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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

The press

Women who have done nothing other than to visibly exist as Maori online increasing face stalking harassment, and threats of rape and death. Michell Duff and Kirsty Johnston report. Far-right threats to Maori women.

When Hiria her moko is still visible but she hopes the man who threatened to kill her wouldn't recognize her from that alone. When game developers te Rangi and her friend Morgana attended the NZ game developers association annual conferences at te papa to speak on a panel last week. 600 others attended networked over the last 2 days. This woman barely left their room. " it means I second guess myself at everything. you do things like think, have I posted any pieces of the kids in school uniforms" Who have done nothing other than to visually exist as Maori online? " I've been doing this job for 20 years, and the treats were few and far between, but it's really escalated and in the last year it's been happening more frequently" " Not just the amount of it, but the tone has changed. I can tell it's older people. I don't know if it's related tome being more visible than before or if it's gained momentum exponentially." Stuff spoke to 5 others who did not want to speak publicly because of fear of their family's after receiving death and rape notes. Maori women kids teens and adults cloured or not have been treated with their lives and traumatizing experiences but authorities need to act. Do we need to die to get this attention? discussions on platforms such as Facebook and YouTube have shown an increase in terms like separation. there have been many racial marks on online platforms on blacks and people such as Maori. and there have been kids and teens threatened. 


The article was published by staff on Aug 13th  it is an in-depth article about tension racism and tells other people and the teacher read it out today. This behaviour is appealing and this is not who we are and this is putting a bad reputation on NZ

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

We've been discussing commitment, which is defined as the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause or activity... our teacher, Ms Clark, recently told us that she is building a retirement home for herself and her children, and I recently read a news article stating that house prices are increasing. I was looking at the slim shady ep album the other day, and the prices had gone up, making it a collector's item. I recently watched the Olympics, and we are currently ranked 36, leading in cycling but then falling behind. The other day I signed up to blue light which is from the 9th of Aug to the 13th of Aug. Happily I'm getting the Ep album

Article to the price of housing and building 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/housing-affordability/125181568/budget-2021-sharp-house-price-adjustment-not-so-much-in-christchurch

Friday, July 9, 2021

END OF TERM REFLECTION BY CALEB

END OF TERM REFLECTION

Today is the last day. We had a lot of difficulties this term, but we got through it. We began the term with sports/athletics, which included running, discus, shot put, javelin, and many other activities, before moving on to culture week, which included cooking and visual arts related to culture. Pink Shirt Day is an anti-bullying awareness day where many of us wear pink shirts to show that bullying is wrong. Despite the fact that this term has been stressful for many of us due to NCEA and other incidents, we have persevered we still stay strong and move on AKA Overcoming Adversity. From the plays we had a few weeks ago to the Maori speeches to the ESOL proformas, there have been many activities held after school for the public. This term has seen a lot of activities and a lot of stressful moments, but the next term will be different as it is a fresh start. Stay safe and have a good holiday.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Close viewing

 Close viewing 


Brainstorm

4 hobbits wore been chased by the black rider and they hid under a tree terrified.

the hobbit threw a bag and all the hobbits ran.


Technique

colour- green, black, grey, dark, Natural colour palette.

feels uninviting cold


angles, movement, focus, and Shots

Shots- tilt shot from the black rider to the hobbits hiding, close-ups face scared nervous the bugs, the 3 close-ups on parts of the rider and the horse to build suspense, low angle, looking up at the rider show the black rider look intimidating, big, frightening


Sound and music

the birds, movement of the riders armour, his breathing, the hooves of the horse, bugs crawling


Lighting

Natural, dim/ darl, makes it feel cold.


Statement 

In the black rider scene close up are used to show fear of the hobbits who are hiding. 

Evidence

The four hobbits are running from the Black Rider they seek refuge in under the roots of an old tree as the rider approaches.  close up show us the expressions on the Hibbits faces.

Audience

This makes the audience feel intimidated and anxious with the hobbits as the unseen enemy approaches.

Director

the previous of this is to build suspense before the rider like the characters we are afraid to even tho we don't know what is coming.

