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2nd May, 2023 Tuesday 

1. Today we are doing Utilitarian approach. 

2. Ethical approaches are what people use when making an ethical decision or developing a perspective. 

3. Utilitarian approach states that of any two actions, the most ethical one will produce the greatest balance of benefits over harms. Focuses on the consequences that actions or policies have on the well-being ("utility") of all persons directly or indirectly affected by the action or policy.

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5. We named our superhero cowboy Diaz to represent the individual choosing what decision is best and what will produce the greatest balance of benefits over harms. The scale with the most kittens on demonstrate who is most likely to live over the two kittens. As there is more individuals on the left scale. In this situation, cowboy Diaz will have to kill the two kittens in order to save the six.

English 2023

My name is Chantae I this is what I want to get our of English this year. I hope to get a merit in my assessments and be able to write more paragraphs. My past English classes I have passed assessments and have expanded my thinking within English. I like taking English as it helps me learn how to write better essays, paragraphs, emails and reports. Even though we have only had two classes of English, I have learnt about the "Trolley Problem" and "Dilemma". I take English so I can be better at my creativity when writing 

SEXXY Paragraph draft

In our year 12 English class, we have discussed the purposes of using SEXXY paragraphs. 

In the film, the Silver Linings Playbook, the aspects of Sound and Music were paired effectively. 

We see this when David O. Russel (the director) uses different musical tones to show the effect on the character's expressions. For example, the music starts off as uplifting, bright, and cheerful but then changes to a dull and uncomfortable tone when Pat sees his mother staring above him. The director encourages this to show that music can change the way we feel depending on the different tones they use. This can also be demonstrated with sound as it was used throughout the film. In the first scene when Pat, Doloris, and Danny are driving, there are cars honking, wheels screeching, and people yelling. O. Russel does this to show what's happening on screen to create tension, excitement, and energy. It is also great for the audience and the characters because it's heard by both ears.

The director's purpose was to portray both outcomes as the same. Music had a way of telling the audience what kind of film it will be and sound made it feel like we were there with them, which made us very confused as to what was happening. With sound, the director uses both diegetic and non-diegetic sound to bring it to life. It created a wave of curiousness and anxiousness from the audience. This was done to bring back music because it was always left in the background. O. Russel changes that when Pat is trying to do better and asks if he could go to the library to read his ex-wife's syllabus books. Once Doloris gives Pat “the ok” look we then get a glimpse of the city. The music becomes louder and more dramatic because we are leaving the first scene and jumping into the next. The director's job with music was to understand the character's story, setting, and emotions which can bring out how serious their performances are. 

This allows the audience to recognise that Sound and Music have a huge impact when put together. It engages the audience to feel close with both aspects because it shows the emotions and performance of these characters with music and different tones. Such as, picking certain sounds that can be visibly heard and different choruses/tones in music that can indicate to the audience what is happening. The audience then gets the feeling to respond back with a greater feeling because of the heavy melodies in the background. 

L2 English - Matching the three videos

 Video 1: 

Focus length is the distance from the centre of the lens to where the image is in focus. Focal length determines the field of view. 

Fixed focal length - also known as prime lens, have a higher quality glass lens because its specialist for just one focal length.

Variable focal length - the lens are able to adapt more to a zoom lens, because its able to zoom in and out. 

A digital camera is like a data storage for devices like tapes, cards, or disks. A cinematographer creates the shot list with the director. They plan how everything in the screenplay will be captured visually. The camera operator controls the camera and frames the shots. The camera operator uses a tripod (also known as "on sticks") for static shots. If there needs to be a moving shot, the operator uses a handheld camera or attaches one to a dolly. They also use a device called a steadicam, which allows a shot to be smoother than a handheld camera but not as smooth as a dolly. The person that manages all these equpitment and sets up the cameras is the first assistant camera. They work under the camera operator

Theme for Close Viewing/Connections

Discrimination has a negative effect on society

Use Google to help you answer the following questions. 

1. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

Prejudice can be a negative feeling towards a person or group based on their lies and expectations. Discrimiantion is when you don't like someone based on groups. 

2. Why does prejudice persist in society?

Groups/individuals have different beliefs and reactions than others. 

