SEXXY Paragraph Writing Practice

Statement: Dennis Villeneuve uses low key lighting together with the colour green, blue and black in the scene where K comes home to his apartment to portray some ideas about the film. 

Evidence: For example, when K was walking towards the building apartment, we see low key lighting and the light is coming from the billboard advertising that is on both sides of his apartment building. During the scene of K coming home and essentially throughout the scene, the lights are quite dim and dull. The colour that is coming from the lights are harsh white with blue and green and there is also a wide area in the building apartment where the colour is black. 

Explanation of the director’s purpose: Dennis Villeneuve effectively chooses this specific lighting to portray a negative mood and how dangerous society has become due to the obsession with technology. Also, it gives us an idea about how K and other blade runners are viewed in their society. As they are viewed as no more than bio-engineer humans and looked down upon and treated like they do not deserve rights or protection. These aspects also reflects what K is feeling inside and his lack of experience. 

Explanation of effect on the audience: With the use of these two aspects, audiences were able to feel the darker feelings and emotions of K through the lowkey lighting and colour. Especially, by combining these aspects together, we were able to understand the danger, cold and harshness of the environment they live in. This is important because of these aspects we are the one who feels the discrimination K is receiving despite K being a replicant who does not have any ‘emotions'. As he is just a slave that has no consciousness and cannot think for himself, love someone, experience things as even his memory is just a memory that is implanted in him. 

Link: However, as the movie continuous, we were able to notice that despite K being a replicant, he is aware that he retires and hunt down rogue replicant, we saw in K’s eye that he somehow slightly felt guilty of retiring those replicants but he has no choice as he is a slave. Combining the low key lighting with the colours blue and green is very important because it gives us a depressed mood about K and society. 

Text 3 Unfamilliar Text

 Text 3: The Cellist of Sarajevo

Define 3 words you do not know

- Besiege((of a place) surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender.)

- Mortar (a short smooth-bore gun for firing shells (technically called bombs) at high angles.)

- Inviolable (never to be broken, infringed, or dishonoured)

Identify 3 examples of emotive language (words or phrases that evoke some kind of emotion in the reader)

- "The visible world exploded" - this basically means the place called Sarajevo is destroyed when they are sieged by the military.

- "He would very much like to feel his father's hand on his shoulder again." this phrase made me think that the cellist is longing for his father's lover.

- "The promise of a happy life seemed almost inviolable". this made me think that because of what happened to Sarajevo the cellists thought that their life would just end there.

What is the tone of the excerpt (author’s attitude towards what he is writing about) and what mood does this suggest (overall feeling of the text)?

The mood that this text is giving me off is the sad mood, the way the author was telling the story of the cellist who ould play in the middle of the conflict made me emotional. Especially when the author was telling us that "the war will go around him as he sits in the small crater left at the mortar's point of impact."

Identify an example of imagery from the passage (when something is described in vivid detail, making it easy to imagine) and explain its effect on the reader. How effective do you find it?

"This visible world exploded", I could imagine that Sarajevo was besieged and was really destroyed.

Personal reflections

After reading I was amazed at the cellist as he was really courageous and brave during those hard times. I also believe that the cellist even honoured the people who died by playing the cello.

Art Update

For Art, I have finished my portfolio and this is the explanation of my artwork. My kaupapa is about water pollution and emission.

This is the first artwork in my panel 1 portfolio. Basically, this is like an introduction, the factory represents the idea of emission and a dirty water/sea represent the idea of water pollution. And also the man is like throwing a fishnet and it's shaped into a skull to emphasise the meaning that sea creatures are in danger.

The size A5 painting is the view of the factory from the small mountain. I intentionally paint the smoke in the shape of the whale to present the connection of the effect of the emission. As more CO2 is absorbed into the ocean, it lowers the pH balance of the water, causing it to be more acidic.  

I am happy with how it ended up, but while doing this I was not thinking of the size of the paper, which ended up being a size A5.

