Art Survey

Arts Survey

Describe your ability as an artist. What do you like about Art?

What I don’t like about art

I can’t draw to save my life.  I tend to rely on Google drawing and Google images to create art posters etc.  I do like building and creating things with my hands though, like when we had to use plasticine for our animations.

Describe your ability as an actor/ presenter. What do you like about acting/ presenting?

What I like about Acting/Presenting

I’m a pretty confident actor.  I enjoy expressing myself and I’m not afraid of being in front of a camera.  I actually think it would be pretty cool to be an actor as a career. We’ve had to do short films/skits this year for te reo. It was cool and I really enjoyed it.  

Describe your ability as a dancer. What do you like about dance?

I don’t like to dance because I can’t dance…..BUT I’m going to  start dancing because I hate not being able to do something. I think I’m going to give hip hop a go.  I’ve chosen to be in the dance group for our end of year performance so I plan on watching youtube videos and dance films to get some ideas.  I like that it’s another way of expressing yourself.  

Describe your ability as a singer/ musician. What doe you like about music/ singing

I don’t like singing too because I know that I can’t sing.  I feel like I sound flat.  I only like singing in Kapa Haka because they’re Māori songs and usually we just keep the same low note, nothing too high.  Plus, it’s a part of my Māori culture.

Animation Advert

This is a photo of mine and Te Ari Jack's Planning Sheet

On my planning sheet I have 4 scenes full of what I'm going to create in my animation. 

Scene 1 - The police are trying to shoot the bank robber.

Scene 2- A little kid walks in the way.

Scene 3 - Police shoot the little boy and the robber runs away.

Scene 4 - The robber does some drifts in his car and crashes into the bank and dies.

Creating the advert.

WALT: create a 30 second advert.

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1. Create a 300 photo shot  advert.
2. I or 2 close-up shots on your character - portrait or close-up on facial shot
3. Audience must know what you are advertising. Image and slogan must be provided.
4. Movements of character or characters must be fluid, slower, more body movements shown.
5. Add Title at the beginning and credits at the end. Don’t forget the music that reflects your mood for your advert.

My Reflection

The things that went well are: Videoing, planning, team work, building our characters, what we were advertising, creating our scene, following all the success criteria.

The learning that took place are: Learning how to video, make animations, using Plasticine, working as a team, using Stop Motion App.

I'm proud of: How it turned out for our first animation, How good it was, Mine and Te Ari's teamwork, Our movements were good so it made it look better.

I will improve on: Keeping my hands out of the way, making sure you can't see people in the background, Better looking characters, being faster to finish.

Toku Mihi

WALT: Present our mihi and pepeha confidently

Poll shows no threat to current flag

Title	Date	Summary
Poll shows no threat to current flag	21/10/15	None of the alternative national flags are likely to pose a challenge to the existing flag in upcoming referenda, a new poll shows. They’re voting for the best flag out of five and the one with the least votes will be eliminated.Prime Minister John Key said this afternoon that changing the flag was always going to be a difficult task. I think the flag should not be changed because the soldiers died under that flag and over half of NZ don’t want to change it. In fact 3 consecutive polls have shown that most New Zealanders don’t want the flag to change. In all three polls nearly three quarters did not support a flag change.

Ghostly Narrative

MY SCARY  CAMP

Some people don’t ever get the opportunity to share their experiences with facing death.  Thankfully I’m here….alive to share one of the scariest moments of my life.  My name is Jarryd Inglis and this is my tale.

One dark, cold, calm evening, Greg Hayne, and I were at the camp grounds in Gold Coast, USNZ. Greg and I always headed out onto the water at lake Tautoro. It’s said that there are lots of Taniwha in its deepest, darkest depths.  Their eyes make you forget who and where you are. Their scales are so colossal you’d seem like an ant against it.

I was told to beware of that lake because a lot of people have died in it. Greg and I didn't believe the stories we were told though. We were on the boat and we steered to the farest pontoon so we could loosen up. We climbed up gently as the pontoon rocked side to side.  Then unexpectedly, we heard a BIG growl.  Greg and I started licking our lips and gulping down big chunks of air.

“G, what was that?”I asked.

“I don’t know G, we should gap it” whispered Greg.

Leg muscles tightening, we jumped into the boat. Gripping the steering wheel tightly, Jarryd turned the key in the ignition.Thank god it started! As fast as he could, Jarryd steered the boat back to shore. We realised that after a while we weren't moving.The shore seemed the same distance away from when we started.

Body shaking, we decided to just lay down and say a karakia to the Atua. “Please, please let me get home.  I promise to be good” I repeated over and over.

BANG. Out of nowhere our boat started swaying.  We ended up in the water with our boat slowly sinking into the dark depths below.

“Dammmm bro this can’t any get worse,” Greg stated.

“REALLY BRO?” I was pretty frustrated at this stage.

The water rippled, “What was that?” Greg screeched.  “Sh*&, I swear something just slid by my legs”.

“AArrgh, bro lets gap it to shore” I shivered.  I was running on adrenalin.  I wanted out of this friggin water.  “Bro, I’m never going to question…” my voice got clogged.  

“Greg!  Bruddah!” Turning frantically in a circle I couldn’t see him anywhere.  I dived underwater.  I couldn’t see a thing.  Breaking the water’s surface I looked around again, hoping to see my best friend.  Heart pumping I dived again.

“Yesssss finally we got out of that trap” I said, so we made our way to shore and we heard another BANG and we were stuck again. “Dammm Bro were stuck again” said Greg Hayne then I replied “Far rats g”.  “Bro we might as well just lie down and wait till later and hopefully they have left”. “OK”. BOOM. BANG. And the water started splashing all over the place. We were still laying down waiting for the sea monsters to go away.

To top that off, the monsters or taniwha were back and we are terrified at this moment.

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