Tourism: Holiday Trip

 Location: From Christchurch to Timaru to Central Otago to Queenstown City to Wanaka and back to Christchurch. *Queenstown City is the main location.

What to do in these locations:

Day 1=Timaru: Caroline Bay Association (Carnival) - amusement park in Timaru.

Day 1=Central Otago: Kiwi Water Park - inflatable water park in Cromwell.

Day 1=Queenstown City: Walk around the city, go to the Fear Factory which is a tourist attraction.

Day 2=Queenstown City: Gondola, Luge Rides, Bungee jumping,
cruising.

Day 3=Queenstown City: Jet boating, parasailing, hydro attack, visit puzzling word, see "that Wanaka tree". 

Where will we stay: At the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown - 4 star hotel, top rated, free breakfast, restaurant, near public transport, great location for tourists, bar, fitness center.

How are we getting there: Drive

- How long the trip is;

From Christchurch to Timaru: 2 hours and 3 mins - 162.4km via State Highway 1

Timaru to Central Otago: 3 hours and 18 minutes - 260.7km via State Highway 8

Central Otago to Queenstown City: 1 hour and 55 minutes -  136km via State Highway 6

Queenstown City back to Christchurch: 5 hours and 48 minutes - 481.4km via State Highway 8

Whos going: We are a family of 5 - me, my parents and my 2 siblings.

What we need to do in order to get there;

- A car, petrol, money, clothes for 3 days, togs, essentials, hygiene stuff, snacks and some food for day 1's lunch.

Costs;

Petrol: According to www.drivingtests.co.nz, you can take take the cost for your fuel per tank and divide it by the kilometer driven to find out your fuel cost per kilometer eg. $130km/800km= $0.16 per kilometer.

Therefore: around 1050km x $0.16 = $168

day 1. Carnival: $25 per person (5 rides each person) x 5 = $125

Water Park: $40 per person (2 hours) x 5 = $200

Eat lunch from home = free

Walk around City = free

Fear Factory: $120 (4 adults) + $20 (1 child) = $140

Dinner at a restaurant = around $100

day 2. Breakfast from the Hotel = free

Gondola and Luge Rides = $268 (4 adults) + $49 (1 child) = $317

Lunch at the famous Fergburger in Queenstown = around $100

Bungee jumping = $572 (4 adults) + $108 (1 child) = $608

Cruising = $175 + around $100 for dinner inside the cruise = $275

day 3. Breakfast from the Hotel = free

Jet boating = $476 (4 adults) + $67 (1child) = $549

Parasailing = $258 (tandem) + $277 (triple) = $535

Hydro attack = $645 (5 people)

Lunch at a restaurant = around $100

Puzzling world = $100 (4 adults) + $18 (1 child) = $118

See "That Wanaka Tree" = free

Hotel Cost: $118 per suite + 2 suites = $236 for 2 days

*this hotel is close to most of the activities, tourist spots that I chose.

Total: around $3800

1.7 Create a Visual Text (Static Image) Poster

The type of visual text this is is a Film Poster. My static image is based on the film "Walk the Line". As shown on the image above, the images that I've used is a photo Johnny Cash (the main character) and June Carter with their instruments; to show that their the dominant image on this poster and that the instruments are to show that the film is based on their career on music, a fire that is shaped like a circle around the dominant image; to show one of Johnny Cash's song the "Ring of Fire" which was also played in the movie, under that there are two lines; to show  the name of the film which is "Walk the Line" I also colored the line orange because it stands up with that color and so it could also blend in with the fire above, in between those lines there are photos of drugs and alcohol as a symbol; to show that Johnny Cash was addicted to those I put them in between of those 2 lines so it is more noticeable. A photo of a mother of 2 girls is also in between the two lines; they are Johnny Cash's wife Vivian and their 2 daughters. They are colored black to show the relationship between them. The visual feature that I used is a line.

A verbal feature that I used is a quote from the movie where it says "What's with black? It looks like you're going to a funeral." I put this text in a speech bubble that is colored black and the text is colored white so it contrasts the text so it is readable. It is done the same with the other quote where Johnny Cash answered "Maybe I am"; it is pointed at him to show that he was the one who said it. The setting/background of my static image is in a prison; to show where one of the scenes from the movie is set in a prison where Johnny Cash performed in Folsom Prison. Also, if you look on the top left corner you can see the name of the movie "Walk the Line" in bold and I used the 'Times New Roman' font; so it stands out more and would look more like a title. On the bottom left corner, Johnny Cash's name is written in 'Italics' to show that he's one of the main casts in the movie.

