Wilder People / Final thoughts and comments about the film.

Kia Ora! Today I will be writing about the film called Wilder people. If you haven't watched/researched abut the film yet, it was released in March 31 2016 and was directed by Taika Waititi. Taika Waititi has many professions and is a very talented man, hes won may awards and is famous around many countries. Another actor you might notice in the film is Julian Dennison, He played Ricky Baker during the film, I have seen him in many films and he's a very good actor. 

Ricky Baker was considered a bad child. Many people didn't want to take him in because they thought that he would mess up everything, that is until he met his new guardians. His new guardians loved him (Well, At least one of them did). Sadly Auntie Bella (Ricky's new guardian) passed away a few days after they got Ricky, No one really stated how she died but she was found dead whilst doing her laundry. A few days passed and child welfare was notified about the incident that occurred and would soon after try to take Ricky. Shortly after, he faked his death and both Hec and Him ran away together and had an adventure in the forest. Soon after the police caught up to them and chased them down, this is where a lot of chaos started! As you would expect during the end of the movie they ended up being caught by the police, Hec was almost thrown in jail because of the false accusations... At the very end Hec and Ricky made up and lived together.

My opinion on the film is very critical, I liked the film but it could possibly use some improvements. A few thing I liked about the film is that they did a pretty great job on the camera lighting and angles, it really set the mood they were trying to get out of a scene. Another things was that I thought the actors acting was great! It felt like very realistic to watch especially their script, it didn't feel like they were being shown what to say, which is great. Something that I didn't like about the film is the story line, I think that they need to add more detail because the film seemed a tad bit rushed at the beginning ( Some parts of the film wasn't explained thoroughly tot he audience ). Other then this I think the movie was pretty great!  

I would recommend this movie to people who like to watch comedy/adventure movies, the reason is because that Hunt for the wilder people is a mix of those two genres. I think you would enjoy watching this with friends and family members, this was a pretty much a family friendly film! If I were to give it a rating, I would give it a solid 3.5 stars. 

Cultural Inquiry Re-count

 Kia Ora! Today we will be talking about my schools cultural inquiry. As for my work I chose to write/research about Filipino fashion, I chose to do this because I am Filipino myself and I was really interested in learning about the origins of our Fashion in the Philippines. Many people chose different cultures to work on and they worked very hard to be able to present their work. from my research I found that a popular cultural “Costume” in the Philippines is skirt and blouse, Men usually wear a barong and some sort of pants. Many people wear these in the Philippines during certain festivals, This type of costume has been with us for many years and has also evolved in those years. The reasoning of why the barong and blouse is our traditional costume is because a study revealed that “Barong tagalog” was taken from the phrase “ Baro ng tagalog” which translates to “Dress of the tagalog/Philippines”. Many of my relatives wear these on appropriate occasions such as, Weddings, Formal parties, Political events, ect.

The blouse is usually worn by women, it's a very detailed shirt with different patterns all over it, it’s usually coloured cream white or possibly another colour (it usually depends on the event). Women in the Philippines usually wear a skirt that matches with their blouse, this makes it look like a sort of dress. The sleeve of this is very high on the top which makes it look very nice and different from other dresses in the world. These blouses/dresses can also be called “The Maria Clara dress/blouse” these sort of dresses were named after someone. 

Moving on, the barong (worn by men) has long sleeves and a collar, men in the Philippines also usually wear cream white versions. The barong is very similar to the Maria Clara dress/blouse. Men mostly wear black pants with this, most of the fabric is made out of silk. 

These are a couple of the things that I found out while researching for my culture, it was really fun finding out about these things because I can get closer to my culture and have more knowledge about it. 

I hope that you enjoyed reading about Philippines fashion! What country do you come from? 

ESOL/Reading a novel.

Kia Ora! Today we will be talking about today's ESOL lesson and what occurred during the first half of our time.

During the first few minutes of entering ESOL, our teacher started to read a novel without warning us. At first I didn’t notice her reading because of all the ruckus going on as all of us tried to get into our seats, but I soon heard her when all of us settled down. 