3. What examples of discrimination did  we see in The Hate U Give? (List as many as you can)

Racism, Identity, Nationality, Groups, family and friends, rivals between schools, Starr’s father, the diner cops

4. What examples of discrimination did  we see in Freedom Writers  (List as many as you can)

Racism - Criticism - Age - Nationality - Groups - Gang affiliation 

5. What examples of discrimination did  we see in The Help  (List as many as you can)

6. List one specific historic/current example of EACH of these types of discrimination. Include specific details:

1. Racial - People acting differently around you or saying nasty things about the color of your skin. 

2. Religious - There are many religions, such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. 

3. Gender - 2 genders , boy and girl.

4. Sexual orientation - Sexual orientation is traditionally defined as including heterosexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality, while asexuality is considered the fourth category of sexual orientation by some researchers and has been defined as the absence of a traditional sexual orientation.

7. What is stereotyping?

Where people assume you automatically do something. Thinking that somebody is this or having a negative expectation about them. 

8. What is one example of stereotyping that you saw in each of the three texts we viewed in class?

When someone arrives late and everyone assumes that they came late on purpose, or thinking they were doing this without knowing what actually is going on.

9. What is Social Identity Theory? (Click on the link and watch the clip before answering the question.

Social identity theory explains that they drive self esteem from a group that they positively identify with, therefore they favor it. They allocate more resources to the in-group to maximize the difference between their in-group and out-groups in order to achieve such identifications

Freedom Writers

 In the film The Freedom Writers, they start off as a bunch of kids that didn't want to have an education. They all hated each other and wanted nothing to do with the class. Throughout the years they create a tight bond with each other and the teacher Ms Guwell. Ms Guwell loved the kids in the class so much that she took them out on trips and let them participate in interviews with famous survivors from the holocaust. 

Gay marrige

 3 arguments why we support gay marriage -

1. everyone is equal and has the same rights. If they are lesbian, bisexual, or asexual they should get the same respect as straight people.

2. what wrong with loving the opposite sex? people can love whoever they want to weather the circumstances and it doesn't concern your life and others around you.

3. Judging peoples beliefs and discriminating them as them selves just because you think it will benefit you in life. 

 We are learning to express our views and persuade each other by our writing

gymnastics

 For my assessment, I will focus on the horizontal bars, tramp, and beam. 

Today I have done the tramp and the beam. 

For the tramp, I will focus on an Excellence 

For the beam, I will focus on getting a Merit

And for the horizontal bars, I will focus on getting a excellence

 

Reading skills are the ability to interact and understand the meaning to read, comprehend, interpret, and docode written text. Reading skills are important in school as they allow the children to assess their curriculum and improve their communication and language skills and helps them by making sentences while adding new words.

Some reading strategies are.

Using prior knowledge/previewing, predicting, identifying the main idea and summarization, questioning, making inferences, visualizing, story maps and retelling.

difficulties when working with the treaty

 On the day that it was first signed, there were versions in English and Māori. William Hobson's task was to take possession of it with the consent of as many Māori chiefs as possible. Hobson had to rely on other British treaties and any advice that he could get. Henry Williams and his son Edward both knew the language Maori but had little time to translate it, that was one of the biggest difficulties. they received it on that evening of February 4th and was needed to be finished for the next day. He thought that Māori would be better off under British sovereignty. He knew the chiefs would not agree to a treaty that took too much power from them. The translation was key to getting the Māori agreement. This may be why the words used in the translation had certain emphases and were not a mirror of the English but a particular type of missionary Māori that would be familiar to the chiefs. 

 

In 1846, the British Government issued a self-governing charter to the colony and instructed that all Maori land ownership be registered. Any lands deemed to be unused were to become Crown land. Crown agents developed a range of frequently dubious practices to persuade Maori to sell, and the Crown monopoly meant that they could offer whatever the Government was prepared to pay, not a market rate. Maori criticised a system that did not allow them to lease out their own land or receive market prices, while many Pakeha wished to purchase directly. 

In the first year that the Pakeha population exceeded that of Maori in New Zealand, the first Maori king was chosen.  Around him grew the Kingite movement, supported by Maori from Hauraki to Horowhenua. The Kingitanga was not universally welcomed among Maori, though, with many chiefs refusing to put their mana under that of someone else. 