The type of visual text I am going to create is ...

A Film Poster

I am going to base my static image on ...

Walk the Line

The images I am going to use are…

Guitar, drugs, alcohol, Johnny Cash& his family, prison

I am going to use these images because…

They relate to Johnny Cash

The verbal feature I am going to use is …

“It looks like  you’re going to a funeral” and “maybe I am”

I am going to use this because…

It was in the movie where Johnny Cash wore black.

The symbol(s) I will use are …

Guitar, drugs, alcohol

I am going to use them to show …

That  it’s in the movie.

I am going to use the colours ….

Black, white, orange,

I am going to use them to help show ...

The emotion and genre of  the film, with orange is to represent fire

The dominant feature I will use will be …

Johnny cash and june carter

I am going to use it to help show …

Johnny cash relationship with her and what/how the symbols relate to him

I am going to have a layout like …

Landscape

I am going to have the layout in this way because…

So that i can fit all of the features

I am going to use the visual language feature (name it) …

Lines, family photo

I am going to use it to help show …

That  the movie is called walk the line and to show Cash’s family

I am going to use the visual language feature (name it) …

colours

I am going to use it to help show …

The emotions from the colour

I am going to use the visual language feature (name it) …

objects

I am going to use it to help show …

How johnny cash used these in the film

 Poster Planning

Walk the Line Film Poster

Formal Persuasive Writing 1.5

DON'T READ UNLESS YOU'RE THE TEACHER!!!

Formal Persuasive Essay

Technology is responsible for most of our problems today! Does technology even help us? In fact, “technology and social media are ruining our lives”. How? Well technology is actually one of the main reasons why there has been an increased amount of addiction, privacy concerns, and crimes in this society nowadays. 

Around 420 million people around the world are addicted to technology; which makes up six percent of the world’s population. You may think that six percent isn’t that bad. Well according to medical terms, technology can actually be addicting and it can have a huge impact in a human’s life. An example of an impact is that being addicted to technology means that it can actually lead to physical and psychological issues. Being addicted to technology such as mobile devices and social media can affect you physically and psychologically by how it can affect your eyesight; also having difficulty focusing. That is just one of the main impacts that technology has affected us.

Another way technology has become one of our problems today is that there has also been a number of crimes due to technology. An example of a crime that has caused technology is that it has allowed criminals/hackers the ability to do illegal activities anonymously online; which can also cause harm to others like when people share too much information online. These types of crimes are called cybercrime. Cybercrime is a type of crime where criminal activities are carried out using computers and networks. The United States is actually one of the top countries that has the highest cybercrime with 23%; followed by China with 9%.

Not only has there been an amount of crimes in this society, there have also been concerns on privacy. Privacy concerns on technology also have a huge impact on people. An example is social media. Social media and any other types of media are good in this society due to the fact that they inform people about the updates, news, and changes that have happened. Although sometimes it can get out of control which is a huge concern. This happens when people take advantage of technology and social media. Some of these personal privacy concerns are that people’s personal information gets leaked online and that’s when people take advantage of them by scamming them; they start to do illegal stuff online; using other people’s information.

Although technology is bad, it can also have some benefits in this society like how it affects the way people interact with other people through social media, helps easier communication, and efficiency. This is shown by how with education, 62% of the students globally prefer using technology with their learning. It has also shown that technology has improved learning and working because you can work in tons of ways with technology.

These are some of the main impacts that technology has harmed or affected society and how it has/can also benefit. They are that technology can be addicting, has caused crimes, and privacy concerns. But it can also have advantages which are that it helps with the interaction, communication, and it speeds the work/learning that has been done.

Pathos is an appeal to emotion. 

It is an advertisement using pathos will attempt to evoke an emotional response in the consumer. 

Pathos can also include emotions such as fear and guilt: images of a starving child persuade you to send money. Logos: an appeal to logic or reason.

Logos is the logical appeal.

Logos is the persuasive technique that aims to convince an audience by using logic and reason. 

Logos examples in advertisement include the citation of statistics, facts, charts, and graphs.

Ethos is the persuasive technique that appeals to an audience by highlighting credibility.