Link

combined with close-ups is the use of diegetic sound including the horse's hooves on the ground, the breathing of the rider and the clicking of his armour as he dismounted. these sounds add to the feeling of fear we have seen through the close-up shots 

Real-world connections

increasingly, most viewers have felt the fear of been chased and found before 


A girl, red car, desert, phone, a man, toilet paper, money, knife, gun, natural lighting, 


The short film called hitched is a 2-minute comedic film about a guy who has been set up to pick up a hitchhiker. long shots are used effectively to show the surrounding's of the individuals they are isolated and in the middle of nowhere. close-ups are used to show the characters next intentions and their emotions the girl is down sad as the man is quite happy and excited and shows the differences in the emotions of the characters. much like in the real world people have picked up hitchhikers have had their cars stolen from them.

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Film Studies

 Zootopia 

Brainstorm

The fox wants to buy a jumbo pop for his kids birthday

the officer steps in and helps the dad out

the officer pays for the jumbo pop

the kids happy

Techniques

light, bright, engaging, warm, natural, day time, it's a nice sunny day

high and low angles, 

In the popsicle scene, low angle shots are used to who the imbalance of power between the characters we see this when the elephant is talking to the fox the low angle is used to show how much bigger and more imposing the elephant is that the fox this makes the audience feel sad for the fox because he is being refused service because of his size the purpose of this is to introduce the idea of stereotyping to the viewer appearing large and rough the elephant shopkeeper refuses series because cause he is a fox. strengthing this idea is the elephant quote go back to your side of town combined with the use of high angles shots we see the difference in the characters rather than than the similarities the high angle point of view makes the fox seem even smaller than the elephants towering over him issues like this where people are judged on there size race or religion are not isolated to this film in the real world we tackle ongoing issues of discrimination in every place around the world in 2021


A girl, red car, desert, phone, a man, toilet paper, money, knife, gun, natural lighting, 


The short film called hitched is a 2-minute comedic film about a guy who has been set up to pick up a hitchhiker. long shots are used effectively to show the surrounding's of the individuals they are isolated and in the middle of nowhere. close-ups are used to show the characters next intentions and their emotions the girl is down sad as the man is quite happy and excited and shows the differences in the characters emotions. much like to the real world people have picked up hitchhikers have had their cars stolen from them.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Reflection blog

Johnny is cleaning up Sophie's mess but should he yield to temptation and he takes the money.

Ethics, moral standards that guide a person's behaviour or how an activity is carried out.

 Values, the value, worth, or utility of anything; the importance, worth, or use of anything.

Morals, A tale or experience can be used to teach a lesson.

I belive that he deserves the money he cleaned up her mess and helped her out and in return he gets someting 



Friday, June 4, 2021

Freedom writers

 Freedom Writers 

Directed by: Richard LaGravenese

Them/ Idea, "The ideas of a story. Centres on, Message we are trying to convey to the audience"

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Tolerance, "The quality of allowing other people to have their own attitudes, beliefs, or to behave in a particular, even if you don't agree or approve"

Tolerance, The ability to put up with others beliefs attitude and culture even when you don't agree/ its different from your own. 

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Overcoming Adversary, "Pushing past/ getting through something difficult or dangerous"

Overcoming Adversary, Pushing through something difficult or dangerous.

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The students don't respect or have a relationship with their teacher. They don't understand each other. They aren't in a headspace to learn because they don't feel safe - They bring guns to school, Racist images / mocking each other, and they have no tolerance for one another. They treat the teacher like trash yelling at her; they don't face her. "why should I give you my respect? Because you're a teacher? I don't know you, how do I know you're not a bad person standing up there" Andre says " Lady I'm lucky if I even make it to 18 we in a war! We graduating every day we live because we ain't afraid to die protecting our own" Marcuse says.

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Deep Focus, Everything in the image is sharp and clear

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Shallow focus, Focuses us on part an image blurs the rest tells the viewers where their attention is needed

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EVA, She saw her brother shot for just reaching into his pocket, her dad was innocent but taken away, She's shot at and beat up for just walking to school.

BEN, He feels dumb he's the only white person he's a misfit. 

MARCUSE, He saw his best friend shoot himself the first night in juvie he cried himself to sleep he was kicked out of home and lives the gang life.

ANDRE, His brothers in jail his mum hates him because he looks like his dad his mother thinks he going to

end up like his brother

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In the Holocaust scene, the shallow focus is used to show the theme of tolerance. For instance, we see a picture been passed around the room until it reached Jamel. The picture is a stereotype of an African American with big lips and has Jamel's name on it when he receives it, Jamall puts his had bak on and shrinks into his chair. shallow focus is used to bring our attention to the note/ picture and it has an effect on Jamel. This makes us understand that the picture used to bully and embarrass Jamall. The director did this to help us empathize with the characters and gain an insight into what their lives are like. coinciding with this is the use of costume in this case Jamalls hat. when Jamel puts the hat on it symbolizes that he doesn't want to be seen. This scene introduces the viewer to the theme of tolerance because we can see that currently the students do not respect other's cultures and believes or identities this makes students like Jamall feel unsafe in class. 