The first artwork connects with the paintings below. These paintings below are the common species that we would see in the social media that have fishnets around their body, therefore, for this series of sea creatures, I want to call this series "Preso" meaning trapped in Portugues. Even though this series is a bit far from my artist model artworks, as the patterns are in front of the subject, I decided to use the colours blue(background) and black(fishnet) as her most colour palette for environment or nature is aqua/sea colour pallet. 

Below the preso series is the series which I called "óleo" meaning oil. For this series, the black paint represents the oil spill that is from the chemical factory from the digital painting. The technique that I used for the first one is paint splatter and as for the middle painting, I put some black paint and then stamped it onto the painting to create a unique texture. The artwork on the right is a picture of a plastic that I moulded into the shape of jellyfish and then I edit it and put a picture of jellyfish. From my research, I found some artworks of my artist model that has dripping black paint, and this is where the idea of black paint came from. I just decided to have different types of patterns or shapes.

This is where panel 2 starts at. This artwork may look like it's based on Tracey Tawhiao as I added a paper, but the point of the paper is to represent rubbish. I have also seen the artwork of Sofia Minson that has a pattern of triangles and the pattern of my artwork is based on her. 

As for this series, I used photography(the first one), printmaking(second) and lastly I did digital artwork and then I tried to make an oil spill, using black paint with some water. This series starts off with water, as you can see it is clean water but then in the artwork below it becomes a drop of clean water mixed with oil, then it, later on, becomes a thick drop of oil. As for the last artwork, I have decided to put a vignette.

Putting them as a series or connecting them was not part of my plan, but then I see some connection between the three artwork, which make me decide to just put them together.

I would say that this artwork can be linked with the artwork above.

It may not be obvious but the empty Pepsi can is a picture taken by me then I edited it and put a tail of a fish to make it look like a fish is hiding behind the Pepsi can or make it look like the Pepsi can is a fish. I also added to put a group of redfish that can be seen in the artwork below.

This artwork is still linked with emission and water pollution. As you can see it is a mask that is usually used and found in factories. The glass of the mask is acting as a fish tank, that's why there's fish and the colour of the water is a bit dark. 

I decided to add some vignette effects by using a black water flow. I also tried to add some vignettes as Sofia Minson mostly used//add vignette on her landscape/environment artwork.

Lastly, this is the final A3 size digital artwork in panel 2. I would say that this is the conclusion of my portfolio. In this artwork, I decided to draw a shore that is full of rubbish and dumped fishing gear and dead fish/ dolphins.  I have also decided to put the factory that is seen on the first panel. 

Art 1.2 Art + Portfolio Art

In Art, my kaupapa is about water pollution and emission. As for my panel board 1, I mainly used acrylic paint. And so far, I have managed to finish the first board and now I am focusing on my second board. On the other hand, for 1.2 Art internals,  I was able to produce 3 dry media on A3 paper, proof sheet and I am using the artworks from my portfolio for the wet media.

Why? 

I have decided to draw, paint and take a picture of the following objects as my kaupapa is about water pollution and emission. Even though water pollution emission is a common subject matter for art, I have decided on this kaupapa as I thought that it's better if my kaupapa is something I have a deep knowledge of. Other than that, I also wanted to know more about this topic as water pollution and emission is still a problem to other countries outside New Zealand. And think about the effect of stray rubbish and emission has on the sea creatures.

All these drawings and pictures are referred from all the objects I could see during the time I was doing this. 

.The first drawing is a sketch of the bottom or base of a plastic bottle. I have used 5 different types of sketching. 

The techniques that I used are: 

- Finger blending
- Cross-hatching
- Scribble
- Hatching

- 3s

The second drawing is an empty cup(left) and a crashed can. In this drawing, the light is coming from the back which makes the shadow casting in front. The very dark shaded is the shadow of the can and the less dark is the surface the object was in.

This is the last dry medium that I sketch. Just like the tin can(right) above, this plastic bottle is also crashed. In this case, the light is coming from the bottom right or I should say from the front-right side of the object, which makes the shadow cast on its left-rear side. Personally, out of all the 3 dry media, this is my least favourite, as the shadow looked awkward and the dark shaded part in the plastic bottle looked off. 

