Film Study

Hunger Games
Opening Scene
Music:
Slow (timbre)
Minor tone - often means something bad
is happening or about to happen
Silence - grabs attention

Capital video - major
- saying it is a good thing
- War in the past was worse
Rest of music - minor
- Kids are terrified

Camera Shots:
Mid shots - to show face and body language
Close up - of Katniss and Prim to show emotion
Wide view - see setting, get more information at once
Extreme close ups - focus on specific information, ex the signs say 'Danger!'
Tracking shots - 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 

Close ups - Katniss's reaction to Prim's name
- Effie about to read out names - see her make up, how she is different to everyone else - shows she is rich.
Medium range - Effie takes Katniss & Reta away, when Katniss is in the crowd.
Long/wide shot - Effie looking out, ti see the mass of people
Panning - when people show respect and lift their fingers for her.
POV - Katniss looking for Prim, when giving sign of respect, watching capital's film, when Katniss walks up stairs - extra shaky to show her fear.
Flashback - memory if Pera and the bread, show she knows him, He helps her.

Dialogue:
Crane & Caesar - celebration 'knitting people together'
Crane's 'style' of Game making make prim cry & scream
Prim dreams it was her selected.
Katniss say 'It's your first time you wont get picked' - foreshadowing

Reading out the names
Calm at first, then screaming
'I volunteer as tribute' - sister bond
District 12 first volunteer
Effie - surprised - volunteer make her feel better - could get promotion
- excited-entertain
calm-doesn't have to sacrifice

Colour & Lighting:
The interview - saturated colours, very bright, neon, very artificial, cold light.
District 12 - dull, bland, natural, dark, cold light as well.

Propaganda
What is it? Information that gives a bias opinion.
Where do we see it?
- Video from the capital
- The games itself is propaganda - all the tributes
Real message
- You have fought back once and lost now we can kill your children and there is nothing you can do.
Propaganda message
- It is not a bad thing.
- If you win, you will be a hero to your district.
- The boy and 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 & healthy
- Materials - stone, marble, metals.
Poor (District 12)
- People were starving.
-  Dull colours
- Costuming - wearing 'best' types - stereotypes. 
- Small and sickly - don't stand a chance in the Hunger Games.
- Old farm housed/shacks - old - need repair - dirty 
- One good building - for filming - control.
- Materials - mostly wood.

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Dialogue
- Only stronger than fear
- Link to propaganda - false sense of hope that at least one will live.
- Just killing everyone cause resentment - Capital don't want to kill everyone, they need them.
- Hope is only effective if contained.
Camera Shots
- Mid shot - between Crane and Snow talking - to show expression & body language.
- POV - show & Crane - showing their deep conversation.
- Close up - of rose - pruning - metaphor for his 'perfect society' for control.
- Extreme close up of flowers.
- Flower ring showed she really cared for Rue.
- Showing that the games will not change her.
- POV/High angle - showing that she is aware that she is being watched.
Music 
- Sad minor
- Medium timbre
- Progress to being more powerful - more hopeful.

Rebelling - District 11 - Links to 'Black lives' very well.
Music
- up tempo
- more aggressive/emotional

Camera shot
- Track - close up of hands - really important - shows they are united - link to symbol to black lives matter move.
- Wide - to show all the people.
- Birds eye view - drone coming blowing papers - plane landing effect - papers were important - shows technology - Capital is bigger and stronger.
- Cutting shots of shaky camera - creates tension - showed the chaos.
Lighting 
- At the start of scene it was day.
- At end it was night - show fighting for hours.

Rebellion
Music - sad - minor
- Powerful.
- Enhanced the drama.
- No lyrics - emphasise her words, adds to the depth of the scene.
Dialogue
- 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 beaten at own game.
- 1st time 2 victors.
- She embarrassed the Capital.
Camera Shot
- Close ups - see both Peeta and Katniss reaction.
- Capital citizen and Crane's reaction - surprise.
- 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 vs Poor
Poor 
- Close up - of guy eating everything he could - food is precious - people here are starving
- Car was malnourished.
- Really dirty - mud everywhere - flies everywhere - cleaning is not a priority.
- Extreme close up - Electric fence sign - fence 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.
Capital
- Establishing shot - of the capital - see the buildings, the grandur - everything was modern - technology - white/clean/crisp.
- Costuming - Fashion and make up really extravagant.
- Close up - to see lady with big gold eye lashes - the pink poodle.
- Gives huge contrast to lives in the districts.
- 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.
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Katniss
- Tough - had to mature fast after dad died.
- Emotionless - well hidden.
- Protective of the people she loves.
- Impulsive - volunteering for Prim.
- Caring - flowers around Rue's body.
- Rebellious - sneak out of District.
- Introverted - not very good at making friends. (Like me)
Haymitch
- Alcoholic - trauma, stress - feels like a pawn.
- Depressed
- Smart, reliable - surprised his tributes abilities- smart because he understands that the HG is a TV show.
- Brutally honest - aggressive.
- Witty, cunning.
- Agile - when Peeta tries to get his drink.
Peeta
- Soft - bad or good?
- Crying when he leaves.
- Kind - giving the bread to Katniss.
- Gullible.
- Smarter than he looks.
- Physically strong.
- Socially persuasive - likeable.
- Artistic, creative, cake decorating.
Effie
- Enthusiastic.
- Calm about  the HG - Her job.
- Oblivious of the reality.
- Status driven - focus on 'manners'