Hunger games

Opening scene

Music

Slow- timbre

Minor tone- often means something bad is happening or about to happen

Silence- grabs attention

Camera shots

Mid shot- to show face and body language

Wide view- see setting, get more information at once

Close Up- of Katniss and Prim, to show emotions

Extreme close up-  focus on specific information: eg the signs says “Danger”

Tracking shot- showed how her surroundings changed, that she was going somewhere

Shaky camera- more realistic,unsettling,as if it's running with her,makes sense for the scene-
during district 12 opening

Dialogue

Crane & Caesar- Celebration ‘knitting people together’ 

Crane’s style of Game making makes Prim cry and scream

Prim dreams it was her selected

Katniss says “it's your first time you wont get selected/picked”- foreshadowing

Colour & Lighting

The interview- saturated colours, very bright. Neon, very artificial. Cold light to it.

District 12- Dull, Bland, Natural, Dark, cold light as well

The Reaping

Music-

Capital video- major, Rest of music- minor

saying it is good, war in the past was worse, kids are terrified

Dialogue

Reading out the names
Calm at first, then screaming
"I volunteer as tribute"- sister bond
District 12 first volunteer
Effie-
Surprised (Volunteer make her feels better, could get promotions)
Excited (entertained)
Calm (she doesn't have to sacrifice)

Camera shot-
Close up- Katniss's reaction to Prim's name, 
Effie about to read out the names  (see her make up how she is different to everyone else, shows shes got money)
Medium range- Effie takes Katniss & Peeta away, 
When Katniss is in the crowd
Long/wide shot-Effie looking out to see the mass of people
Pan- When people show respect & lift their fingers for her
POV- Katniss looking for Prim, 
When giving sign of respect, 
Watching capital's film,
When Katniss walks up the stairs- extra shaky to show her fear
Flash back- Memory of Peeta & the bread
Show she knows him
He helps her by giving her some bread

Propaganda

What is it?

Information that gives an bias opinion

-Post truth

Where do we see it?

-Video from the capital

-The games it self is a propaganda(all the tributes)

Real message

-You have fraught back once and lost now we can kill your children a there is nothing you can do.

Propaganda message's

-It is not as bad as they make it

-If you win, you will be a hero to your district

-The boy & girl  in the film (big,strong,healthy,fit)

-How they remember their past (don't give detail why their was a revolt)

-Played every year (Gale mocks it, Effie recites)

'So people from the capital believe in the entertainment'

Key vocab

-Honor 

-Glory

-Eliminated

-Peacekeeper

Rich (Capital)

-The amount of food

-Bright colours

-Costuming extravagant

-Modern architecture

-Everything is controlled (no nature)

-Clean

-Fit & health

-Materials (stone, marble, metals)

Poor (District 12)

-People were starving

-Dull colours

-Costuming (wearing 'best' types- Stereotypes)

-Small & sickly (Don't stand a chance in the Hunger Games)

-Old farm houses/shacks (old, repair, dirty)

-one good building (for filming, control)

-Material ( mostly wood)

Hope-Scene with President Snow

Dialogue

-Only thing stronger than fear

-Link to propaganda (false sense of hope that at least one will live)

-Just killing everyone would cause resentment (Capital don't want to kill everyone, they need them)

-Hope is only effective if contained

Camera shots

Mid-between Crane & Snow Talking (To show expression & body language)

POV- between P-Snow & Crane (showing their deep conversation)

Close up- Of rose pruning (metaphor for his 'perfect society' for control)

Rue's passing

Music

Sad-Minor

Medium timbre

Progress to being more powerful-more hopeful

Camera shots

Extreme close up-of the flowers being place. 

-flower ring showed she really cared for Rue

-Showing that the games will not change her

High angle/POV

-Showing that she is aware that she is being watched

District 11 & 12 Rebellion- Links to 'Black Lives' very well

Music

Up tempo-more aggressive/emotional

Camera Shots

Close up-

-Of the hands (really important)

-shows they are united

-Links to symbol to BLM move

Wide angle

-to show all the people

Birds eye view

-Drone coming blowing paper

-to show that the plane was landing

-Papers were important

-Shows technology (capital is bigger and stronger)

Cutting shots of shaky camera 

-creates tension

-showed the chaos

Camera became more stable as capital regained control

Colouring & Lighting

-At the start of scene it was day, but at the end it was night (shows fighting went on for hours)

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Berry scene

Music
-Sad (minor)
-Powerful
-Enhanced the drama
-No lyrics (emphasis her words, adds to the depth of the scene)


Dialogue
-willing to die together
-Katniss rebelling against the propaganda of 'their has to be a victor'
-Voice over urgently saying "STOP!". 
-Katniss has beaten them at their own game
-First Capital loophole at its own game
-1st time 2 victors
-She embarrassed the Capital

Camera shots
Close ups-
-See both Peeta & Katniss reactions

Over head 
-When the booming voice came
-Remind the game makers had been in control until this point

Extreme close up- The berries
-They were the thing that changed everything

Rich (Capital)
Establishing shot- of the Capital
-See the buildings, the grandeur
-Everything was modern
-Saw technology
-White/Clean/Crisp

Costuming
-Fashion & make up was really extravagant
-Fashion is a status thing here, they want the next best thing (represents wealth)
-Capital clothing is for looks (artificial material bright
-District clothing is for practicality (more natural)

Close up
-to see the lady with big gold eye lashes
-the pink poodle
-Gives a huge contrast to live in the districts

Poor (District 12)

Close-up
-of the man eating everything he could of the bones
-food is precious (people here are starving)
-Cat was malnourished
-Really dirty (mud everywhere)

Extreme close-up
-Electric fence sign
-fence not on, don't have enough resources and money to power it

Costuming and Setting
-Looked like they are in the past
-Wooden 
-Old, run down
-Minors were going into the mine but were still covered in soot