Film studies
Opening scene
Music= Slow (timbre)
Camera shots= Mid shots- to show face and body language
Close up katniss and prim, to show emotions
Wide view- See setting , get more information at once
Extreme close up- focus on specific information ex the sign says ‘Danger’
Tracking shots - showed hoe her surrounding change that she was going somewhere.
Shay camera= more realistic, unsetting, as if it’s running with her ,makes sense for the scene=during district 12 opening.
Dialogue= Crane & Caesar= celebrations'knitting people' together'
- Crane's style of Game making make prim cry e scream
- Prim dreams it was her selected
- Katniis say 'it's your first time you won't get picked'foreshadowing
Colour and lighting= The interview -saturated colours,very bright.Neon.very artificial,cold light.
- District 12-Dull, Bland,Neutral,dark ,cold light as well
Colour and lighting
10/06/2020
Music - Capital video -major -saying it is a good -war in the past was worse
Rest of the music- minor - Children are terrified
Dialogue- Reading out the names
-calm at the first,then screaming( I volunteer as tribute- sister bond
District 12 first volumteer
Effie-Surprised Volunteer make her feel better- would get promotion ,excited- entainment,calm-doesn't have to sacrifice
Camera shots- Close up-Katniis’s reaction to film’s name.
-Effie-about to read out names(see her make up how she is different to everyone else- show she is rich).
Medium range-Effie takes katniss & peta away - When katniss is in the crowd.
Long/wide shots - Effie looking out-to see the mass of people.
Pening shots -when people show respect and lift their fingers for her.
Pov Katniss looking for prim -When giving sign respect - watching capital’s film - when katniss walks up the stairs-extra shaky to show her fear
Flashback - meaning of peta and the bread - show she knows him - he helps her
Propaganda- What is it?- information that gives a bias opinion -post truth
- where do we see it? - Video from the capital.
- The games it self is propaganda- all the tributes
So people from the capital believe in the entertainment.
Key Vocab
- Honor, Glory, Eliminated, Peacekeeper
Real Message
- You have fought back and lost now we can kill your children a 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 your - gale macs it- Effie recites
Rich(capital)
- The amount of food
-Bright colours
-Bright colours
-Costuming Extravagant
-Modern Architecture
-Everything is controlled - no nature
- Fit & Healthy
-Materials - stone, marble metals
Poor( District 2)
- People were starving
-Dull colours
-Costuming- wearing'best' type - stereotypes
-Small and Siclely - Don't stand a chance in the Hunger Games
- Old harm houses/ shacks - Old - Need repair - dirty
- One good building - for filming - control
-materials - mostly wood
15/06/2020
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
Camera shots - Tract - Close up of hands - really important - show they are cnited - Links to symbol to black lives matter move
- Wide - to show all the people
- Birds eye view - drone coming blowing paper- Plane landing effects - papers were important - shows technology - ( capital) is bigger and stronger.
- Cutting shots of shaky camera - creates tension - showed the chaos
Lighting - at start of scene it was day
- At end it was night - show fighting for hours
16/06/2020
Rebellion
Music- Sad - minor - powerful
- Enhanced the drama
- No lyrics - Emphasise her words, adds to the death 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 beaten at own game
- Inst time 2 victor
- she embarrassed the capital
Camera shots- Close ups - see both Peeta and katniss reaction.
- Capital citizen and Crane's reaction - surprise.
- Over head - when the booming voice came.
- Remain the game makers had been in control until this point.
- Extreme close up - The barriers.
- They were the thing that changed everything
Rich VS Poor
Poor people
Close up - of guy eating everything he could.
- Food is precious - people here are starving.
- Cat was malnourished.
Really dirty -Mud everywhere
- Extreme close up - Electric fence sigh
- Fence not on, don't have enough resources and money to power it
- Flies everywhere the place - cleaning is not a priority
Costuming setting - looked like they are in the past
- Wooden
- Old, run down
- Minor were going into the mine but were still covered soot
Rich people
Establishing shot - of the capital
- See the building, the grander
- Everything was modern
- sew 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 live in the districts
- Fashion is status thing here - they want the next best thing - represents wealth
- Capital clothing is for looks - Artificial materials bright
- District is for practicality - more natural
18/06/2020
Characteristic:
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
- Rebellions - Sneak out of District
- Introvert-rived - Not very good at making Friends
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
- Witty
- Agile - when reeta 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 - libable Aristocratic , Creative -cake decorating
Effie - Enthusiastic - Calm about the Hg - their job
- oblivious of the reality
- Status cl-riven - focus on 'meaner'.