film study - the hunger games

music
- capital video was major - saying it was good
                                          - war in the past was worse
                   
- rest of music minor - kids are horrified


dialogue 
- reading out the names
- calm at first, then screaming
'I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE' - sister bond
- first volunteer ever from district 12
- Effie - surprised 
            - excited 
            - calm
            - entertainment
            - doesn't have to sacrifice  
            - volunteer makes her feel better
            - could get a promotion


camera shot
- close ups - Katina's reaction to prims name
                  - Effie - about to read out names
                              - see her make up
                              - how she is different to everyone else
                              - she is rich
            
- medium close up - gale and katniss are looking back and forward at each other 
                               - Effie takes katniss and peta away
                               - when katniss is in the crowd

- long wide - Effie looking out to see the mass of people
                   

- panorama - when people show respect and lift their fingers.
                   
POV - when katniss was looking for prim
          - gave the solute
          - watching the capitals film
          - looking into the crowd
          - katniss walks up and is shaking to show her fear


flash back - memories of peta and bread
                  - she knows him
                  - he helped her



PROPAGANDA:
what is it? - in formation that gives a bais 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 fought back once and lost now we can kill your children and there is nothing you can do about it.

propaganda message
- its not a bad thing
- if you win, you are a hero to your district
- the boy and girl in the film are big, strong, healthy and fit
- how they remember their past -  dont give detail why their was a revault
- played every year - gale mocks it
                                - Effie recites



KEY VOCAB:
- honour
- glory
- eliminated
- peace keeper



RICH (CAPITAL) 
- the amount of food
- bright colours
- costuming - extravagant
- modern architecture
- everything is controlled right down to where they get water
- materials - stone
                  - marble 
                  - glass


POOR (DISTRICT 12)
- people were starving 
- dull colours
- costuming -  wearing 'best' cloths
                    - stereotyping
- small and sickly - don't stand a chance in the hunger games
-  old farm houses/shakes - old
                                          - need repair
                                          - dirty 
- one good building - for filming 
                                 - for control
- materials - mostly wood


REBELLING:

- music - up tempo
             - more aggressive/emotional


- camera shots - track
                        - wide - to show all people
                        - birds eye view - drone coming blowing papers -                                plane landing effect - papers were important -                                    shows technology - capital is bigger and strong
                         - cutting shots of shaking camera - creates tension -                             showed the chaos 
                        - camera become more stable as capital regained                                   control 
- close up of hands - really important
                               - shows they are united
                               - link to symbol to black lives matter!
                         

LIGHTING: - at start of scene was day
                       - at end it was night - show fighting for hours



MUSIC: - sad minor
               - powerful
               - enhanced the drama
               - no lyrics - emphasise 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 there own game
                        - first capital to beaten at own game
                        - first time 2 victors
                        - she embarrassed the capital


CAMERA SHOTS: - close up - see both peta and katniss
                                                   - capital citizen and cranes                                                                    reaction - surprised 
                                  
                                   - over head - when the booming                                                                               voice came over 
                                                    - remind the game masters 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 off the bone
                 - food is precious - people here are starving
                 - cat is very malnourished 
- really dirty and mud everywhere

- extreme close up - electric fence sign
                               - fence not on, don't have enough recourse 
                                  money to power it

- costuming and setting - looked like they were in the past
                                       - wooden
                                       - old run down
                                       - minors were going into the mine but                                                 were just about to into one
                    
POOR:
- establishing shot - of the capital 
                              - see the building, the grandeur
                              - everything is modern
                              - the technology
                              - everything was white, clean and crisp
                              
costuming - fashion and makeup really extravagant
                  - close up - to show lady with big gold eyelashes 
                                   - pink poodle
                  - give gives huge contrast to lives in the districts 
                  - fashion is a status thing here - they want the next best                       thing - represents wealth
                  - capitals clothing is for looks - artificial 
                  - districts clothing are for practicality - more natural

KATNISS:
- tough - had to mature fast after dad died
- emotions - well hidden
- protective of the people she loves
- impulsive - volunteering for prim
- caring - flowers around rue's body
- rebellious - sneaks out of district
- introverted - not very good at making friends


HAYMITCH:
- alcoholic - trauma, stress feels like a pawn
- depressed
- smart - reliable, surprised his tributes - smart because he understands that the HG is a TV show
- brutally honest - aggressive
- witty - conning


PEETA: 
- 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



NOTES: 
- in capital film it was warm and orange and then in real life it was cold (colour)
- so people from the capital believe in the entertainment