Film Study ll Themes of the film

L.O: Analyse the ideas and themes of a film.

Some ideas from Coraline:

- Neglect .e.g Coraline's parents ignoring her
- Version of Reality e.g. The 'other' world vs the 'real' world.
- Overcoming Fears



Coraline: "I almost fell down a well yesterday, mom"
Her Mother: "Uh-huh"
Coraline: "I could've died"
Her Mother: "That's nice"
The quote resembles how her parents neglect her every time.

Coraline: "She's got this whole world where everything's better. The food, the garden, the neighbors. But its all a trap"
The quote represents how the other world is better than her real world.

Coraline: 'EVIL WITCH, I'M NOT SCARED!'
This quote shows how she overcome her fears when she was scared of the other mother sewing buttons in her eyes

What am I learning: The themes in Coraline
How does this show my learning: By putting quotes in each theme showing how they're important in the film.
What am I wondering: Analysing the idea of a film.

Calculating squares around the grid

In Maths, we've been working on how to solve the squares around the grid. We came up with 6 ways to calculate it and we've used a 10 by 10 grid.
Here are 3 ways to do it:


My theory for working out the number of the squares is counting the boxes in the top of the grid and in the bottom. Next, you double them. You also do the same on the side of the grid. After you have the answer, you subtract them.
(Remember you can only count the boxes in the edge once)

Example: The number of squares in the top and at the bottom is 10.
(double it) 10 x 10 = 100
In both sides of the grid, there are 8 squares
(double it) 8 x 8 = 64
Now, you subtract them.
100 - 64 = 36

Other methods


In this method, we had to count the boxes on each side of the square. The reason why I used 9 because in each side there are 10 boxes but if we don't count the corners twice, we have 9.
For example 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 36
In algebra:
n-1 + n-1 + n-1 + n-1 = 36






The second method is adding the two bottom rows and the 2 sides together.
We only count the corners once that's why we have 8 as the side rows.
For example 10 + 10 + 8 + 8 = 36
If we use algebra as a calculation, it will look like this:
n + n + n-2 + n-2 = 36




Do you know any other way to do it?

Film Study ll Practicing for the Essay

3 Step Plan
Step 1
Describe: How the other mother changed during the film
starts nice to become wicked
- evil
- impatient
Coraline causes changes
- bright cheerful
- tells other mother she's not the real mother
Horror
Physical Changes
- body shape
- mood
- face
Cinematography colors
- bright/warn →dark color

Step 2
Choose 3 ideas:
Starts nice - become wicked
Physical changes
Colors

Step 3
Sequence order:
Physical changes
Starts nice - become wicked
Colors

A simple sentence starts with the subject.
Example:
The other mother changed a lot throughout the film.
Explore the subject: showing your knowledge by giving extra information about the subject.
- in reality an evil spiderlike creature.
- in several physical ways

Film Study ll Character Strengths

Task: Identify 2-3 of these character strengths in Coraline and one other character of your choice.



Cat
The cat has shown teamwork when he decided to help Coraline to rescue her parents and the ghost children from the other world. This an important character strength because if you never learn to work as a team, you won't be able to learn how to support each other and how to rely on them. The cat has also shown perseverance when he went to the other world knowing that he had a chance of getting trapped in there with Coraline.

Coraline has shown 2 types of character strengths. One is bravery and the other is hope.
She has shown Bravery when she went back to the other world to save her parents and the ghost children. Bravery is important because if you keep being weak, everything is gonna take advantage around you. Another value that she has shown in the text is hope. Even though she had to do everything herself, she still didn't give up. Hope is another important value because if you keep giving up in life, you will not achieve what you want in your future.