Coraline Film Study: Timeline

My Timeline of important plot points in 'Coraline':https://infograph.venngage.com/edit/80723a2c-04ed-4688-b421-258f5c3d313a
what am I learning?
Explain how the film's plot is constructed to engage a viewer using technical language
How does this work show my learning?
This workpiece shows that I understand what parts in the film are major and not minor to the plot in which I have put all important parts which I think are to be the major plot points.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
I am wondering if what I have put is important and if I had been to brief with the info on plot points. I am also wondering if I have fully understood what a major and minor plot point is.

Business Studies: Entrepeneurs

Complete the table by explaining why the skills are important for an entrepreneur. The first is done as an example for you.
Skills	'Reason' the skill is important for an entrepreneur
Planning	To track how the business is going from month to month; some businesses might have different needs at different times of the year.
Financial	Being able to save and make purchases which won't lead the business to bankruptcy or to making unnecessary purchases which will do the same.
Administrative	Being able to look over what your business is up to, the amount of work which is being done and the money which is racking up. there is also the progress and important data which must be looked at
Marketing	To be able to sell products and make your product seem nice and attention-grabbing. Giving a good reason why someone should buy it.
People	Having people skills is great so that you can get a point across to your customers, the reason they should buy your product.
Communication	Being clear and meaningful, putting your message through in a way that everyone can hear it like a commercial on the tv or on the radio.
Which of the skills above do you think is the most important? (Highlight them in your table). Explain your answer: It is important that you are having an eye on what your business and employees are up to, knowing what they are doing for either all the time or most of it is great because you can put them back in line if they're slacking or failing to work the job in which they are occupying.

The quote is by Colin Powell

The way in which this quote means hard work and achievement to me is by the way in which it speaks about wanting a dream to become real but the only way it can is by doing the hard work for it and also having the determination/motivation to do it.

Workshop 5-Creating Characters

1. -Looks like normal mum with button eyes
-dresses like the real mother
-Softer/rounder edges - hips,head,knees,elbows
-clothes are basic design, no patterns, covers most of her body

2.head + nose - pointier/sharp
- Sleeves get shorter
- addition of red to colour palette
- Starting to get Beatle shape from the apron
- long baggy pants keep the idea of softness

3. - all weight has moved to hips/ bum-accents
Beatle shape of the dress
- red, black white, more pattern, better/tighter
fit, more skin showing
- getting longer + pointer - Stretched neck, pointed elbows, shorter hair, pointed head + nose

4. - scissors/thing like -very skinny
- huge height increase-compared to oven
- pointy head, elbows
-high heels
-full black outfit-red shoes
-little/no fat left on the body, lots of skin showing

5. -skinless, needle-like, no face, paper-thin
-has grown extra legs
-looks alien-not human-like
-clothes are more like tattered rags
-very tall
-has become hunched over

*Gradual changes over time
-Takes more time to notice
-Looks can be deceiving
-Changes as Coraline perception of her changes

*Start - the colour is warm, inviting, by the end is green, unnatural + creepy

Workshop 4: Music, how does it enhance the story

Music
Chords
Major - Written in a major key, happy tone
Minor - Written in a minor key - sad/creepy tone

Tempo - Fast - makes it feel energetic, gives movement
Slow - makes it feel lethargic, boring

Dynamics - Loud (forte)- feels intense, shocking, builds emotion
- Quiet (piano) - draw in viewer focus, background
- changes-quiet to loud - builds intensity/energy
-loud to quiet-drains intensity/energy

Song 1: happy and calm - fast - major
Song 2: Strange and mysterious - slower - minor

Diegetic Sound- sounds added to a film e.g. music, explosions

Non-diagetic sounds-sounds that occur naturally
-wind in trees
-footsteps

Coraline opening scene - Minor - unsettled, creepy, insecure
Moderate/fast - gives energy, movement,
Changes dynamics often - focus, build intensity

Mouse Circus
Chord - Minor- unsettling, creepy
Tempo - fast - furious, energetic
Dynamics- Loud - happy, playful, grabs attention

Mirror
Chord - Minor - tone, creepy, low - works well with ghost howls
Tempo - Slow - movement where it picks up, lethargic, lazy
Dynamics - swells loud, quiet - creates focus mmoments

Blood story - Benjamen

Today I have awoken into a life of white blood cells and the alarms are going off. I must follow my brothers and sisters to the danger we must take care of this invader, bacteria. We are using all our might and some friends have come to help, antibodies. We are fighting so this body can stay alive. B lymphocytes are triggered to make antibodies. These specialized proteins lock onto specific antigens.

The way we are taking care of this foreign enemy is by having our best organisms on the job like the T cells which destroy antigens tagged by antibodies and cells that are infected or changed. White blood cells, also called leukocyte or white corpuscle, a cellular component of the blood that lacks haemoglobin, has a nucleus, is capable of motility, and defends the body against infection and disease by ingesting foreign materials and cellular debris, by destroying infectious agents.

The Production Line - Term 2

In business studies, we have been researching the production line. Here I have researched myself and discovered some interesting this about it, like how low cost it is to run and how workers don't need that many qualifications