The Croods (Bi0o0o0o0o0)

 In bio, we are learning the evolution of Humans and how they are today.  After all the book work we had a little reward of watching the movie "The Croods" but of course, we still had to learn about what the Croods are .... so here we are in this blogpost. Here is me trying to figure out what species of hominins they are

Hand/feet: They did knuckle walk but also be able to stand on their legs and walk/run/
Brain: Skill-wise the Croods had some brain development to be able to hunt, hide, and strategize.
Language: They can talk but they can also make awoogaa boogaa sounds. E.g They talk throughout the film but to scare threats or predators they make the awooogaa booga sounds.
Fire: The Croods didn't know anything about fire, but when Guy came along they were shocked and then used the fire throughout the film.
Farming & Domestication: They animals as pets (the friendly ones)
Spirituality & Death: Grug was able to feel sympathy about Guy's family's "death"
Shelter: They stayed in caves and used space but didn't add materials to build just yet.
Art: Grug was able to make art so therefore they know about art.
Clothing: Guy's clothes are quite creative and can create clothes but for the Croods family they have skin hides. 
Tools: The Croods didn't have tools or know of tools, but Guy had tools and the skills to make tools.
Hunting: Croods had no tools to hunt,  but Guy had traps and skill levels to hunt and seduce. 

I've come to the conclusion that it's a bit of both Homo Erectus and Homo Heidelbergensis, weirdly the internet says it's a blend of both Homo sapien and Neanderthal. I argue with that because yes in a way you would think that but if you think about it the Croods only just learnt about fire in the first half of the film. That fact would be dated back to the Homo Erectus era when they first created fire.

Pota-tools ( BI0o0o0o00o0o0o0)

 In bio, we've been learning about Dispersal and cultural evolution of Hominins. As shown below we are looking at the ways Homins made stone tools back millions of years ago. Instead of Stone, we used Potatoes to make the Potat-tools. We did the same techniques as they did millions of years ago ( like how many strikes they did to make these tools) HERE is me work:)

Homo naledi - BIO0O0

‘Homo naledi, your recently discovered human relative’

By Lisa Hendry

National History Museum

Published
11 April 2019

This article is about a new species that was found in 2013 in a South African cave on a site that is about 40 kilometres from Johannesburg.  A palaeoanthropologist named Lee Berger assembled his team to come with and excavate bones down in the cave, they managed to recover more than 1,500 fossils of bones belonging to at least 15 individuals, ranging from elderly back down to infants. These species displayed a lot of unique combinations of non-human and human traits throughout the skeleton. Prof Stringer says explains that ‘ some of the Homo naledi’s features, such as its hands, wrist and feet, are very similar to those of modern human and Neanderthals. Although there were some more primitive, some species have small brains and the shape of their upper torso was more robust and more ape-like. There was also some discovering that their finger bones were more curved and that their hip joint was most closely reassembled to australopithecines and Homo habilis. The teeth got small at the front but towards the back of the mouth, it increased in size, which they also had light jawbones. Naledi’s anatomy suggests that they walked on two legs but they also had the ability to climb and hang off trees ape-like.

Me solos :P (MUS-HACK) (Part 1 : Musical Theater and Collection)

 YO YO YO, I'm back with me bloggies for the year, topic music. Musical Theather night is coming up in term 2, that's something I'm looking forward to :). I've decided to 2 musical solos to perform for the night, then for the other solos, I'm thinking about making them some pop songs or something later on in the year. 

First solo; I can hear the bells - Hairspray ~

A little bit about it:

In 1960s Baltimore, dance-loving teen Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) auditions for a spot on "The Corny Collins Show" and wins. She becomes an overnight celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, fun and fashion. Perhaps her new status as a teen sensation is enough to topple Corny's reigning dance queen and bring racial integration to the show.

My scene:

The scene I'll be performing is about Tracy bumping into this hot guy (Link) from her favour tv show " The Corny Collins Show' in which he happens to go to the same school as her. When he bumps into her she has this vision and dream and is really love-struck, shes talking to her Best friend Penny in this scene and makes use of people around her.

