used to create a serious atmosphere. 

Symbols - An object, used to suggest new ideas. 

Special FX - Used to create a realistic look for the film. 

1. What am I learning? I am learning film languages and film study. 
2. How does this work show my learning? This work shows my learning because I wrote in the definitions of the languages used in film. 
3. What am I wondering as a result of this learning? I am wondering if there's any other languages used in filming. 

Making Waves Hurumanu

 In our Making Waves Hurumanu for maths we have been focusing on Geometry and Algebra. We have done lots of different things around geometry and algebra some have been fun and some have been boring. This week we have been working on velocity and how references of maths and science cross. We went in groups of 2-4 and in my group was Me, Hope and Addyson. We used a paper plane and sphero edu recording the data on distance, speed and time. Our paper plane throwing was really bad but our final formula was good and our sphero edu went really well also the formula was good too. 

Here's our presentation:

Lemon Battery

Aim: To produce an electrical current using lemons. 

Equipment: 

• Voltmeter 
• Copper Electrode
• Zinc Electrode 
• Copper Wire 
• Lemon 

Method:

1. Get ready setting up the equipment 
2. Connecting the copper wires to the voltmeter 
3. Sticking the zinc electrode and copper electrode into the lemon 
4. Placing the copper wires to the electrode 
5. Record your results 

Results:

The red copper wire is connected to the zinc electrode and the black copper wire is connected to the copper electrode producing 1 volt according to the voltmeter. 

Vegetarian Nachos -Home Economics

On Wednesday for home economics we made nachos. 

Ingredients:

• Corn Chips 
• Sour Cream 
• Chili Beans  
• Can Tomatoes 
• Mushrooms 
• Cheese
• Onion 
• Corn 
• Pea

Method:

1. Chop up the vegetables
2. Place the onions and mushrooms in the fry pan
3. Add the chili beans, canned tomatoes, corn and peas and cook for 10 minutes
4. Place the corn chips into a dish set nicely 
5. Add the cooked vegetable 
6. Grate the cheese onto the meal 
7. Add the sour cream to the top
8. Serve and enjoy 

Chicken Stir Fry -Home Economics

Last Wednesday for Home Economics we made chicken stir fry. 

Ingredients: 

• Chicken (Breast)
• Sesame Oil
• Noodles
• Cauliflower
• Mushrooms 
• Carrot
• Onion   

Method:

1. Chop up chicken into strips.

2. Place in glass bowl with sesame oil.

3. Chop up vegetables in julienne strips.

4. Saute (Brown) chicken and onions together.

5. Add Cauliflower, Mushrooms and Carrots and cook for 10 minutes.

6. Boil a pot of water

7. Place the broken noodles into the boiling water and cook for 2 mins.

8. Drain noodles in a colander and add the noodle to the mixture. 

9. Serve and enjoy

Pita Pockets - Home Economics

Last Wednesday for Home Economics we made pita pockets. 

Ingredients: 

• Ham 
• Lettuce 
• Cheese
• Carrot
• Red Onion
• Mayonnaise
• Pita Pockets 

First we sliced the ham, shredded the lettuce, grated the cheese, gated the carrot and sliced the red onion into cubes. Next we got our pita pockets cutting them open to start filling. After that we started filling the pita pockets with the ingredients. I filled my pita pocket with ham, lettuce, cheese, carrot and red onion. A couple bites in, it was very dry and I just didn't like it but next time I might put some kind of sauce or dressing in. 

 

Melodrama

Last week drama started, we are focusing on melodrama. Melodrama is a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and thrilling events intended to appeal to the emotions. The genre for melodrama is history. 

            

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What is a Proscenium Arch Theatre?

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