Writing Story

Hey there, we were told to start a story with the sentence "It wasn't unusual for Sam to wake up terrified." We were also told to make sure every letter of the alphabet was included.

It wasn’t unusual for Sam to wake up terrified, he often had strange night terrors. They were usually about aliens or strange creatures. But after all they were just dreams, Sam decided to get out of his bed to get a glass of water. The water was extremely relaxing for poor old Sam. He then shrugged his way back to bed like a slug but as he walked in there was a bright light shining through his curtains. He opened the window but as soon as he did he saw an odd silhouette of what looked to be a vicious animal. He could tell it was an animal but couldn’t distinguish what animal it was. “Wh- Who are you?” Sam whimpered to the strange creature. “What a strange question, you know who I am…”  Sam now realized it was the zombie creature from his dreams.. He panicked and grabbed the closest object he could find and used it to guard himself.

Paralized with fear, he now ran into his kitchen. It turns out the object he grabbed was just his hockey stick. The monster was standing in the centre of his living room, Sam charged at the monster and took a chunk out of his head. The monster jumped back and tried to scratch Sam but it had no effect, Sam had unlocked something inside him, something powerful. He stabbed the beast through the chest and the beast dissolved into dust.

Sam, sleeping peacefully in his bed woke up to the sound of his alarm. He was confused why his hockey stick was still in the corner of his room and when he got back into bed, the last thing he remembers is fighting that beast. He walked out to the living room but everything was as if nothing happened at all. Was it a figment of his imagination or is it still lurking in the shadows, waiting for its next victim...

Thank you for reading!

Workshop 3: How to do 'Lighting & Colour' enhance the story?

Atmosphere / Mood - how we feel watching the scene

Warm - makes us feel comfortable, safe, welcoming.

Cold -  feels sterile, clean, futuristic, technological.

Bright - feels more lively, energised, vibrant.

Dull - feels calm, quiet, boring, old.

Natural - sources are sun / moon, feels like real life.

Artificial - man made sources, feels unnatural.

Pallet - the colours used in that shot, e.g nature pallet will have colours like browns / greens.


* The scene where August cried to his mum about looking different.
- They don't even talk to me
- My face is ugly
- Is it always going to matter
- Auggies mum goes not his room to check on him. He tell her others make fun of him and she reassures him.

- Theme - importance of friends and family.

Shots / Angles -  close ups used to show Auggies emotions.
- over the shoulder when mum speaks to show the conversation from Auggies point of view.

Lighting / Colour -  warm dark colour -  this is a safe and comfortable space for Auggie to cry.
- dull colours - sad, lonely, sympathetic, calm, quiet.
- natural light - its nighttime.

Effect on the viewer - Sympathetic, sad, sorry, lonely, depressed, miserable, downhearted, forlorn.

Directors Purpose - emphasises the sadness of the moment and the importance of Auggies relationship with his family.

In the scene where Auggie cries to his mother about being bullied,  colour and lighting is used to create an atmosphere of sympathy. We see this through the use of warm and dull colours in the shot.
These make the space feel safe and comfortable for Auggie to express his emotions. This makes us understand how Auggie is feeling; miserable, oppressed and depressed because he looks different from his peers. He asks his mum, "will it always matter" which is a feeling most in the audience can relate too. This was done to show the importance of friendship and family, because Auggie learns resilience by talking issues through with his mum. Combined with this is the use of close-up shots to show the emotions and tears on Auggies face. This reminds the viewer of a moment later in the story where Auggie is upset because his sister Via doesn't want him to go to her play.  Just like this scene, Auggie runs to his room upset and a member of his family comes to reassure him.

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Self Directed Learning Goal

Hey there, here are my self directed learning goals for this week.
This week I need to catch up on my work as I was sick for a lesson, I will also need to manage my learning so I can complete all my work to my best. Last but not least I need to know what skills I can develop so I can learn.

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Self Directed Learners Matrix

Hey there, here is my self directed learner matrix for this week.
  
This week I want to complete all my work to the best it can be.

