Hunger games

Workshop 3 
How are costumes used to enhance the story?

Whats happening?
Reaping tributes selected to compete in the hunger games, best dressed

Describe Costumes-
Light colours, neutral tone, old fashioned, single
Boys- Dress shirt, pants or shorts ) Formal/ Sunday best
Girls- Hair tidy, dresses or skirts )
Colours- Cold, Clean, faded-washed and worn a lot
Older clothes mended

Effect on viewer- Think/feel
Think they are poor because clothes are outdated (Peacekeepers/ Effie in new clean outfits)
Think it is a bad living (emotionless, all the colour has been drained)

Director Purpose-
Shows the compassion/ juxtaposition of the district & the Capitol
Shows theme 'Rich vs Poor' because district doesn't have areas to resources like new clothes 

Other techniques-
Make up
Style = Status
Effie eye lashes are long + pink and her face is white.
The district has no make-up, no access or need for it


Whats happening?
Scene 2- in the Capitol Katniss & Peeta just getting off the train, have never been there before

Describe Costumes-
Bright, colourful, neon, extravagant, vibrant, over sized.
Look expensive and more fancy than casual
Over the top-excessive, more than needed to be practical
Head piece to match, wigs
Both genders over the top outfits/wigs/make up

Effect on viewer- Think/feel
Thinks the are rich as- Have more than us
Fashion is shooting/scary to viewers- in your face
Show us how shocked/ different things are for Katniss & Peeta


Director Purpose-
Again shows us theme 'Rich vs Poor"
The peoples in the Capitol live in extreme luxury compared to the poverty of district 12
People in the Capitol have everything
Make-up - over the top- caked on so we know they have lots of it
Men and woman wear it


Other techniques-Settings
Concrete, Metal, Glass, Clean, Crisp, Futuristic, Technologically advanced

Whats happening?
In the Arena of the Hunger Games

Describe Costumes-
Practical- suitable for fighting
Jackets, Boots, Shirt, Long pants
Colours that will match surroundings- helps them hide
Tells us about the arena climate
Not going far as not much

Effect on viewer-Think/feel
Feels like they are dressed for war/hunting (all dressed in same uniform)
All looks the same, everyone has the same advantage
Makes us less emotionally attached to individuals

Director Purpose- 'Rich vs Poor'
Everyone is finally equal so personal skill being important
Struggle for power- Tributes out under the power of the Capitol, They have to freedom/free will at this point



Other techniques-

SEXXXY paragraph

S) In the reaping scene, costume is used effectively to show the theme 'Rich vs Poor'.
E) For example, the potential tributes are dressed in formal shirts,skirts & trousers. Their clothes are well-worn,weathered and dull.
X) This makes us understand the people in District 12  are poor because their best clothes are old and faded compared to the Capitol representative Effie Trinket.
X) This is done to show the juxtaposition between the extreme wealth of the Capitol and the poverty of those in District 12
X) This worked well with the use of make-up as shown by Effie. She has lots of make-up on including long pink eyelashes, and a extremely white foundation and pink and gold lips. This tells the viewer that she is wealthy because she can afford extravagant make-up when those in the  district can barely afford clothes.
Y) This aspect can be compared to the scene where the tributes arrive off the the train in the Capitol. Here we see Luxury and excess wealth in the costumes of thee Capitol citizens compared to the rags worn by Peeta and Katniss.