As for this proof sheet, I have decided to take a picture of the unclean plastic water cup when I was painting. This picture is about the different perspectives/sides of the cup. I have used studio light, natural light and a monochrome effect of the camera. 

Wet media and brief explanation and meaning behind the artwork:

This is the first artwork on panel board 1. 

The first artwork on the folio board is digital artwork. The picture is about a fisherman throwing a fishnet in the sea during sunset. As for the fishnet, I deliberately made it look like a skull to indicate the meaning of danger to the species. The chemical factory is also reflected in the water. 

                       Panel 1                                                            Panel 2

So far this is all the artwork I have done. The first panel, it's mostly acrylic painting while the second panel, it mostly consists of digital painting. 

Panel Two Plan

This past few weeks I have been thinking about what's my panel two going to look like. For now, I have decided that this is the layout of my panel two.

Pathos, Ethos, and Logos

Pathos, Ethos and Logos are the rhetorical strategies that are used in persuasive writing and to persuade the audience. Each technique has a different meaning and purpose. However, in order to convince them, Pathos, Logos, and Ethos are very important in persuasive arguments. 

What is Pathos? 
Pathos is a Greek word meaning emotions. Just like the meaning, pathos is used to persuade and appeal to the emotions or feelings of the readers/audiences. The speaker communicates with the listeners and affects their feelings. There are many ways to appeal to the audiences' emotions, it could be with cute animals, by telling inspirational stories and personal experiences or anecdotes. Also, we normally hear and see this form of writing in courtrooms or in politicians' addresses as well as advertisements. An example of this was seen and heard in the famous speech of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr called I Have a Dream. "But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chain of discrimination"

In this speech of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, he uses strong words and emphasis how the Negros are still not treated as equal individuals. He also showed the audience his desire for wanting his people to have their rights and future for everyone.

I have also decided to write my own sentence that has pathos. 

"We all make mistakes in our lives, but that does not mean that it's the end of our lives." 

This example emphasizes the thought of not giving up despite the wrongdoing we've done in our lives.

 

What is Ethos?

Ethos is a persuasive technique that emphasises the speaker's trustworthiness and authority to the listeners. Ethos is used to appeal to the audiences' ethnic responsibilities. This is normally seen or heard in advertisements or political addresses. The speaker only used credible and reliable sources in order to convince the audience. An example of ethos is heard in the commencement speech of Steve Jobs. 

"I never graduate from college, truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to college graduation."

In this speech, Jobs was trying to say that despite the situation of not graduating college himself he was able to reach his dream. Therefore, this made the audience doubted his achievement. However, the message of the speech and Jobs' objective was to persuade the students to find their passion.

What is Logos?

Logos is one of the persuasive strategies that convince the audience using logic or reasons. This is important as this is also used to back up your idea or claims. To use logos, it needs statistics, facts, and graphs. An example of Logos is this famous speech by Sojourner Truth, "Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman!' Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them." This is an example of logos as Sojourner Truth uses a reasonable argument about why women should be treated the same as men. This is supported and backed up by the bible.

1.) What are we doing?

We are learning about the three rhetorical strategies: pathos, logos, and ethos by finding their definition.

2.) Why are we doing it?

So we know where and how to use and write a sentence that uses these three strategies for our upcoming persuasive writing.

3.)What question do I have? 

I currently don't have any questions about these three strategies.

Educational or Enjoyable School Trip?

From my perspective, school outings should be educational and at the same time enjoyable. That is because school outings should have a purpose, for example, they should learn new things and experience something outside the school. Sometimes, we can never learn or know and answer the students' curiosity without exploring things outside the school. In addition, if the trip is just for education why not stay at school and seat for hours looking at the TV screen. Also, while learning new things students can make memories with their peers and no doubt this will be a fun experience for the students. The students deserve to earn something and relieve their stress from school works or assessments.