Hurumanu - Workshop 3: How does "Lighting & Colour" enhance the story...

Atmosphere - How you feel in a situation/mood...

Shot 1-14.35...
Scene - Auggies first day at school - When Auggie walks into class everyone stares at him, When he asks to sit down Amos says the seat is saved...

Angle/Shot - Long shot/Eye level of class, close-ups of Auggie to see his emotional reaction...

Lighting In Colour -
Palette - Colours used in scene e.g nature palette has colours from nature - green, brown...
Warm/Cold - Warm makes you feel safe or comfortable - Cold makes you feel safe/Stillie

Bright - Vibrant, jumps out...
Dull - Fated, muted, blends in...
Natural - Sun/Moon-light...
Artificial - Man-made light e.g lightbulbs...

Lighting & Colour - Warm - makes the classroom feel safe & welcoming...
- Bright colours - gives the room energy & life...
- Natural light coming through the windows...

Effect On The Viewer - happy, chilled, excited, educational, inspiring...
Director -  wants to create a happy and safe atmosphere in Mr Brown's classroom. Even though it feels this way, Julien & Amos's behaviour is unkind...

In the scene of August's first day at school, lighting & colour are used to create a safe and welcoming classroom environment. For instance, bright-warm colours are used on the walls and natural light comes through the windows to make the space look lively. This makes the audience feel excited, inspired, and that the space is educational & supportive for learning. This was done to show Mr Brown had created a classroom space that would be welcoming to new students like Auggie. Coinciding with this is the use of body language. The children in the room are sitting up smiling and paying lots of attention; they are learning ready...
This reminds the viewer of the theme of Kindness because the lighting and colour make the room welcoming for all the students...

Wonder film - The impact of Angles, Movement & Shot...

A - Fight... - Jack fighting Julien because Julien called August a freak.

- Teacher pulling Jack off - Mr. Brown.

- Dutch tilt used - Shows something is not right - Makes one person look smaller than the other-Julien looks week & vulnerable...

- Low angle.

- The viewer feels - Shocked, didn't expect his reaction...
Surprised, Concerned, Uneasy...

- Director - Surprised, sad, worried for Jack...
Other techniques - Music - Creates atmosphere, minor -
Slow-motion - makes more intense...

In the film Wonder, low angle shots were used effectively...
This is demonstrated in the scene where Jack attacks Julien because he called Auggie a freak.
In this scene, a low angle dutch tilt shot is used to make Jack look stronger and Julien weak and vulnerable...

This makes the audience feel shocked, surprised, and concerned because we didn't expect a violent reaction from Jack, who has not been aggressive before this point. The purpose of this is to show the theme of kindness as Jack finally stands up for Auggie...
Combined with this is the use of quiet minor music & slow-motion to create an atmosphere and to make the event feel more intense...

This can be contrasted to the nature reserve fight scene where Auggie now shows kindness by standing up for Jack...

B - Fight scene - Nature Reserve - Auggie makes friends, High Five - No plague...
Jack, Amos & others. They beat up & ran away from 7th graders.

- Wide-angle, long shot - makes us feel like we are a bystander watching an important moment, the emotions are the characters, not ours...

- Audience - Joyful, proud, cheerful, ecstatic, relieved -
Auggie is finally included, has friends...
- Director - Shows Auggie is finally fitting in, Shows theme importance of friendship or "Kindness"

- Other techniques - Lighting - use if shadow-silhouette outlining the boys feels like they are all in it together...

C - 

Wonder - Film Studies - Workshop...

Kindness - When people are respectful, caring, helpful & including others...

Example 1 - Fight scene at the nature reserve...

• Amos and the other boys rescue Auggie and Jack from the bullies, at the end they high five Auggie - Shows kindness up onto this point the hadn't touched him or treated him with respect...
  
• The theme of kindness is important because through it Auggie makes friends, is more confident & happier...
  
  Example 2 - Cafeteria scene - where Summer sits with Auggie...

• Shows the theme of kindness because Summer leaves the friends she has been sitting with who were being bystanders & went to sit with Auggie because he was alone...

• Summer helps Auggie build trust in friendship, if she hadn't shown kindness by sitting with him, he wouldn't have learned to make new friends and move on...

Importance of family and friendship - Through these relationships, our characters build trust, resilience, and self-confidence...

Example 1 - Scene where Auggie cuts off his padawan braid...

• Link to the importance of family because of shows that when Auggie is feeling sad/alone/depressed that he has a support network to build his resilience. 

• Home is Auggies' safe & supportive place. He needs this relationship with his parents to help him build confidence to make new friends.

Example 2 -When Jack punches Jullien for calling Auggie a freak...

• Shows the importance of friendship because Jack wasn't willing to let Jullien bully Auggie anymore. Auggie is a real friend to jack, where Jullien is the type of friend that puts you down if you don't agree with him...

•  It is important because it shows how real friends treat each other, they build trust and can forgive each other...

 Being right vs Being popular... 

Doing the right thing, even if no one is watching or when no one else is doing it...

Example 1 - Jullien bullies Auggie...

•  Jullien chooses to do things to be popular rather than doing the right thing, He calls Auggie names, Hides notes in his locker & tells Auggie he should kill himself. Jullien is the most popular boy in his class so when he chooses to be mean that becomes the thing to do...
   
•  Jullien shows the importance of being right over being popular because through his actions he is removed from the school & loses his friends. Juxtaposed to this will. He decided he would rather be kind to Auggie and as a result keeps all his friends & isn't kicked out...

Analyse the ideas and theme of a film - Inside & Out 2020...

Theme Guide

What am I learning-

I am learning to explain and analyze the theme of a film...

How does this work show my learning -

This work shows my learning because I have recounted a scene that has happened in the film showing aspects of one of these themes and I have also added quotes...

What am I wondering as a result of this learning-

If there are any more themes used in the film...

Camera Angles - Inside out 2020

Hi everyone, this blog post was meant for last week but unfortunately I didn't post it so I'm posting it now, this post is about all the different types of angles in filming, I and my partner/work buddy took some photos of the different type of angles...

Close up - This angle is used often in films to set a serious mood 

for a scene but often used in a lot of films...

Waist shot - This angle is often used in films for dialogues...

The Long-Wide shot - This shot is not so common but can be used a lot to 

film bigger objects like buildings...

Low Angle Shot - This shot can be used for capturing somethings 

like people, buildings or something to make it look bigger...

The High Angle - This shot is for a higher perspective than a person or object...