Angles, Movements and Shots ( Hunger Games ) | English

Brainstorm

The Reaping Scene

• Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen.
• The children/parents of the district give her the three-finger salute.
• Peeta is chosen as the male tribute.

Hope and Rebellion

3 finger salute - It is a big sign of respect for Katniss from the people of her district.

                       - Katniss is a symbol of hope for a district victor.

                       - Katniss is a symbol of rebellion because she stepped in for her sister when no one else                                 would.

                       

Brainstorm

Rich and Poor

Symbol of Richness - Effie Trinket, extreme, make-up, wig, hat, overly colourful and flashy clothing, proper accent.

Technology - use of blood readers/scanners, projectors.

Symbol of poverty - District 12, children clothing for the reaping are their "best clothes", dresses, collared-shirt, boys wear shorts or pants, the colour of clothing is very faded from washing and reusing.

The village is falling down around them.

Close-ups

Faces - Primrose when is reaped - terror, fear.

          - Effie - joyful, confident, excited - close-up of lips when reading names.

          - Katniss - panics when  Prim is reaped, shock when she stands with Effie.

          - Peta - fear,panic,shock.

Shallow focus

the people in the background are in shallow focus when Prim and Katniss hugged, This forces the viewers to watch the characters that are in focus. 

What the Viewer feels

Sorry for Primrose - it was her first time.

               Katniss - she volunteered, a selfless act.

Anger toward the capital for the reaping.

We consider Effie is annoying, too happy, stuck-up, clueless.

Directors Purpose

Need to be invested in their journey/suffering

Need to be angry at Capital so that we judge them and their decisions later.

Effie is depicted as a symbol of people in the District, they are clueless, they don't see the suffering.

Themes and Ideas ( Hunger Games ) | English

 

The power of propaganda	propaganda	reality
Fallen - 1 Tributes - 2	1 - People who die in the games. 1 - Takes away from the reality of the situation. 2 - two brave young people 2 - its an honour	1 - Teenagers who have been killed/murdered (violence) 2 - sacrifice, punishment to the districts

Rich vs Poor

People in the Capital vs people in the Districts.

Compare the opening shot in District 12 vs Peta looking out the window at the Capital.

District 12 - Very Poor, Houses are all made of wood and are rundown, food is very little, shows in the scene where an old man was picking meat of bone, they only have one pair of good clothing, all their other clothes are worn out, old, colours are faded, grey/black - easier to not show coal dust

Capital - houses and buildings are large, made of concrete, metals, accents of gold and silver, lots of food with a variety of choices, They don’t own or have the same things, they have more than enough/excess amount of food, clothing is fancy, suits, extravagant, “fashion”, extreme, excessive.

Hope and Rebellion

Conversation with President Snow and Senica Craine

“ a little hope is a good thing, a lot of hope is dangerous.”

Conversation between Hamich and Senica

“ give them something to root for, young love.”

Struggle for power - Katniss and Peta eat the berries, Death of Rue causes the riot in District 11

Power of Propaganda - Subtle, Hunger Games film strip.

Video Clip -’ I volunteer as tribute’

In this scene, Katniss is shown tributing in place of her sister that was chosen for the hunger games in the reaping.