Kindness - verbal/physical action that is nice, caring, using manners, respect.

Example 1: When Jack sticks up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julian .
                - Shows kindness - sticking up for a friend
                - Not letting others talk badly about friends.
                - Jack has previously not been kind, talked about Auggie behind his back.

                -  Important because - helps people make friends
                                                 - builds a persons self confidence
                                                 - makes people feel accepted / included
                                                 - if there wasn't kindness Auggie wouldn't
                                                  have made any friends, grown his self confidence,
                                                  be able to take off his helmet, feel included at Beaker prep
Example 2: When Amos and the others help Jack and Auggie fight the 7th graders.



The Importance of Family and Friendship - trust, trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, help build resilience.

Example 1: When the Pullamn's dog Daisy dies.
                   - Shows theme - Brings family together to grieve
                   - Show support for on another.
                    - Auggie and Via put aside their argument to look after each other.

Example 2: The fight at the Nature Reserve where Amas and the other boys come together to rescue Jack and Auggie fro the 7th graders.
 - Show theme - support because they stand up for each other
                   -  trust the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
                   - resilience - the boys support support each other to move forward, they are all friends now.
Important to the Story-  good relationships with friends help build trust and feel safe. He takes the helmet off.
                   - His friendship with Summer teaches him resilience, trust and forgiveness.
                   - His family are always there to support him when things go wrong at school.

Struggle between being right and being popular - being right means showing integrity - doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
- being popular means agreeing with/acting in a way others want you to, even when you don't agree.

Example 1 - when Jack chose to stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julian.
- Shows theme - Jack chose right over popular. Julien wanted to leave Auggie out and Jack chose not to.
- in the past Jack had picked friendship with Julian over Auggie.

Example 2 - When Summer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the girls who were talking behind Auggies back.

Shows theme - Summer chose right - not to sit and talk nasty with her friends, but to go and sit with Auggie who was alone.
- Auggie doesn't trust her at firs tbecause of Jack, Summer stays anyways and helps Auggie - link to importance of friendships.

Important to the story - the concept is relatable, everyone has to experience  this so it helps the viewer engage with the story.
- makes kindness / relationships more obvious when we've seen the persons struggles.

Reflection about our previous lesson.

Last lesson in health we were in groups and had to teach the class a game. My group didn't get to teach our game but here are the games we learnt.

First we played a game that our teacher taught us and we had to bounce a ping pong ball on the table into a plastic cup. Sonny and I versed Paeae and Levi. We tied.

We then played a game where you had to throw a water balloon to a partner and try to not pop it. We did quite good until Sonny popped the balloon. 

After we played a game where you were in a group and had string attached to a rubber band, we then had to take a plastic cup to the other side of the room without dropping it. My group failed a lot but we managed to get one cup across so thats at least something!

I displayed confidence when we dropped the cup I said we should still try instead of giving up.

In conclusion we had a lot of fun and learn't a lot about kindness and confidence.

Thank you for reading.

Curiosity Quest

Hey there! Here is another curiosity Quest.


I wonder who created the idea of zombies?

The ancient Greeks might of been the first civilisation to have a fear of the undead, Archaeologists have found lots of ancient graves which have skeletons pinned down by rocks and other heavy objects to presumably prevent them from reanimating. Even though its rare there have been several reports in medical journals of people reviving people from the grave. There was a woman who appeared to be dead in a family tomb who reappeared three years later, they found her tomb was full of stones when they next checked it. But from the 1980s zombies were heavily featured in pop culture and as special effects technology evolved the zombies became more and more realistic.

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Athletics Practice

Hey there! Here are my athletics practice results!

	Before	After
Shot put	9
High Jump	1m
Discuss	20
Long Jump	4m

Food Safety and Hygiene

Hey there!

Last Friday we made pizza rolls and they were really good! We put ham, cheese and onion in them. I worked with Kaedun and Andre. Ours probably could have looked better but they still tasted nice.

Today in home economics we learnt about food safety and hygiene.
We had to do two activities on what was wrong with two kitchens and how to make them safer. I struggled a little bit but after looking a bit closer it was easier to see. Thanks for reading!

