Level 1 Art Update Term 2

At the start of this year, my art theme was animal endangerment. I really struggled with finding ideas for this art theme so I decided to change mine. I'm focusing more on females and have changed my theme to how things have changed (olden days vs modern days).

For my first art theme, I came up with an idea to draw a turtle with the shell as a melting world. I added hexagons to the background to represent the shell of the turtle. I also made the hexagons red/orange to represent the sun melting the world because of climate change.

My second art theme I have completed a piece on my great aunty who was born in 1934. It was a younger photo of her and for her hair. I took inspiration from Sofia Minson's art and added it to mine. She has a very realistic looking person with a flat background with patterns to make the person stand out. Instead of adding the flat pattern into the background, I decided to add it into the hair and leave a white background. For her hair, I also added gold foil, so that there was a bit more dimension. I wanted to choose more warm colours because I think it added more contrast to the pencil drawing and not everything was dark. I'm thinking of doing one bored more olden day styled and the second bored more modern-day so I have also started another piece on a woman sitting on a stool. I like photo inspiration for this because I felt like the outfit she was wearing, was something that lots of people wore in the olden days. I changed the pattern of the dress a little because I didn't want there to be too many patterns so I made it more simple. Also to incorporate Sofia Minson into this art piece I have decided to draw her with a pencil and add a patterned background.

The second piece that I have started

Finished artwork of my great aunty

The pattern inspiration I added into my great aunties hair

Jessica Meth Paragraph

Jessica Meth Public Service Announcement

In the public service announcement, Jessica we see the harmful effects of drugs. This is seen when she was taken advantage of by her drug dealer. For example, her drug dealer raped her and abused her. This wouldn't have happened if she hadn't taken meth. This can also lead to negative consequences throughout the short film where she forces her brother to smoke meth with her. We see that her brother is young because of the way the director used the playground to show that, that's where he likes to hangout. The purpose of this is to show us how the negative effects don't just affect her but the people around her. Because of her mistakes other people have to deal with the consequences such as her brother. This also relates to Walk The Line because when Johnny Cash is taking drugs we see the negative effects it has with him and the people around him. Johnny was high on drugs and started to go crazy. The relationship between his wife and kids starts to go downhill, relating to the divorce of Johnny and Vivian.

Group Analysis Work.

Wishes

What is the text about? How do we know?

This text is about the wishes you make and how to make them come real. If you truly desire for something you have to work hard to get what you want, but even when it gets hard you should not give up. We know this because of the way they used the flashbacks throughout the clip.

What does the author of this text want us to know?

I think the author wants us to know that you should never give up and that you should always work hard to accomplish your dreams.

What do the words suggest?

The words suggest that the harder your dreams are the more likely you will want to achieve them.

Who would be most likely to read this text and why?

I think anyone that wants persuasion to accomplish their dreams would read this because it motivates you to want to achieve them.

Recycling 

Who benefits from this text?

Everyone benefits from this text. Littering and recycling is done by all ages, genders etc.

What views of the world is the text presenting?

It’s showing us that if we never recycle our rubbish, the pollution would get way out of hand and completely ruin out marine life.

What genre does this text belong to?

This text belongs in the public service announcement genre. 

What knowledge does the reader need to bring to this text in order to understand it?

The reader needs to understand the effects that rubbish has on the world to understand what the narrator is saying.

English Slidedeck (Film Aspect)

Slidedeck English Film Aspects

What is Auteur Theory? 

Auteur is the french word for author and auteur theory is where the idea of the director as the primary author or artist of a film reflects the director's creative vision. You can spot the directors creative vision through style, stories, subject matter etc. The director wielders their camera like how a writer uses their pen. It’s an easier way to simply show and establish that the movies were an art form and to show the directors creative vision. You can understand directors artist voices through the patterns they use in their work.

What is film theory?

Film theory is breaking down movies and television. Breaking down films can help you understand and analyze them. The key elements film theorists use are a type of film, shots, angles, lighting, colour, sound, editing, and mise-es-scene. The three types of film are realism, classical, and formalism. Realism focuses on the real. Classical focuses on moments between real people, for example, Lone Survivor and The Godfather. Formalism focuses on the director creating fake realities. Shots, color, angles and lighting all create different moods and emotion. There are two different kinds of sound: diegetic which is the voices of characters or pros, and non-diegetic which is added sound effects or narrator's commentary. Editing is to make the story fluid and work as a guide for the audience. And last mise-es-scene which is a French word meaning ‘placed on stage’. Everything that is on camera and how it is arranged on screen. Mise-es-scene can be broken down into four different categories. Placement around frame, face to camera, territorial place, and frame constraints.

Why do we look deeper into movies?

We analyze them for stories, performance, technique, meaning, purpose, and historical importance. Studying movies isn’t always about liking or disliking, loving or hating, good or bad. They are emotional pieces of art. Understanding how movies work can manipulate your emotion or how the story is told. This can help you understand things such as history, economic, class struggles, race, and gender inequalities.

Critical Thinking

We think critically about a lot of different movies. It's about thinking deeply about how the movies works. It's about understanding, deconstructing, feelings, and learning.

Week 6/7 Art

Week 6/7 Art

The artist model I have used is Sofia Minson. Sofia Minson uses patterned, flat backgrounds in her artwork. I used this as an inspiration to create my background. My background has hexagon shapes representing the turtle shell. The colours for the hexagon are warm tone colours like red, orange and yellow. I used these colours because I want them to represent the sun and I also want to use the hexagon shape throughout my other artwork. The inside of my turtle is the Earth which is melting from the sun due to climate change. 

My focal point: I want my focal point to be the turtle. I'm going to do this by having the turtle shaded by pencil or charcoal, whereas the background is going to be more vibrant to make the turtle stand out.

My Kaupapa is climate change and my subject matter is animal endangerment. I'm going to use a hexagon shape to tell a story as well as using warm colours but I also want to add cool tone colours as well. Using the hexagon to relate back to the turtle and using the warm colours to relate back to the sun/heat. I want to use cool tone colours to relate back to water/cold.

Starting my artwork

Plan of my hexagons

My plan

Self Directed Learning (Creative Writing)

Self-Directed Learning for Creative Writing

Step 1- I am/am not ready to learn because…

(I do/do not understand the what, why, how, and where of my learning?)

• I am ready to learn because I have my device and the appropriate gear.

Step 2- My learning goals are …

(See the next slide) My goal is to write my own examples of creative writing features.

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Step 3- To engage in the connectivist learning process, I will need …

(My teacher, colleagues, videoclips, slidedecks, websites, dictionary etc.) 

I will need my device and Mr Aitkens slideshow.

Step 4- My learning went ….

               Next time I will …

(Utilise my teacher, colleagues, videoclips, slidedecks, websites, dictionary etc.)

Level 1 Art - What is my art Kaupapa?

This year in art I will be focusing on animal endangerment as my Kaupapa. For my subject matter im going to base it around climate change.

I have chosen this theme as I really love animals and I think its important to keep them safe. I think animals are really important to our Earth.

The media I will work with are Paint, Magazine art and possibly photography.

The artists I have selected for 1.1 are: Robyn Kahukiwa & Sofia Minson from List one. From list two are: Shepard Fairey & Claude Monet.

My Mood-board

My artist focus for 1.2 and 1.4: I really like Sofia Minson because I like the way she uses the flat, patterned backgrounds.

My Theme:
I really like my theme because of the way I love animals. I think I can use this theme to spread awareness of climate change.

Ideas of drawings I could use

Planning my theme

I want to use fire, animals, nature as my subject matter. I want to use these because I think it can help me tell a story of my art and it relates to climate change.