Our teacher didn’t tell us the name of the novel but started to read the pages anyway, I think she did this to keep the story hidden so that there would be no spoilers when we watch the movie or read the book during ESOL time.

As she started to read the story word to word it seemed that a boy named Noah (Possible protagonists/Storyteller) was talking about the past, future and present tense of his family's story. 

The novel started off by telling us about how his dad first met and fell in love with Noah’s current mother. Noah talked about how his father met his mother at a bakery store and immediately fell in love with her the moment he first laid eyes on her, his dad knew what he wanted when he saw her. The dad wasn’t all that focused/interested in studying; he was rather focused on the girl he had met that day. Though the dad was head over heels in love with the mum, the dad tried to convince/make her fall in love with him, and that’s when it started. The mum soon asked the dad out (Which of course he said yes to). 

A few years went by and they got married, they later went to Kenya for their honeymoon. Noah’s parents liked to travel a lot around the world, but they soon settled down to have 3 kids of their own in Sydney Australia. They were a joyful and happy family during this time, even though the mom and dad have kids now it didn’t stop them from travelling. They continued their journey with 3 kids beside them this time!

My prediction is that some sort of tragedy will happen to them, The reasoning behind this thought is that Noah said and I quote “I guess we all kinda knew that our life was perfect and that we wouldn’t change a thing. 

But sometimes you don’t get that choice, do you? Sometimes stuff happens that you would do anything to try to avoid. But you can’t. And that’s what happened to us.”. This made me think of perhaps the “Sometimes stuff happens that you would do anything to try to avoid. But you can’t. And that’s what happened to us.” might be hinting to a family tragedy/accident that they couldn’t avoid? During the story the word “Magpie…” was mentioned, If you didn’t know already this is a type of word. I think that perhaps this magpie is a pet, or perhaps some sort of helping animal?

Hunt For The Wilder People / Paragraph 3.

 Kia ora! In this paragraph I will be talking about the second picture shown above as my topic.

As seen on the picture they are trying to hide from the police, seeing from their face expressions they seem to look very anxious/scared. It seems they are hiding behind some rocks or trees surrounded with leaves trying to hide from the police trying to catch them. At this point of the movie we hear a lot of police near them, at some points of this you can only hear Hec and Ricky breathing or whispering.

I think this part of the movie also made the audience feel anxious for the characters, This is because this part shows the actors nearly getting caught. 

While watching this part, I thought/felt that they were being too loud by whispering and that may have been the cause of them being caught, perhaps someone could’ve gotten shot since they were both holding guns. This part was definitely trying to put people on the edge of their seats! This is one of the more “intense” part of the film.

This part was included in the film because it shows how their bond/relationship grew, it gave us a thought whether one was gonna abandon the other. This shows us that the characters grew closer together while on their journey, this was important to the plot because it added to their relationship and also their journey.

It’s possible that they filmed a mid shot so that we could see the characters clearly and also be able to see the setting, this part also filled the whole frame so it looked pretty nice. The background seems to look a bit dull but the actors' outfits pop out and are more colourful than anything else on the scene. They were placed in that spot because it shows their fear as they press up against the tree trying to hide. If they were trying to achieve an intense mood, I think that they achieved their goal.

My opinion of this film is great, I think that they did a great job on lighting and angles. The face expressions told a lot, they made good choice of picking the lighting, setting and mood. It helped people understand what they were trying to go for and what type of theme there was. 

Hunt for the Wilder people / Writhing a paragraph (Paragraph 1)

Kia Ora! Today we will be talking about Hunt For The Wilder People, me and my class have been learning about this film throughout the whole term. All of us have been working hard to be able to get a good paragraph out of this experience, we had a to o lots of tasks to finish this and we finally achieved our end goal!

  

Most things I learned about this experience are camera angles and lighting, These sort of effects can really help set the mood weather it be horror or romance. I also learned about conflict and chaos and the different conflicts there are with everyone. Another thing I learned was about writing a SEXXXY paragraph, this helped me do my paragraphs without a worry throughout the whole term!