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Angles-High? low shows/ power Lighting-dim/ bright shows emotion e.g Jamal overwhelmed close up/mid-shot-teacher in mid-shot student close up we feel the distance between the student and the teacher, the gap in understanding.

Close-ups are utilized to empathize with the students in the holocaust scene. We see Eva yelling at the teacher "I hate white people, I hate white people I saw white cops shoot my friend in the back for reaching in his pocket, I saw white cops break into my house and take my father for no reason except cause they feel like it and because they can and they can cause there white I HATE WHITE PEOPLE ON SITE!!" The close-up shot was employed successfully and effectively allowed us to have an inside look at Eva's past and empathize with her. coinciding with the use of Lighting it introduces us to a quite intense scene but the use of shadowing allows us to empathizes and helps us make a connection with Eva, and alternatively lets us feel what Eva feels. This Scene introduced the viewer to the theme of tolerance and overcoming adversity, She doesn't let her past put her down and Eva stands up for what she believes in.

In the I'm at Home scene, close-ups are used to Empathise with the learner. We observe NAME reading from his notebook. The close-up was utilised to Empathise and sympathise with the character. He relates a tragic narrative about his history. This shot lets us identify with him and have a deeper knowledge of him. The focus was blurred due to the dark lighting (Shellow focus) We pay emphasis to NAME since he had a difficult history but is happier now. The scene depicts overcoming hardship because he has come from bad circumstances and she helped him feel at home/ joyful.


Thursday, June 3, 2021

 Big Close Up, 

Close-Up Fills the screen with part of the subject, such as a person's head/face. Framed this tightly, the emotions and reaction of a character dominate the scene. Extreme Close Up Emphasizes a small area or detail of the subject, such as the eye(s) or mouth.


Close Up,

A close-up or closeup in filmmaking, television production, still photography, and the comic strip medium is a type of shot that tightly frames a person or object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium and long shots.


Mid Close Up,

A medium close-up shot (or MCU) is a shot that frames the subject from just above their head down to about midway on their torso. ... Often these shots are used when a scene calls for a "neutral" narrative approach.


Medium Shot,

A medium shot, also called a mid-shot or waist shot, is a type of camera shot in film and television that shows an actor approximately from the waist up. A medium shot is used to emphasize both the actor and their surroundings by giving them an equal presence on screen. 

Long Shot, 

Long Shot is a solid, grown-up movie that isn't afraid to be both silly and serious, and while it's not a perfect movie, it isn't afraid to strike an intelligent tone.


Wide Shot, 

In photography, filmmaking and video production, a wide shot is a shot that typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. These are typically shot now using wide-angle lenses.


Establishing Shot, 

An establishing shot is a shot in filmmaking or television that sets up the context for the scene ahead, designed to inform the audience where the action will be taking place. It shows the relationship between people and objects, and establishes the scene's geography.


Low-angle Shot, 

In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.


High-Angle Shot, 

A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up". High angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects.


Deep Focus, 

Deep focus cinematography is a kind of camera angle that allows the Cinematographer to keep everything in perspective without favoring foreground, mid-ground, or background.


Shallow Focus, 

Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus, one plane of the scene is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another.


Voice Over, 

Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations.


Dialogue, 

Dialogue is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange.


Sound Effect, 

A sound effect is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. These are normally created with foley.


Mise en scene, 

Mise-en-scène is the stage design and arrangement of actors in scenes for a theatre or film production, both in visual arts through storyboarding, visual theme, and cinematography, and in narrative storytelling through direction.


Costume, 

cloths, shoes, hats, jewelry, 


Symbolism, 

A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences.


The Director, 

A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking.


The Producer, 

A producer is the person responsible for finding and launching a project; arranging financing financing; hiring writers, a director, and key members of the creative team; and overseeing all elements of pre-production, production and post-production, right up to release.