Ethos advertisement techniques invoke the superior “character” of a speaker, presenter, writer, or brand. 

Ethos examples aim to convince the audience that the advertiser is reliable and ethical.

In progress Zandy's Static Image

 

Color- This photo shows the color green which represents the environment. It is showed by how everything around is green; the trees, buildings, leaves, roads, and people's clothes (almost everything on the photo. They chose this color because they are showing the nature and that everything is made out of environment. 

Film Cover- This image represents how the film setting is in London due to the flag on the background and the title  of the film. This photo also shows that the dominant image of this photo is the main character of the film because he is in the middle of the page. There are also names of people on top of the page to show the characters on the film and at the bottom of the image, it is showing a slogan that this movie is about justice for their country. 

Symbol- This symbol represents the sign of peace. It is colored in black to show that this symbol represents power, strength, and formality.

Photographs- This is a photograph of a lion. They put it in black and white color to show how lions are powerful, fearless, strong, and rebellion. The lions is in the middle of the page to show that the lion is the dominant image.

Dominant image- This dominant image shows a girl on the background (blurd out). It is blurd out to show hoe the hand is the dominant image even if it's on the left. It also shows a fist scrunched. This photo shows how the girl fears the fist. This photo is in black to show  fear and evil. Also 

SDL Individual Work on Film Aspects Assessment

WALT: Learn the basics of film aspects

Zandy's Slidedeck 2

WALT: Analyse how film aspects show meaning

Zandy's Slidedeck 4

 WALT: Critical Literacy Matrix

Film Extract - Walk the Line

Questions

1. What is the text about? How do we know?

 The text from the 'Walk the Line' film extract was about how intense and scary the concert was due to Johnny Cash being drugged. We see this when the camera zooms in to Johnny Cash's face which shows his red eyes. It also showed how he was out of control with drugs which affected his life as a singer.

2. What genre does this text belongs to?

The genre of this text is musical but also scary. This is because of how it was a concert but with a drugged singer, Johnny Cash who was lost but still performed but couldn't finish it. It was showed how scary it was due to the camera motions and how Johnny was performing because of how he was lost. 

3. Are there gaps and silences in the text?

There were no gaps and silences in the film because it was crowded with people because it's a concert so people were screaming and the band was playing loud even when Johnny Cash fainted, there was still no silences.

4. Who's views are excluded and privileged in the text?

Only teenagers, young adults and adults are probably the only allowed people to watch this film and not children because there was a part when Johnny Cash swore and it is also because of how drug is part of the film.

Group Work

Jerimiah, Zandy, Erica Group Work

ZANDY'S Film Close Viewing Assessment 

Zandy's Creative Writing

Zandy's Creative Writing

My 6 examples of writing a better sentence

The Simple Sentence:

She came and asked what I needed -The flight attendant, Christine came and asked what I needed...

The Very Short Sentence:

I couldn’t do anything about it.

The Adverb Start:

Immediately, I rang the little bell on my side…

Begin with a Preposition:

After all, I don’t regret being in the wrong flight.

The -ING Start:

Looking at my ticket, I was shocked by what was written on it.

The W-Start Sentence:

While we were landing in Iceland...

Self-Directed Learning- Post Creative Writing Tasks

Pick 6 tasks

Use Time-Related Specifics: 

When I looked at the ticket, the flight was at  7 at night but it was still morning so...

Create a conflict crucial to your characters:

 I couldn’t say anything because I was still in shock by the fact that I was in the wrong flight.

Keep making the reader ask questions:

Looking at my ticket, I was shocked by what was written on it.

REPLACE weak words with stronger ones:

Noun: While we were landing in Iceland Airport... Adjective: I looked for my plane ticket... Verbs: I can already feel the cold weather breezing through my body.

DELETING Weak or Unnecessary Words, Phrases, Sentences, Paragraphs

Figurative Language for the Sense of Sound:

Onomatopoeia:  WOW!....listened to the tires screeching... Alliteration:  While we were waiting for a response,...

The 5 Senses:

See: Looking at the view of Iceland... Hear: … while I listened to the plane taking off... Taste: The food was delicious... Feel: … feel the cold weather breezing through my body.

What is my learning objective? To learn writing skills.

How am I learning it? By doing the tasks.

Why am I learning it? To improve my writing.

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