English Task

Workshop 3 How do ‘Lighting & Colour’ enhance the story? English

Keywords-Atmosphere/mood
How we feel watching the scene


Lighting and colour

Warm-makes feel comfortable, safe, welcoming.
Cold- feels sterile, clean,futunistic,technological.

Bright- feels more lively, energised, vibrant.
Dull- feel calm, quiet, boring, old.

Natural- sources are sun/moon, feels like real life
Artificial- Man-made sources, feel unnatural.

Pallette- The colours used in that shot e.g nature palette will have colours found in nature like browns/greens.

 The scene where August cries to his mum about looking different.

- They don't even talk to me 
- My face is ugly
- Is it always going to matter

- Auggie mum goes into his room to check on him, He tells her others make fun of him and she reassures him
- Theme - the importance of friend and family

Shots/Angle - 
- close up used to show Auggie emotions
- Over the shoulder when mum speaks to show conversation from Auggie points of view.

Lighting/Colour

-Warm dark colours
-This is a safe and comfortable space for Auggie to cry
-Dull colours - sad, lonely, sympathetic, calm quiet
- Natural light - is night-time.


Effect on the viewer

-Sympathetic. sad, sorry, lonely, depressed, miserable, downhearted, forlorn


Directors Purpose →

Emphasises the sadness of the moment and the importance of Auggies relationship with his family.


Co-Construct our SEXXXY paragraph

In the scene where Auggie cries to his mother about being bullied, colour and lighting are used to create an atmosphere of sympathy. We see this through the use of warm and dull colours in the shot.
These make the space feel safe and comfortable for Auggie to express his emotions. This makes us understand how Auggie is feeling, miserable, oppressed and depressed because he looks different from his peers. He asks his mum, 'will it always matters' which is a feeling most in the audience can relate too. This was done to show the theme, the importance of friendship and family, because Auggie learns resilience by talking issues through his mum. Combine with this is the use of close-up shots to shows the emotions and tears on Auggie face.  The viewer of a moment later in the story where Auggie is upset because his sister Via doesn't want him to go to her play. Just like this scene, Auggie runs to his room upset and a member of his family comes to rescue him.

Workshop 1: Unpacking the Themes & ideas

Kindness- verbal/physical action that is nice, caring, using manners, respect





Example- When jack sticks up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julien.
- Shows kindness-sticking up for a friend
-not letting others talk badly  about friends
-Jack has previously not been kind, talked about Auggie behind his back.



 - Important because    -important because - helps people make friends
-builds a person self-confidence
-makes people feel accepted/included
-if there wasn't kindness Auggie wouldn't have made any friends, grown his self-confidence to be able to take off his helmet, Ro included at breaker prop.


importance of  Friendship and family - trust, trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, help build resilience


Example 1: When the  Pullman's dog Daisy dies.
-Shows theme- bring the family together to grieve
-show support for one another
- Auggie and Via put aside their argument to look after each other




Example 2: The fight at the Nature Reserve where Amas and the other boys come together to rescue Jack and Auggie from the  Graders.


-Show theme- support because they stand up for each other
-Trust-the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
-resilience- the boys support each other to move forwards, they are all friends now.

Important to the story-  Goods relationships with friends help Auggie build trust and feel safe. He takes the helmet
-his friendships with summer teach him resilience, trust and forgiveness
- His family are always there to support him when things go wrong at school.

Struggle between being right and being popular-  Being right means showing integrity- doing the right thing each when no one is watching
-Being popular means agreeing with/acting in a way others want you to, even when you don't agree.


Example 1- When Jack chooses to stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julien.

Shows theme- Jack choose right over popular. Julien wanted to leave Auggie out and jack chose not to.
-in the past, Jack had picked friendship with Julien over Auggie.

Example 2-  When SUmmer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggie back.

Shows theme- Summer chose right not to sit and talk nasty with  her friends, but to go and sit with Auggie who was alone
-Auggie doesn't trust her a first because of dack
Summer stays anyway and helps Auggie-link to the importance of friendships


Important to the story- the concept is relatable, everyone has to experience this so it helps to viewer to engage with the story.
-Makes kindness/relationships more obvious when we've seen the persons struggles.

Self Directed Learners

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