How will I perform this:
My aim for this is to have the dialogue of him (Link) and I bump into each other on stage, he says his dialogue then me love struck in the middle of the stage, he leaves, Penny enters .... she says her dialogue then the song will begin. How'll play Tracy in this scene is acting love stuck , and determined that I will win Links, heart.

Second Solo; Nothings gonna harm you - Sweeney Todd~ 

A little bit about it:

Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to Mrs Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat-pie shop. Though many falls to his blade, he will not be satisfied until he slits Turpin's throat.

My scene:

The scene I'll be performing is me being the kid named Tobias (referred to as toby) ( toby is abused by Turpin, till Turpin gets murdered then Toby lives with Todd and Mrs Lovvett) and he tries talking to Mrs Lovett about if someone hurts her such as Mr Todd then he'll get rid of him because Toby has suspicions about Todd being a bad guy and looks to Mrs Lovett to be a mother figure to him. In this song, he basically sings about he'll willing to do anything so that Mr Lovett isn't hurt.

How will I perform this:

There will be dialogue, setting: Me and the person that will play Mr Lovett in my scene we will be sitting on a couch at first, then towards the middle, there is dialogue where I and Lovett will stand up move to a different area. sing some more, then she will comfort me to the couch where she will hug and hold me ( more singing in this bit). How I'll portray Toby is being a small little boy vibe where they will try and be the man of the house even though he is young, have the determined to do anything in the world kinda vibe.

I PEEEL YOU JOHANNNNAAAAAA ~ Musical Theatre

What is the song you have chosen to perform?: I've decided to choose the song 'Johanna' from the movie Sweeney Todd.

Why did you choose this material?: I've always liked Sweeney Todd and I love romance stories so I thought it would be a cool song to sing, plus I like that scene.

Who wrote and performed the piece?: Stephen Sondheim wrote the song and Jamie Cambell Bower sang it.

What is the song about?: About this boy that fell in love with this beautiful blonde girl from the apartment building, and he sings about stealing her from the Judge that's keeping her away from people.

What is happening in the story at the time of your piece?: This teenage boy is attracted by this beautiful blonde yellow-haired girl named Johanna who lives in a very high building with this evil guy named 'Judge Turpin', he spots this girl from a window from her bedroom and wants to talk to her and hang out with her. He slowly finds out that Judge Turpin locked her in the room to keep her away from the world so every day Anthony walks past the building, trying to figure out ways to save her and steal her from the judge.

What will be challenging about your piece: I have to sing from low to high in some bits because sometimes I sing lower to his level ( because I'm playing a guy, and I'm not a guy in real life so I don't have that much of a deep voice). Another challenge would have to be to keep practising to get it right but that's okay , I know I'll get there in the end :)

MusHACK (AKA Music)

Backstreets Boys group song 

Who's in the group?: Nadia, Sam, Bre (Brianna), and Me

What each person is doing?: Lows, Normal, Highs, and normal ( in name order at the previous question)

What song, genre?: "I want it that way", Pop

What part are we working on first?: How we first came up to do this song is simply because we were messing around singing karaoke tracks. Originally we were going to sing Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid ( that's now our plan B) but since 'I want it that way' has different singing parts to equally divide between 4 we chose that. So the first 4 weeks we were slowly singing parts and collectively improving it while we sing. We went from soundtrack to piano, now we are just singing it and perfecting it.

What is the biggest challenge?: I guess for me it would be timing and how to stay in key and learn to make my voice soft but loud. ( but not too soft)

METH 'Jessica' PSA ad ~ English

'Jessica' Meth PSA. Harmful effects of drugs

There is a clear connection to drugs in the ‘Jessica’ PSA ad that talks about a teenage girl named Jessica that is addicted to meth and her story. This is shown by the use of lighting in this ad, showing that Jessica’s life went from happy, joyful, energetic to dark, and shows the addiction she now has and how it’s impacted her life and others. This is demonstrated when it went from her on the cheer squad with the crowds cheering for her to then getting gradually worse over time. The director's purpose is to show the audience that meth or any type of drug can mess up your life and break close relationships with people. This situation reminds me of all the stories or movies that show the theme that drugs will mess up your life and how overall will mess up your future.