My Six Sentence Story

Shapeshifter

Once upon a time, there was a small boy named Crimson. Crimson lived in a cottage with his family in the middle of a thick forest. Crimson was not normal he was a shapeshifter, he could shapeshift into anything he thought of like change his features, as well as being able to transform into a dragon, wolf, and any other animal he desired. One day Crimson got captured by a crazy scientist who wanted to steal Crimsons power. Crimson felt scared and worried about what was going to happen to him. The next day when the scientist came in for his daily testing Crimson transformed himself into a mouse and scurried across the floor and into the sewers, he managed to escape in one piece and got home safely.

Weather with you

Her black hair lay on her shoulders as she crouched in front of her bedroom window, she stared blankly out the window watching rain roll down her window, flashes of light struck the ground followed by a grumble. Her face was lifeless, her blue eyes were no longer glowing with happiness but were dark with sorrow and regret. Beneath her eyes were red and puffy, her tears slowly rolling down her freckled cheeks. Her blossom shaped lips trembled as she cried. She wore oversized black clothing with a blue bow clipped to her hair. 

Character Resume

I am learning to understand how characters are devolped in a film.

The work I have down below Is the basic info about some of the lead characters.

Freytag Pyramid Dragon Heart

I am learning about analysing the plot of a film.

I learnt how to do a Freytag Pyramid by doing this task.

The work I have here shows the progress of the plot within the movie.

This is what I used to make my Freytag Pyramid

Source of this Image

Dragonheart Setting

Dragonheart

When and where was the movie set?

The movie Dragonheart was set in England in the 10th century.

What was life like in the 10th Century?

Everyday life in Anglo Saxon England was hard and rough even for the rich. Society was divided into three classes. At the top were the thanes, the Saxon upper class. They enjoyed hunting and feasting and they were expected to give their followers gifts like weapons. Below them were the churls. Some churls were reasonably well off. Others were very poor. Below them were a class of slaves called thralls. Their lives were very hard. Some churls owned their own land but many ‘rented’ land from a thane. They ‘paid rent’ by working in the thane’s land for part of the weed and by giving him part of their crops.

Kinship (family ties) were very important in Anglo Saxon society. If you were killed your relatives would avenge you. If one of your relatives was killed you were expected to avenge them. However, the law did provide an alternative. If you killed or injured somebody you could pay them or their family compensation. The money paid was called wergild and it varied according to a person rank. The wergild for killing a thane was much more than that for killing a churl. Thralls or slaves had no wergild. If the wergild was not paid the relatives were entitles to seek revenge. At first, Anglo Saxon society was relatively free. There were some slaves but the basis of society was a free peasant. In time Anglo Saxon churls began to lode their freedom. They became increasingly dependent on their lords and under their control.

The Anglo Saxons lived in wooden huts with thatched roofs. Usually, there was only one room shared by everybody. (Poor people shared huts with animals divided from them by a screen. During the winter animals' body heat helped keep the hut warm). Thanes and their followers slept on beds but the poorest people slept on the floor.

There were no panes of glass in windows, even in a Thane's hall and there were no chimneys. Floors were of earth or sometimes there were dug out and had wooden floorboards placed over them. There were no carpets. Rich people used candles but they were too expensive for the poor. Instead, poor Anglo Saxons used rushlights (rushes dipped in animal fat). Anglo Saxon toilets were just pits dug in the ground surrounded by walls of wattle (strips of wood is woven together). The seat was a piece of wood with a hole in it.

How did we see that in the film?

• In the movie, there were villages being taxed for basically anything.
• There were slaves that had to work for the Rich
• The houses they had in the villages had the same design as in real life in the 10th century.

Where was the movie filmed? 
The movie Dragonheart was filmed around Slovakia in central Europe, particularly to the east of the country in the beautiful landscapes of the Slovak Paradise National Forest.

How does that link to the historical Setting?
In central Europe, they had castles as well as ruins and open fields which would be great for the movie
since it is set in the tenth century.

In this task, I am learning about the importance of setting to a film.
The work I have above shows that I understand about the setting of the film Dragonheart.

Screenshots from Dragonheart

I have been learning about the purpose of camera angles, movement and shots.
The work I have below tells you what techniques were used in the shot, what effect it had on the viewer, and why the director used it.

 1st Screenshot

In Dragonheart, Mid shots were used regularly in the film. The mid shot shows us that Einon has become more powerful than Bowen. The shot makes us understand what is happening in this scene. The shot managed to show us what was happening in the fight between Bowen and Einon, it shows both of the characters body language and facial expressions about the situation they are in. The Director used this shot to show us that over time Einon had been getting better at fighting. He managed to capture the moment where Einon proves to be more powerful than Bowen.

2nd Screenshot

In the movie Dragonheart they used a variety of different shots throughout the movie. This is an example of a wide shot/high shot. The shot shows us a load of background. It shows us a village running towards the camera. The shot gives us the information on what is happening in the film. The Director used this shot to draw attention to the importance of the environment or setting. High shots also tend to make the characters look smaller to fit more characters/ background in the shot.

3rd Screenshot

In this scene, the director used a low shot. In this shot, we can see Brother Gilbert sitting in a tree with two other people. The shot makes us think that we are looking at Gilbert as if we were on the ground. Gilbert points his bow and arrow at the camera to get an effect as if he was aiming at the audience.

The Director used a low shot to give the impression that they were high up. The shot also makes the character look stronger and more powerful.

4th Screenshot

This is an example of an over the shoulder shot. The shot makes the audience feel as if they are staring into Draco's eyes as if they were Bowen. The Director used the back of the shoulder and head of the person is used to frame the image of whatever (or whomever) the camera is pointing toward. This type of shot is very common when two characters are having a discussion and will usually follow an establishing shot which helps the audience place the characters in their setting.

Todays Lesson in Drama

17/10/2018

What we did this lesson-

Today we were testing our brains. The games we took part in was the copy circle and Tequila.

The games were about movement and listening to instructions. The games would test our listening skills.

Another good drama game would be charades.