Commercial Patterns - Textiles

 In textiles we've been learning about commercial patterns. At the back there are different types of sizes and list of what was needed for the clothing. We first tried to understand what those things at the back were about, then we measured our body to see what our sizes were. While choosing our project we went with the long skirt.

With the template, we traced the outlines of it then cut it out. We are now currently waiting for the fabric to be ordered. 

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Introduction -

Technology has had a massive change compared to ancient history. Such as papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the compass all have had a big impact in the Han dynasty from 206 B.C-220 A.D. The way how people are using technology isn’t how they used them back then. The kind of materials they had back then was all they had so they had to use what was there. Ancient China went to hand made technology to automatic robots. 

In China, they have four great inventions. The compass is one of the earliest tools in the world and was invented during the Han dynasty. This navigational tool was used with a copper spoon and lodestone that can move freely. Many airplanes and ships are still using today’s compass for navigational purposes. Today's compass comes in many different shapes and sizes, pocket-size or gyro. The compass allows where to direct even if something is in the way. 

In china’s history, gunpowder is called ¨Huo Yao¨” meaning flaming medicine. Unlike paper, printing, and  gunpowder were accidental. Alchemists were playing around with chemicals and materials when they mixed sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal. The benefits of gunpowder were for entertainment. Mainly cultural events required gunpowder. Also, many events were created from gunpowder. The huge improvement of the invention of gunpowder helped build a better society for China. Today's gunpowder firearms are limited primarily to hunting, target shooting, and bulletless. 

The first people to invent paper were the Chinese as it was made from the bark of the mulberry tree. They would be broken down into and bashed into a thin sheet. As they knew more about making it, they soon used materials such as hemp rags and fishnets and swaying it around in the water until they got a clump. China's ancient paper was rarely used for maps or to send a message to the other villages. Now, paper had many uses such as toilet paper, packaging, wallpaper, books. 

The earliest form of Chinese printing relied on blocks cut from wood. They would carve out the shape, or written text in the block and copy it onto paper or cloth. Today’s technology lets you print anything from a device to the printing machine. 

In conclusion one of the oldest and largest countries in the world, has provided us with different inventions that have changed the way of mankind. Their inventions have impacted us greatly from the inventions of paper, printing ,gunpowder and the compass with many more still to come.

Film guide - hunger games

Workshop 1 - hunger games

Definition: Heaps of money, privileges, lastest things, having rights, having power compared to the poor

Rich: The capitol has a different accent to make them sound stingy and judgy. Their clothing is very colorful and they have the latest technology. 

Buildings - concrete, glass, metal, stable.

Food - high quality, many verities. 

Film techniques - music that relates to the scene, environment = establishing shots

Fancy, posh type of music.

Poor: 

D12 = coal mining to survive and dangerous to be around.

Unsafe - illegally hunting to trade foods/money.  smashed windows, dangerous people. easier to catch diseases.

Clothes - old-fashioned, raggedy, recycle clothes 

Children - Kids around the village with no shoes, proper clothes, messy hair playing around creeks.

Paragraph -

In the hunger games, directed by Gary Ross, costumes used effectively to highlight the theme of rich vs poor. For example in the Capitol, the costumes show bright vibrant colors, and their type of clothing is posh. Their material is shown to be futuristic to make us understand that the capital is more advance than District 12. The director did this to separate the capitol and District 12 and show how they are and act in different terms. In District 12 the fabric is older because they don't wear dramatic clothes but wear the materials used are natural and well worn. this difference shows that there are privileges to living in the Capitol.

Hunger Games - Rich vs Poor

What are the differences between district 12 and the capital's clothes?
has no color, poorly faded. 
What was the music like?
depressing
What is the capital like?
loud, posh. futuristic. Weird taste in style, very colorful
How did they react when primrose was chosen?
their faces were dark, open moths as they turn heads. they gaze at her while the Light is flown onto her face to make her stand out. Ifi was very open, full of color, she knew what she was doing. That scene uses a close up to see what everyone's reaction was. they use the same shot when ifi lip syncs what the speaker was saying.
What can people do to get extra food? 
they are secretly hunting and selling dead animals to get money since they are a poor village.
what does the word tribute mean?
an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration
why is the bow the weapon katniss uses?
that's her main weapon shes been using since the beginning. 
compare the tv show in the capital?
they make it look like the capital is very bright. they have four different scenes. the hunger games keep the population in order between each district. they keep everything in tack, everything has to be perfect for the audience. 
why it's unfair.
one team could have the experience, while the others don't know what to do. if the game that unfair id would kill myself than getting killed unfairly.
what kind of technique it this.
shaky footage, cut to cut, close-ups, slow shot, background music coming in, heaps of montage. making it look like it real, thinking we are inside the film. 
three-finger salute.
BLM (black lives matter) 
they are each going into the room to show everyone what they've got. katniss misses and the audience seems to disprove. so she shows them what's up, pointing the arrow to one of their head, she aims and shoots at the apple and everyone stops with nothing but shock. they end up quite. this scene shows a high angle to show that the people on top are better than katniss which is down bottom. 
Struggle overpower-
The difference between district 12 and the capital is their appearances between the two. District 12 has a lack of hygiene as they have very little resources, while the capital seems very colorful but their city is dark as district 12. Their buildings are made out of metal instead of colorful materials. Katniss has a massive roll in being part of the 74th hunger games and she ends up being well known towards the capital and the districts. 

Tribute 

Tributes are residents of the 12 districts of Panem who are forced/volunteered to participate in an annual Hunger Games. Except in special cases, such as for Quarter Quells, twenty-four children between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen at random. Every district must give two tributes, a girl and a boy.

Reaping

Reaping is an annual event that takes place in every district before each Hunger Games, where the tributes of the upcoming Games are chosen. Each district's escort randomly chooses the name of one male and one female tribute from two separate glass balls.

Games

- the hunger games

- catching fire

- Mockingjay

Quotes - ¨may the odds be ever in your favour¨

Camera Techniques - Visual Dictonary