In March 1860. The Government, wishing to show its freedom to act, insisted on dealing with a minor chief over a small block at Waitara against the direct opposition of a senior chief, Wiremu Kingi, and most of the local people who were actually living on the block.

 my link to a poster on Tangaroa

https://create.piktochart.com/output/49785862-my-visual

Katniss symbol

District 11 citizens use the sign to salute to Katniss. The Three Finger Salute is used by District 12 residents when they have to say thanks or just to show that the person is loved and respected by them. It's a gesture of admiration, gratitude, and saying goodbye to someone you love. 

what am I learning: learning the different symbols and their meanings behind the symbol

how does this work: understanding the film in little workshops

what am I wondering as a result of my learning: how the writers decided to use this symbol

Inventions/Technology

 

HUnger games/ how the characters are understood in the film

 

workshop 5/ hunger games

sound #1

- i felt like i as on a beach

- tropical island

- it made me want to go and enjoy the sun

- summer time vibes

sound #2

- felt like i was in a castle

- mysterious

(Major, minor, tempo, dialect)

Tempo : speed

Major : high note, up beat

Minor : low note

* first song Major

*second song minor

Diamagnetic/song where the character is not around/imperiled music

Rues Death

Minor, tempo = slow and building towards the end effect on the viewer

Paragraph

Chinese inventions timeline

workshop 4 - how are costumes used to enhance the story

here is a link to our workshop: link 

Atmosphere - the mood or feeling of a place.
Mood - a feeling.
Location - a place where something is set.
Warm Light - orange, yellow, or blue tinge. makes us feel cozy, warm, welcome.
Cold Light - blue, green, white. makes us feel clean, sterile, modern.
Bright - obvious, feel happy, energetic
Dull - faded/muted light. this makes us feel, boring, sad, lonely, tiresome.
Natural - sun, reflections, moon, stars, lightning, fire. This occurs from nature
Artificial - light bulbs, screens, LEDs, made sources of light, Electricity.
Color pallet - all the colors used in that shot. District - greens, blacks, browns, greys.

Scene Name: District 12
What is happening? Katniss is running through the town to hunt in the woods. 
Types of colors/lighting: Cold light, lots of greenery, dull, natural light, sunlight/clouds.
Effect on the viewer: cold, not where you want it to be, back in time, old fashioned, lots of poverty, outdated materials, live closer to the land.
Directors Purpose: Rich vs Poor - who has more privilege, power, and opportunities. They don't have the privilege of technology, no artificial sources of light.
Other techniques: (Settings, costume, color, lighting, music, background) Costumes - greys/blacks coal miners wear these colors because its the same color as the coal and it can get really dirty. 

Name scene: Train station at the Capitol
What is happening: the Capitol citizens are waiting for the tributes to arrive. 
Techniques: lighting in the Capitol is cold, bright artificial light is coming from light bulbs and electricity. Color pallet - vibrant, vivid costumes, and white/grey buildings.
Effect on the viewer: modern, sets the mood of the scene, excited for the tributes to arrive.
Directors purpose: Rich vs Poor - privilege, power, and opportunity. They have access to technology because the costumes are better. Not poverty in the Capitol. they don't have to work, privileges of being able to go and watch to tribute arrive. 

Paragraph -
In the scene at the train station, lighting, and color are used sustainably to show the theme of "Rich vs Poor". In this case, rich means the privileges given to those in the capitol. This demonstrated through the use of bight, cold, artificial lighting, and a modern color pallet of whites and greys for the buildings and vibrant pinks and blues for the clothing. This makes the audience feels like the location is modern and the citizens are excited for the tributes to arrive. The purpose of this was to show that the Capitol has the privilege of technology, they have electricity, trains, and access, to better clothing. This worked well with the use of costumes. The costumes of the Capitol are unique, exquisite, and exotic which shows they have variety and sewing technology than those of people in the districts. This can be juxtaposed to the conditions in District 12 where there is no electricity and the colors and lighting are more natural.

Workshop 3 - hunger games

In the reaping scene, costumes are used effectively to show the theme of rich vs poor. We see this when the people of district 12 are waiting for someone to be chosen to represent their District. The lifestyle of District 12 is reflected in the clothes that they wear. The materials of the clothes have a more easy fabric so it will easier to rip and fall apart. Between Katniss and Effie's clothing, they have dramatic differences between color, material, and how it's worn. There is a difference between opportunity, power, and privilege between district 12and the Capitol. The director did this to make the audience understand how costumes can symbolize the inequality between the capitol and the districts. This symbolism combined with a wide shot of the crowd of D12 and an over the shoulder shot of Effie reveals the lack of opportunity in D12 and the power of the capitol. This aspect can be contested to the character of Effie, she wears bright pink that has another design behind it revealing the opportunity to characters in the capitol.

Film Study Pyramid - The Hunger Games