MEDIA STUDIES

 In Media Studies we have learnt how to create a stop motion movie on a Ipad using Lego's, play-do and other items that can be used for a stop motion. Stop motion movies are movies that have been made by taking photo of the motion of things and then put into a video/movie. The thing i found most difficult was waiting to take pictures and moving the items without making to big of changes. 

BOOK COVERS AND MOVIE POSTERS

 

WONDER

Compare- what is the same? Firstly…  Same character is on the cover (Auggie Pullman).   Secondly… Has the same name the person the wrote the book, the person that wrote the book is called R.J. Palacio Next… About the same kid, (Auggie Pullman) he was born with facial deformity, a combination of Treacher Collins syndrome and a hemifacial microsomia.   Lastly… Nothing in the background apart from the main character and the writing.

Contrast- what is different? Firstly… The first cover only has the face of the boy and the second on has the whole body (with clothes) Secondly…  The person that wrote the book is wonky on the first one and the second one is straight    Next…  First one has a quote “you can't blend in if you were born to stand out” and the other one doesn't have it   Lastly...  The boy is looking up at something with his astronaut helmet on and the first one is just one of his eyes and his face.

CREATED MY OWN POSTER

MEMORIES OF MURDER

Compare- what is the same? Firstly… The title of the posters and they are both bold writing   Secondly…  They both use dark colours (greys and blacks)   Next…  Who made the film (bong joon ho) Lastly… They both have red in the posters. The red could represent blood or murders.

Contrast- what is different? Firstly…  A has a scarecrow and is in a different scene (a field or something) and B i outside of a tunnel that has a train truck   Secondly… There is a women is poster A and a man and 2 others in poster B    Next…  The women is holding an umbrella and the men are just walking in the rain with no umbrella    Lastly...  The scarecrow and women are not looking at us and the man is looking at us.

CREATED MY OWN POSTER

i got the photos from the movie. 

Science - Chemistry Of Food

  Battered snapper fillets with potato chips and stir fry veges In this meal there are many food groups. Protein comes from the battered snapper fillets. Protein help with growth and repair of the muscle and other tissues. Vitamins, Minerals, Fibre and Carbohydrates comes from the broccoli, carrot and red onion. Vitamins are chemicals we need small amounts of to keep our bodies working. Minerals are chemicals that help release energy from foods or assist with chemical processes within our bodies. Fibre moves and cleans the digestive system and they are nutrients that we cant break down it. Carbohydrates from the potato chips. Carbohydrates gives us energy. The digestive system starts with ingestion, ingestion is taking food into the body (the mouth). Then digestion, digestion is the process in which food is broken down into substances that can be absorbed by living organs. Next is Absorption, its where food molecules are absorbed into the blood system. The next of the digestive system is Assimilation, its when the molecules are used by the body or stored. the last of the digestive system is Egestion, the removal of undigested or waste material from the body (the rectum)

Learning how to summaries paragraphs

Learning how to summarise paragraphs

 

Turkey vultures mainly eat carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals, which means their stomach contents may be a little more vile than most creatures’. And they can heave their stomach contents pretty far – up to 10 feet away. Even the young vultures are well-versed in vomiting to keep potential predators away.   

summary 

Firstly this animal eat carrion's or dead bodies of animals. Secondly their stomach is unpleasant then most creatures. Lastly they vomit to keep there predators away.

cyanide excreting millipedes glow like fireflies but they use it to warn the predators that they are toxins. When threatened they the toxic cyanide and foul (tasting chemical which is very effective defence mechanism)  

summary

Firstly Millipedes glow to warn their predators that they are toxic. Secondly they have  a chemical inside their body. Lastly they squirt the toxic chemical out when they feel threatened.

Street Artwork in Christchurch

Street artwork in Christchurch

this street art is from Brandon Warrell. It's at  Christchurch Central City 

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MOREPORKS

MOREPORKS 

Link for gif here

Link to photo here

 Moreporks are an incredible type of bird, they fly silently and have incredibly good eyesight, they are able to turn their head around 270 degrees. Moreporks have soft fringes on the end of their feathers so they can fly silently; it helps them to catch their prey. They are usually found in Mainland New Zealand but less common within Canterbury, Otago and offshore islands. The length of them are 29 cm and they weigh 175g but females are bigger than the males. There predators are stoats and possums when its breeding season

Nikkita's and Angel Europe slide show