Cast Members, 

A cast member is: An actor who performs in a theatrical production, movie, or television program. These actors as a group are called the cast. Anyone who works at any of the Disney theme parks.


this is 100% plagerised

Thursday, May 27, 2021

MEMORY

Margaret Mahy

Memory by Margaret Mahy is a book about the fifth anniversary of his sister's death 19 Johny, troubled feeling guilt and an imperfect memory cant letting the past go he goes on a search for the only other witness to the fated accident.


our task today is to find similes hidden throughout the text and to find poems thought the text. Like as so or Bonneys, the yellow set of bron like Hunny suckles


 “On the fifth anniversary of his sister's death, Jonny Dart, now nineteen, is still plagued by remorse and an erroneous memory of the accident that claimed her life. He seeks his sister's best friend, the only other witness to the terrible occurrence. Instead of getting the answers he seeks, he encounters Sophie, an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Sophie lives in a posh neighborhood with several cats. But he lives in awful filth and has no recollection of recent occurrences. Jonny seeks sanctuary with her as a temporary pariah and labelled "loser." For both of them, the past and present collide in Sophie's house. Their chance encounter transforms their lives. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

 Anne Frank 

Anne Frank was a jewish diarist of jewish heritage Anne Frank died at 16 years of age. Anne Frank spent 761 days in in a secret annex she was later found Gestapo (NAZI secret ploice) and taken to Auschwitz and later died due to desise. 

The diary of Anne Frank

Anne Frank’s diary was of her a jewish teenager who records her fam 2 years in hiding during in the netherlands  

The holocaust

Destruction and chaiouse of mass killings to wipe out nations

Miep Gies

Miep Gies hid Anne Frank and her fam during ww2 

Rodney King
Was an african author and activist who was beaten from four officers starting the 1992 riots

1992 LA riots

The 1992 riots also known as the LA riots was a series of riots caused by 4 offences charged with exclusive force from beating up Rodney King around the time there was a lot of racial tension. 

Racial Tension

Protests to stop racism started from the kill of George floyd and the beating of Rodney King sparked racial tension between white cops and many others.


Tuesday, May 25, 2021

johnny is a survivor, he has survival guilt and to get rid of his sorrows he drinks he is resilient he doesn't end it but lives each day buy day altho he still lives in the past he hangs out with his sisters best friend before she was dead and he rejects to live on with his life.

Monday, May 24, 2021

 Anne Frank 

  • She was a jew hidden by a german (Mieo Gies) but was later found dead she wrote a diary 

  • Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary


The diary of Anne Frank

  • Anne Frank got her diary when she was 13 she would write about everything that happened.

  • The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.


The holocaust

  • A holocaust is there to kill thousands of people at a time/ to wipe out a nation

  • The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. Wikipedia


Miep Gies

  • Was the hider of Anne frank 

  • Hermine "Miep" Gies, was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and four other Dutch Jews from the Nazis in an annex above Otto Frank's business premises during World War II.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Reflection blog

John Minto born in 1953 is a New Zealand-based political activist known for his involvement in various left-wing groups and causes, most notably Halt All Racist Tours. A 2005 documentary on New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers listed him as number 89. He was known for his movement to stop the Springbok tour in NZ and around the world he was assaulted many many times I was for the movement of the spring bock tour.

In English class, we watched Freedom writers, a film about troubled kids that haven't had the best education and who get a new teacher. We used the video for visual text, high angle low angle, and other stuff. The film was tragic and highly recommended.

pink shirt day is a celebration. Anti-Bullying Day is a day where people wear a pink tee to show their support for others who are bullied. It began in Canada and is now observed on a variety of dates all around the world. and Hornby high is hosting pink shirt day to stop the movement of bulling. plz, join us on our journey to stop bullying.

I think Bullying, should be avoided because I now have a better sense of myself. I believe that everybody should be treated fairly. By showing up and not being a bystander, the other person can be more at ease people will not give them the cold prickly's but the warm fuzzy's.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Memories by Margaret Mahy


Memories by Margaret Mahy 

 Facts

“I am not that drunk” (had little to drink)

He loves home (home-loving fashion everyone communicating)

He got twins in the fam

He has a friend in a band

He is hundred by old memories

He could feel others pain 


Emotions 

He's in denial

Miserable 

Polite

Loving

Cheer full

Wildly

Calm

hollow


Description 

One eye swollen nearly shut

Puffy lips


Friday, May 7, 2021

Freedom Writors

 During the last 3 days, 2 out of the 3 English classes watched freedom writers this movie was made in 2007 and is based on a true story about a group of troubled teens from the hood and a teacher who wants to help them first they reject her help she makes slip-ups seen what there interested and what there about with perseverance and dedication she saves up gets 2 more jobs just so the kids of the school cold experience what its like to read a real book or take them out on a trip or dinner. she dose all of that by her self and her dad. on the first year she seems to make them open up by weighting a jural and 

