What does music mean to me?

So far the only performance i've ever done is the moana production that happened recently during the holidays. Ive always had a thing with music, its just something I listen to or enjoy when I need to breathe. For me I can listen to any type of song that fits my mood, one day I could be listening to RnB, then switch onto some pop, or rap, reggae, maybe not hard metal. Im a fan of destinys child, their songs just hit the spot. Sons of Zion is another good group I tend to listen to from time to time, and L.A.B love their music aswell. In music I just want to build up my conifdence as a singer, and I also want to learn how to play some instruments mainly the guitar. Ive always loved music, but sharing it with others is something im not too sure about. I chose music just to see where I can go with it.

The Real One

In English,  we had to make a short film similar to the court scene in Merchant of Venice. My group decided to make a film about a love triangle. The characters were Jack, Sam, Amy and Lia. We tied our love triangle to Bassanio, Antonio and Portia, as Jack, Sam and Lia. In our film there is a 3 friend-group friendship (Jack,Sam and Amy). These friends make a promise to each other which is to never break their friendship no matter what, so this "promise" they make is the "promise" that was made to Shylock. As they get older Jack meets a new girl (Lia) who he instantly falls for, little does he know his close friend Sam happens to meet the same girl who he becomes interested in. Although Lia had the just met the two of them, her heart beats faster around Jack, so the two love birds grow closer. Watching from afar Amy and Sam both get jealous, Amy has always had a soft spot for Jack, so Amy and Sam plan something to split them up. This "plan" of theirs is what tieing to Shylock's "revenge", so of course just like Shylock their "plan" doesn't work out and Jack and Lia have a happy ending.

As you can see we tried our best to use different film techniques, 2 of the techniques we used were birds eye view and medium close up. When we shot the birds eye view we tried getting the views to see that Sam and Amy are about to plan something with their phones. During the scene where they make a "promise" we used a medium close up, so that the viewers can see that they a comfortable and close friends hanging out. 

Making this film was really challenging, especially because most of us weren't that confident with the whole acting thing, but glad everything came together in the end, next time we should think carefully about who should do what role. If I were to do this again, I would put effort into to planning, because we struggled a lot with what to do next, if our plan was structured better maybe it would've been less stressful.

(movie publishing soon) 

Happy broadcast

In social studies we have been looking at a cool website happy broadcast (take a look). Here's a few of the many interesting things I found. I think despite how nasty we've been to the sea, and our environment, most of us are trying to help, and change the world for the better. I like how Paris is aiming for more green, and that Spain is thinking about not only the bears but at the same time thinking about climate change, and how that affects some animals. As days past we are slowly damaging the earth, but if we do the little things like putting rubbish in the right bins, picking up litter if we see it, using recyclable items, and more, then maybe the world can change. 

Marble dying

In textiles we have been doing dying experiments. Down below is photo of how mine went, it was super easy and fun. First we got a sheet of material, and wet it enough for it to be damp, then we added a few marbles and wrapped rubber bands around them to be secure. Once that was done we put in colours of our choice, I picked purple, blue and pink. I'm happy with my end result, as this was what I was hoping for. This was a fun activity to do and would be nice to show to others. 

Ocean dump

 

In social studies we have been learning about the ocean dump and climate change. We were told to make a news article about what caused this and the effects. Here is a link to a video explaining what kind of a world we have created, check it out. video

Corrosion

Corrosion 1

Aim: To investigate the factors that cause rusting in iron.

Equipment: Four test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, four iron nails, boiled water, tap water, salty water, cooking oil, calcium chloride.

Method: 

1. Label four test tubes A - D and place in a test tube rack.

2. Test tube contents: A = Iron nail and tap water 

                                  B = Iron nail and salty water

                                  C = Iron nail, boiled water, oil.

                                  D = Iron nail and calcium chloride. Sealed with a bung.

3. Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least three days. 

Corrosion 2

(prevent rusting)

Aim: To investigate a number of techniques that may prevent rusting.

Equipment: Four test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, four iron nails, tap water, Vaseline gel, nail polish or paint, zinc pellets or magnesium ribbon.

Method: 1. Label four test tubes A - D and place in a test tube rack.

2. Fill all test tubes with equal volumes of water - enough to cover the nails.

3. Test tube contents: A = Iron nail

                                  B = Iron nail covered in Vaseline

                                  C = Iron nail painted with nail polish or paint

                                  D = Iron nail with a small piece of magnesium ribbon wrapped around it, or with zinc pellets added to the test tube. 

4. Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least 3 days.

Conclusion: As you can see in the photo above the experiment worked successfully!

Climate change facts

 In social studies we are learning about the environment and what happens around the world. We went onto happy broadcast, where it shares information about what people are doing to help keep this planet healthy. here are a few I found.