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Freedom Writers

What happened in the clip?

A student was reading a part of his journal to the class - he’d been evicted, felt at home at school in the teachers class.

Techniques:

• Close up

Shows emotions and expression.

• Zoom in-face, zoom out

• Dramatic music

• Mid shot

• Shallow focus

Know what to look at it.

• Colour - attractive

• Lighting, bright, natural

Statement - In the 'I am home' scene, shallow focus is used effectively to guide the viewers attention.

Explain - a student stands and reads from his journal about being evicted from his home. Shallow focus is used to show the emotions of the speaker as well as those listening to him.

X (audience) - This makes the audience feel sad for the reader because he has a hard life. The shallow focus is used to show his emotions as he reads.

X (director) - The director did this in order to show the class has become united and a safe welcoming place. We see the class around him out of focus and then we see their reactions in shallow focus.

X (aspects) - This worked well with music. As the student reads about being evicted, the music is slow and quiet, eventually growing to be louder and faster as the mood lifts. Shallow focus and music combined both show how the emotion changes from sad to happy as he speaks about feeling at home in class with his classmates and teacher. 

Rendering Blog

In DVC an internal we're doing is rendering a bottle we designed at the start of the year. We had to draw the bottle three times and render clear plastic, stainless steel and anodised metal.

What did I like?

I liked getting to mess around with colours.

What didn't I like?

I didn't like having to do the shadows because it seemed really easy when I thought about it, but when I actually had to do them it just sucked. 

Bystander writing

The bystander effect is when somebody feels that they don’t need to help someone in need because they feel someone else will/should be doing it.The more people around, the longer it’ll take for someone to help. Things such as the diffusion of responsibility, embarrassment/low confidence are reasons as to why this occurs.

The diffusion of responsibility is basically just a way of saying that everyone in the room is just as qualified as each other to help someone out. When there are more people around, everyone feels less obligated, as they think that someone else could be helping instead of them. Therefore it will take longer for anyone to decide whether to help or not. 

When there is only one person in the room, it’s almost as if there is a connection between them and the person that is in need of help. With no one else around, the person recognises that they’re the only one available to help them and also that there is no need to feel embarrassed. 

What did the Treaty of Waitangi say?

Article 1

Key differences:
English version: Maori are meant to give complete control over everything to the British.
Maori version: Maori gave control over their land to the British but still had control over their tribes.

Perspectives Causing Conflict:
The British Crown believes they have full sovereignty over New Zealand but the Maori claims they have control over their tribes and the British Crown feels they've been betrayed/lied to.

Article 2
Key differences:

English version: Can only sell land to the British Crown
Maori version: Must first offer land to the British Crown but if they do not want it they can sell to someone else.

Perspectives Causing Conflict:

Maori sell land to someone other than the British Crown and they believe that the Maori have illegally sold land.

Article 3
Key differences:

English version: There aren't any
Maori version: Samesies

Perspectives Causing Conflict:

Despite the agreement that both the British and Maori are to be treated equally, Maori may still be mistreated. 

Treaty Essay

Historians believe that understanding the cause of a significant event is more important than the details of the event itself. In 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by the Maori and the British. The Treaty of Waitangi was a needed agreement in New Zealand as it helped to settle conflicts and establish rules surrounding behaviour and the way the New Zealand government was run. Despite how long ago the Treaty was signed, it is still quite essential and an important part of our past to understand. 

The disrespectful behaviour of the European whalers in the 1830s is an important reason as to why the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. Without the signing of the Treaty, the lawless actions of the Europeans would have continued. Thankfully, due to the Treaty, laws around behaviour were introduced and incidents of unlawfulness occurred much less. For example, prostitution of indigenous women happened frequently, alongside heavy drinking and fights between the Europeans while intoxicated. The treaty was introduced to create a lawful system where inadequate behaviour could be addressed and punished. 