Not my pizza rolls ⇧                                     

Kiwi Baker

Hey there, today in home economics we made scones! Here is what I think of them.



Our scones were a bit stretchy because we accidentally mixed the mixture too much  and we could of mad them more square instead of being lumps.




to these scones on the right our ones weren't square shaped and ours didn't have any cheese spread on the top.



Our scones actually tasted pretty nice once you added a little jam on top.

I have learnt that scones are very fun to make and there are many different ways you can change how your scone tastes. Thank you for reading!

Wonder Viewing Notes 1

Structure - Narrators change the perspective of the viewer - 1 - Auggie, 2 - Via, 3 - Jack will, 4- Miranda, 5 - Auggie.
             
Star Wars Moments:
Chewbacca 32.40 : Shows us Auggie understands why people stare, but how he wishes they'd deal with it.
- Everyone in the Star Wars universe looks strange, weird and deformed so no one treats them differently. This would be a safe place for Auggie because no one would stare.
- Auggie 'I'm sorry if my staring made you uncomfortable'

Opening scene:  0.36 - 1.46
Camera  Shots / Angles: Eye level, close-up to make us think Auggie is in space, we later zoom out to see we are in his bedroom.

Special Effects: Slow motion of Auggie jumping. Makes more realistic as in space their is no gravity so people move slower.

Music / Sound: Diegetic - ground control talking over radio, gives us the idea we are in space. Music tempo starts  slow with quiet dynamic to match the slow mo of outer space. Tempo picks up when we zoom out to see Auggie in his room.

Symbols: Astronaut helmet represents the physical barrier Auggie puts between himself and others, even when its off people don't really see him.

Auggies Dad - Nate: 'Its like leading a lamb to the slaughter'

Science Classroom Scene: 7.30s - 9.28

Camera Shots / Angles: Open high angle wide shot, makes the students look weak and vulnerable and the room big and scary.

Body Language: Auggie walks with shoulders hunched, slouched posture and head down. This makes him feel small and weak. Trying not to be noticed.

Auggies First class: 14.31

Camera Shots / Angles: Over shoulder eye level between. Cuts between close ups of Auggie to show emotions and mid shots of Julian and the rest of the class. Makes it fee like Auggie is done.

- Summer ' When given the choice between being right and being kind. Choose kind'

Star Wars symbols - Julian references Darth Sideous. Auggie has a padawan braid (apprentice jedi)

Julian and Jack Fight Scene 1.06 - 1.07.40

Camera angles / Shots:
- Over the shoulder shot as Jack punches Julian, makes us feel like were part of the event.
- Low angle during fight - makes the person on top look stronger.
- Dutch tilt - lockers on an angle, used to show something is not right.

Special Effects - Slow motion - makes easier to see, especially emotions, also makes it feel more intense.

Music / Sound - tempo-slow, minor = sad, dynamics - quiet = intense.
- music comes in with voice over and makes it feel reflective.


Fight at the Nature Reserve: 1:29.40 - 1.32.35

Camera angles / Shots - high angle shot down onto the bully, makes him look weak and vulnerable while Auggie, Jack, amas and the others look strong.

Music - used to build tension or suspense.
- Tempo - very quick rhythm
- Dynamics - starts quiet but gets louder as boys start running - builds anxiety
- Chords - minor - looked at with tempo makes it feel anxious.

Themes - importance of friendship and family
- kindness

Conclusion / Ending 1.40.26 -

Camera Angles / Shots - tilt shot up as Auggie bows, we are shown a similar scene to the opening, only this time the background is actual space rather than a painting on Auggies bedroom wall.
- finishes with a repeat of the astronaut jumping arms up into the shot.

Music - Major key - happy
Tempo - fast - gives energy
Dynamics - loud - gives energy
It makes the viewer feel happy about the ending.
Whereas at the start Auggie was imagining himself as happy, at the end he actually is happy which is why the background of the scene is now realistic.
                     

Thank you for reading!