English - Costumes

 1. The Reaping Scene - District 12

- The children of the district have gathered together for the reaping to select the tributes.

- Boys - Shirts - buttoned / collars, shorts, pants, whites, colourless, faded, dull, overwashed.

- Girls - Dresses, shirt and shirt.

- Best clothes, probably only warn once a year, wornout colourless, faded.

Viewer - we feel sorry for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions.

Director purpose - show us how bad their conditions are, wants us to see them as weak, unprepared, hopeless.

Other techniques - high angle with the faded colours makes them seem weak, vulnerable, helpless.

2. The Capitol - arriving in the city.

- Katness and Peeta have arrived by train in the Capitol.

- The clothes are extragant!

- colourful, vibrant.

- Accesories - hats / earings / make - up / wigs / shoes / bags / dogs.

- New - like only warn once "fashionable" access to good quality fabrics, patterns.

Viewer Effect - makes them seem higher ranks, privelleged, relaxed, we don't like them - attitude of entittlement, clueless.

Director Purpose - shows themes of imbalance of power + rich vs poor,

Other techniques - setting is crowded, people are happy, buildings are modern, big well kept. Shows that Capitol is privelleged.

3. The Countdown

- The tributes have just arrived in the arena and are waiting to start games.

- Costumes - Survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jackets, pants, t-shirts, designed to looks good, to be practicle, light weight.

- Viewer Effect - the tributes look prepared, fit, athletic

- Directors Purpose - they are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience ( the capitol ) makes it seem more pagent like.

Other Techniques - silence - worried, excited to see what happens, anxious, builds tension, makes the audience focus.

English - Angles, Movements & Shots

What is happening in this clip

The Reaping Scene:

- Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen.

- Teh children / parents of the district give her the 3 fingure salute.

- Peeta is chosen as the male tribute. 

What themes does it link to:

Hope and Rebellion - 3 finger slaute - it is a sign of respect for Katness from the people of her district.

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

- Katniss is a symbol of rebellion because she steps in for her sister (a weaker character) when she is reaped.

Rich vs Poor - symbol - Effie Trinket - extreme make-up, wig, hat, overly colourful and flashy outfit, proper acdent.

- Technology use of blood readers / scanners, projectors. 

Poverty - District 12 - Children outfits for reaper are there best clothes, dresses, shirts - collared, boys - shorts or pants, colours of clothes are very faded from washes and reusing.

- The village is falling down around them.

Angles / shots used:

Close-Ups- faces - Primrose when is reaped - terror, fear

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

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

                             - Peeta - fear, panic, shock.

Shallow Focus - The people in the background are in shallow focus when Prim and Katness hug. This forces the viewer to watch the character in focus.

How does the viewer feel?

Viewer feels - Sorry for the tributes - Primrose - it was her first time

- Katniss - she volunteered - selfless act.

- Anger towards the Capitol for the reaping.

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

Why did the directer do this?

Director Purpose - Need to be invested in their journey / suffering

- need to be angry at Capitol so that we judge them and their decisions later.

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

Music / Lighting / Colour:

Music - Starts as we move to picking the boys minor key, tempo - shower, dynamic, starts quiet then gets louder to build intesity, mood - tension, morose.

Lighting - Bright, grey, natural, cold, mood - sad, depressed.

Colour - Dull, cold, palette - grey, white, blue, faded, washed out.

Atmosphere - despair, sorry for the people, povert, run down.

Facial expression are dull, bland + sad matching the lighting + colour.

English - Themes and Idea's

Rich vs Poor - Some people have more money - Capitol 

- Money                                - Privelleges / Respect

- Food - variety                     - Resources

- Proper housing                   - Technology

- Medicines                           - Clothing / Makeup

- Transport                            - Childhoods

Hope + Rebellion - Hope is the belief that something will get better.

Rebellion - To fight against something, protest, uprise, usually against government.

Symbols of Hope - Katness, Melodic, Mocking, Jay, 3 finger salutte.

Struggle for Power - Currently the Capitol has power - President Snow.

- Katness becomes a rival for powerr - people look up to her for guidance, becomes a threat because Snow sees her as one.

'Hope, it is the thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous'. 

Fear - The people are afraid of rebelling because the last time they tried they failed and they were punished with the Hunger Games.

Little Hope - Becoming a victor

Dangerous Hope -  That the districts deserve to be treated better.

Power of Propaganda - Information, especially of a based or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or POV.

Messages being told - H's not worth rebelling.

                                  - The Capitol is the strongest.

                                  - Things are good the way they are.

Proaganda	Reality
Peace Keeper - People to keep peace and to help you	- Soldiers, violent, keep people in line. Look storm troopers.
Victor - Glorious, someone who wins, weathly, respected	- Violent, to win 23 others had to die, trauma.
Tribute - two brave young people - Its an honor	Sacrifice - It is a punish to the districts.

Rich vs Poor - people in the capitol vs people in the districts.

                      - Compare the opening shot in District 12 vs peta looking out the window at the capitol.

                      - District 12 - poor - houses - rundown, wooden

                                          - food - very little, see old man picking at bone.

                                          - clothing - 1 pair of good clothes, warn out, old colours are faded, grey/black -                                            easier to not show coal dust.

                      - Capitol - houses - large, concrete, metals, accents gold / silver.

                                     - food - variety of choices, dont have the same things, more than enough - excess.

                                     - clothing - fancy, suits, extravagant, fashion, extreme, excess.

Hope and Rebellion - Conro president snow + Sencia Craine

                                 - A little hope quote

                                 - Conro between Hamich + Sencia

                                 - Give them something to root for, young love!

Struggle for power - Katniss + Peta eat the berries.

                               - Death of Rue = riot in District 11

Power of Propaganda - Subtle 

                                    - Hunger Games film strip.

What happened in the scenez:

- Peta and Prim Rose who are teenagers got chosen to go fight at the huger games.

- Prim Rose's sister wanted to go to the hunger games instead of her sister because she didn't want her little sister to go. 

- Effre Trinket was the woman to pick the boy and girl to go to the hunger games out of the big bowl full of names.