The Missionaries tried to protect Maori rights. Due to helping the Maori and overall having their best interest at heart, the Missionaries had great influence over the Maori and their decision to sign the treaty. Literacy was one of the major things missionaries had helped with, they taught the Maori how to read and write and also about their religion, Christianity. During the time where land sales were up, Missionaries bought the Maori's land to provide reassurance that their sacred land would be safe and well looked after. The whaler's behaviour was also of major concern to the missionaries on behalf of the Maori, as well as the decrease in the Maori population due to the Musket Wars. The examples listed confirm that the Missionaries did everything they could to protect the Maori rights, which inevitably lead to the Treaty of Waitangi being signed.

Was there anything in place before the Treaty? Interestingly, the Declaration of Independence was signed on 28th October 1835. 34 Northland chiefs had made a deal with the British declaring that Maori had sovereignty over New Zealand although they could only trade resources with the British. The Maori also requested protection from the King in case other countries tried to take over New Zealand. A meeting was supposed to happen between the Maori chiefs to discuss and decide on laws but before this could happen, war broke out between the tribes. The impact/effect of no meeting is important because there were no laws created to protect Maori as had been agreed in the declaration. The treaty of Waitangi was needed to make sure that laws were put in place regarding behaviour as that did not happen with the Declaration of independence. 

New Zealand needed the treaty to settle conflicts. The major reasons for the treaty are the ones mentioned; the European whalers and their behaviour, the missionaries and the declaration of independence. It's quite obvious that New Zealand needed a treaty. A common consequence of all these reasons is that Maori are generally the ones that suffered. For example, before any laws could be put in place for the Declaration of independence, the Maori tribes broke out in wars against each other. This meant that the declaration was a bit useless in this sense. Overall, this is why a treaty was needed and introduced to New Zealand.

Comrehension - Clever homes

1. Devices connected together to communicate or share information are:
Networked

2. What makes a house greener (Paragraph 2)
Features that are more energy-efficient and healthy

3. What is one difference between a green roof and a traditional roof?
Green roofs use water and heat, traditional roofs deflect water and heat

4. New technology in the kitchen is the main idea of which paragraph?
Paragraph 3

5. Which event would most affect a house reliant on electronics?
Power Failure

6. Which statement best summarises the information given in Paragraph 5?
Cleaning and water use in homes of the future

7. What is not contained in grey water?
Toilet water

8. What does the text predict water will no longer be needed for?
Washing

9. What does food packaging need to have before it can 'communicate'?
Transmitters

10. Which kitchen items might be able to communicate with each other?
Oven and fridge

11. It is a fact, not an opinion, that homes in the future will be:
Different

12. What might be needed between a green roof and a ceiling?
Waterproof materials

13. The writer provides information about:
Some of the features homes in the future might contain

14. The pronoun them in Paragraph 2 refers to:
Houses

Comprehension - Huberta, the traveller

1. The word solitary in Paragraph 2 means:
Alone

2. Is it a fact, not an opinion, that Huberta:
Travelled south

3. Huberta was different from other hippos because she:
Travelled alone

4. When Huberta left the dam, the train passengers would have felt:
Angry and disappointed

5. The main idea of Paragraph 5 is:
Huberta didn't want to go to a zoo The authorities didn't succeed in taking Huberta to the zoo

6. Which event happened last?
Authorities decided to send Huberta to a zoo

7. Huberta left the dam near the railway because:
People had tried to capture and move her

8. You could conclude Huberta was:
Not shy of people

9. Journalists and photographers followed Huberta because:
The public was interested and wanted to know what she was doing

10. The test could best be summarised as a true story about the travels of a hippo in South Africa which tells:
About her personality and why people were so interested in her

11. The text was written to give:
A recount

12. Huberta is described as a unique hippo because she:
Behaved differently

13. You can conclude from the text that hippos eat:
Plants and fruit

14. The pronoun it in Paragraph 9 refers to:
Her body