Subject Matter and Kaupapa

 

Mood Board / Brainstorming

 

For my Mood Board, I have chosen cityscapes/urban as my theme for this year. The artist models I have taken interest in are Josef Muller-Brockmann, David Carson and Stewart Geddes. The reason why I have chosen them is that their aesthetics and unique designs have piqued my interest. 

As my corporate/ logo idea, I have thought of doing a perfume industry type of design. the reason why is that I think perfumes nowadays are getting unique designs and innovative creations of scent. putting the artist models I have into consideration I think the modernized, unique styles suit the perfumes because of the different possibilities of designs.

Anne Frank Connections

Wednesday, 22nd July 2020

1. How does viewing this text through a child’s perspective change the way we experience it?

In the perspective of Anne, we are showed that she doesn't yet understand the 'dangers' of the world

and the situation she and her family are trapped in. it makes us sympathize with Anne Frank as she

always looks forward to another day without considering the War taking place. as we experience the text

in a childlike, innocent matter the story proceeds and gradually

Anne's hope for another day crumbles as she finally understands the dangers her family has to face

and what they were shielding her from.

1. How would this text be different if it were told from the perspective of an adult?

instead of sugar-coating how the war was in the perspective of Anne who has a childlike sense of

thought. War hits differently for adults and is more stressed since they have responsibilities to carry

out and protect their family from danger. Every day, the adults need to plan and strategize a way out

of the grim fate they currently lead and understand the consequences if caught by the Nazi's. It's

the survival of the fittest.

1. Why did the filmmaker or author decide to tell this story from a child’s perspective?

to see what the world looks like from a child's perspective and discover how war affects people of different ages and how they would react. it seems like viewing from a child's perspective presents us with a new viewpoint of war and how it affects children at Anne's age.

1. How are children represented in the text? How are adults represented in the text?

Children are represented as Naive, curious and gullible as shown by Anne frank who despises her

mother because her own mother wouldn't listen to anything she has to say. Anne's mother shows us how

adults are ignorant, selfish, serious and are thieves. Anne's father had to steal in order to survive whilst

her mother is more ignorant and selfish.

1. Does imagination help the young hero to cope? How so? Provide an example.

Anne Frank vents off into her diary by writing the events occurring on that day imaging that she is writing it to a fictional person. it helps her cope with the heated arguments, mental deprivation and isolation as her family needed to keep out of the Nazi's sights. though she made many disagreements with the adults, she later managed to get along with them.

1. Does this text connect in any other ways to the other texts you have read/viewed?

this connects to Jojo Rabbit. though instead of the main character running away and hiding from Nazi's.

Jojo is a Nazi himself yet he isn't so sure if he wanted to join the wars and kill Jews like Adolf Hitler, a real Nazi.

Jojo takes inspiration from Adolf Hitler, his imaginary friend, and strives to become a great Nazi just like him. thought

upon crossing paths with a Jew hidden amongst the walls of his home, maybe Jews weren't as bad as they were as tolf

by Nazi's and books. Anne Frank is a Jew yet in spite of everything, she still believes that the world can still be a beautiful place.

Like Jojo, she has an imaginative friend whom she writes Diary entries to. seemingly as to communicate

with her inner thoughts and find calamity in spite of everything. unlike Jojo, Anne Frank meets a tragic end

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2. How so? Provide evidence and explain.

Anne Frank and Jojo are two completely different individuals. Jojo is more cowardly and thus called 'Jojo Rabbit'

dubbed by the Nazi's who train upcoming Nazi warriors. Anne Frank is more hopeful and thinks everything

has a meaning. and despite all the terror happening around both main characters, hope is what fueled

them to survive.

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.” As stated by Anne Frank

Yet for Jojo he needed support, and support is what his mother provided him "Let everything happen to you, Beauty and Terror, no feeling is final."

Both statements have similarities as the word beauty is used in both sentences.

Visual Art 1.1

Egyptian Technologies

Learning Objective: 

To understand how much technology has changed over time.

Much can be attributed to the ancient Egyptians, even some of the earliest forms of technology and inventions that we still use today.

The Egyptians were innovation in astronomy, mathematics, medicine, language, and architecture.

Egyptian Inventions

Writing- hieroglyphics, paper, and black ink

Telling Time- Calendars and clocks

Construction- Organized labour force and machinery

Agriculture- ox-drawn plough and irrigation systems

Weapons- battle axes, armour and slingshots

Glass- jars, bottles and beads

Furniture- beds, tables and stools (which have inspired our modern furniture). 

EGYPTIAN SCIENCE

Astronomy

The Egyptians made observations about the night sky, and their religion and heavenly bodies were greatly influenced by the sky and elements. They used their knowledge of astronomy to develop the lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon and the star, Sirius, From their knowledge emerged the calendar that we use today, divided in 12 months, 365 days and 24-hour units.

Medicine

Some of the earliest developments in medicine were made by the ancient Egyptians people. They had a variety of medicines and cure for both humans and animals, along with much knowledge of anatomy, as they practised mummification and preservation of the dead. Although they had any "cures" for various ailments, some of the medicinal practices were questionable at best. 

Mathematics

The great pyramids that the ancient Egyptians built required some knowledge of mathematics, especially of geometry. Mathematical principals were applied in the inventions of simple machines, as well as for transactions and record keeping. Math and numbers were used to record business transactions, and the ancient Egyptians even developed a decimal system. All their numbers were factors of 10, though, such as 1, 10, 100 and so on. Therefore, in order to demote 3 units, they would write the number "1" three times.

Persuasive Writing Definitions

WALT: Understand The Greek Terms for Persuasive Writing.

Logos, along with Ethos and Pathos, is one of the three "Modes Of Persuasion" in Rhetoric (The art of effective speaking or writing.) 

- Pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience and draws out the feelings that reside inside.
It is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric. Pathos is an argument that appeals to a reader's emotions. Many speechwriters use Pathos rather than facts or logic to appeal to the emotions of an audience. 


- Ethos is a Greek word meaning "Character" that is used to describe the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, community, nation, or ideology. Ethos or the ethical appeal means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character. Ethos is in contrast to Pathos (appealing to emotions) and logos (Appealing to logic or reason).


- Logos is an argument that appeals to an audience's sense of logic or reason, in other words, Logos rests in the actual written content of an argument.  

Reggae Research/ Performance Evaluation

Thursday, 13th June 2019

My group performed  "Three Little Birds" By Bob Marley to the class. The instrument I played was the Piano and I loved how my group was in sync with the music playing in the background. Next time, my group should play the song without the original track.