This experience has helped my writing because, we had to write a lot and all of these writings had to have good grammar. I learned a few more things I needed to know to be able to do a great paragraph.  This helped my writing because I can now write more clearly and more proper.

My favourite part of the film study was learning about the characters and making paragraphs for them, I liked doing this because we got to watch a movie about an interesting boy who has a new foster home but it took a turn. While watching the film (Hunt For the Wilder People) I learnt a lot about their angles and how it affected the mood. Writing about the characters were really fun because we got to learn new things about them that we might've missed from the movie.

Here is my last paragraph that I did for this. 

I chose to do topic number one. My topic is to talk about our protagonist of the film which is Ricky, I will be describing his character development throughout the film and how he has changed during those times. 
As seen on the first few parts of the film Ricky was shown to be a bad kid or as he had said he considered himself a “Gangster”. He was causing chaos for his past foster parents and his current, most of the people he had met knew him for being bad. He was spat, graffiti, stole, ect almost everywhere he went, so as you can tell he has a lot to improve on. It was difficult for him to find a home because of all of the mess he’s got himself into, even if he found a new welcoming home he would run away. In the last few minutes of the film you can really tell how much he’s changed, he seems to be a lot nicer and doesn't do any illegal things anymore and has seemed to accept his new family. He’s learned to be more calm and be aware of the people surrounding him and their feelings, it seems that he has become more mindful of the people around him.
This film was very inspirational to watch and I think everyone felt the same because we got to see a troubled kid finally find his happy place,it really does goes to show that people can change even if they are really bad. While watching this audience probably felt happy for him to find his family.
I think he added this character development for the movie to be more exciting by seeing someone change. His growth was important because it would be a bit boring if he stayed the same throughout the film. 
Around the ending of the film, Ricky and hec are shown sitting down and having a wee chat with each other. I think they chose to do the medium close up angle to show the characters expressions. For the lighting on that part of the film, I think they chose it because it matched the mood, Sort of grey.
In conclusion my opinion on this film is that it was a great film, there was a lot of character development and not only on Ricky but other characters too. In my opinion they could’ve made it more exciting by adding more intense moments through their adventures. Either way i still like the film very much and how they chose to do the camera angles and lighting.

A highlighted version for the SEXXXY paragraph.

I chose to do topic number one. My topic is to talk about our protagonist of the film which is Ricky, I will be describing his character development throughout the film and how he has changed during those times.  As seen on the first few parts of the film Ricky was shown to be a bad kid or as he had said he considered himself a “Gangster”. He was causing chaos for his past foster parents and his current, most of the people he had met knew him for being bad. He was spat, graffiti, stole, ect almost everywhere he went, so as you can tell he has a lot to improve on. It was difficult for him to find a home because of all of the mess he’s got himself into, even if he found a new welcoming home he would run away. In the last few minutes of the film you can really tell how much he’s changed, he seems to be a lot nicer and doesn't do any illegal things anymore and has seemed to accept his new family. He’s learned to be more calm and be aware of the people surrounding him and their feelings, it seems that he has become more mindful of the people around him.This film was very inspirational to watch and I think everyone felt the same because we got to see a troubled kid finally find his happy place,it really does goes to show that people can change even if they are really bad. While watching this audience probably felt happy for him to find his family.I think he added this character development for the movie to be more exciting by seeing someone change. His growth was important because it would be a bit boring if he stayed the same throughout the film. Around the ending of the film, Ricky and Hec are shown sitting down and having a wee chat with each other. I think they chose to do the medium close up angle to show the characters expressions. For the lighting on that part of the film, I think they chose it because it matched the mood, Sort of grey.In conclusion my opinion on this film is that it was a great film, there was a lot of character development and not only on Ricky but other characters too. In my opinion they could’ve made it more exciting by adding more intense moments through their adventures. Either way i still like the film very much and how they chose to do the camera angles and lighting.