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Cultural kete

 Culture Kete

11th of March we had started our kete about our culture. During the last month and a bit, we have been learning about the importance of celebrations, and rituals to do with our culture. During the time of learning about the importance of culture, we wore assigned several tasks to learn about our background and our family history. The culture kete was an assessment worth 3 credits for NCEA 1. The tasks we wore assigned to do was a DLO, a symbol of culture shield, a blog post about Kiwiana items, a model item about something significant to our culture out of clay, and a poster about our culture, celebration, sports, dressing up, and rituals ECT. On the 14th of April Hornby, high school healed international food feer and cultural celebration night at 5pm and ended at 8pm.


 
This task was about 10 relevant Kiwiana items to do with our culture as you can see I have a small range of significant items and this task was relevant and links on to my poster...





  This is the final outcome of my poster as you can see it has celebrations drawings and rituals to do with my culture and on the side of it has a small blurb going into detail about the poster.

Monday, March 29, 2021

Culture identity kiwiana

20 Kiwiana Items to Take Home20 Kiwiana Items to Take HomeKiwiana Tui Spatula - Museums Wellington

Kiwiana Town | The Kiwiana capital of the world! | The place to learn all things  KiwianaKiwiana Town | The Kiwiana capital of the world! | The place to learn all things  KiwianaKiwiana Books for gifts and goods for new mums and baby – Road To Georgia

Kiwiana | littlegirlstoryKiwiana - Choice Fruit Products | Artisan Foods & Gift HampersKiwiana Dish- Geometric Kiwi – KAPA


ULTIMATE LIST OF AWESOME KIWIANA GIFTS & SOUVENIRS

These 10 items represent nz culter and these are significant to nz




 


Friday, March 26, 2021

Memes portrayed by minecraft

 Memes portrayed by Minecraft 

by milkair

This is a visual text/ video about a group of memes all in one video this video will take 8 min of your time to watch and it is very interesting. the video is based on a game called Minecraft and the video contains many stupid mems about the game enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbVhEBExW1s

Friday, March 12, 2021

international wommans day reflection

Firefighter Story international woman's day 

On the 19th of March 2021 during class this week we have been learning about international woman's day and for this specific reading class, we wore to read and ree read the text and fill in the blanks if you though the firefighter was a male or female and write down why you thought what gender and why u thought why that firefighter looked like that let me know what you thought down in the comments down below...



I believe the text was written in this way to read in detail and not to miss out on key information it is a good piece of text cause it makes you think and to ree read this text to get a deeper understanding about this knowing individual... 


Monday, March 8, 2021

 Redstone Junior High Creepers Crash My Party 

Wrighten by Cara J. Stevens 

Is a book for boys and girls who love Minecraft. This is a novel about the adventure of a group of teens who have a bad experience at a party and is crashed by a group of creepers but despite all the chaose...

Friday, February 26, 2021

Athletics day

 Athletics Day

Author - Patricia Grace

Genre Short Story

This book is about friendship it shows the importance of friendship and good winners "she looked up with a smile on her face the laughed and gave each other a hug" this shows that she is a good winner and that even tho she won she didn't win she shill said congrats and she was happy.  


who was in the text, some girls and guys g.

Monday, February 15, 2021

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SoP77HBV4UulCbAQnkJ_T4eCYgYuK_CyDiYU6FGx-20/edit?usp=sharing 

Test title breakfast

type: article 

creator: better health channel


15/02/2021


key points: minerals and nutrition health and energy 

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Wananga sastanibal reading

Wananga Sastanbibal Reading 

This article is about the power of failure and his response to it.

In the contents of the book, it shows the power of resilience and perseverance and it shows what you can put ur mind to.

"I wasn't playing like I used to play and I wasn't tired really early in games, which wouldn't normally happen and it didn't help that I was over weight" 

I strongly believe that you can do anything if you put your mind to it try to push urself to the limit.

Back to Black
Thu, 11Th Feb 12,54

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Wananga

An invention I would like to see in the future is flying cars these cars would go up 260mph these cars would be made from fully recycled materials have 6 seats and would be driven by the owner these cars would be fuel-efficient but in later models will be changed to electric and in the future, we would change the cars to have an option to changes to autopilot. These cars would be smooth driving and flying look sleek and sik. 

I would like to see this invented because it would be fun to drive and it would be a massive technologic advancement