Opening scene - English

Opening scene 

Music= Slow (timbre), Sad (minor), Medium timbre, up tempo, more aggressive/emotional

capitol video - major rest of music - minor - kids are terrified, sad - minor, powerful, enhanced the drama, no lyrics, emphasise her words, adds to the depth of the scene,

Minor tone= often means something bad is happening or about to happen 

silence = grabs attention 

Progress - to being more powerful

Camera shots-

Mid shots to show face and body language, to show expression  

Effie takes Katniss and peeta away when Katniss is in the crowd, between crane and president snow talking.

Close up - of Katniss and prim, to show emotions 

Katniss´s reaction to Prims name

-Effies about to read names

see her make up different to everyone else

- 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

Wide view - se setting, get more information at once, to show the people

Effie looking out

- to see the mass of the people

Over head - drone coming blowing papers - plane was landing, Shows technology capital, is bigger and stronger, creates te

Lighting -

Cutting shots of shaky camera

Panning -  when people show respect and lift there 3 fingers

POV - Katniss looking for prim, When giving sign of respect, Watching capitols film, katniss walking up the stairs, p - snow & crane showing their deep conversation

Flashback - memory of peta and the bread show how she knows him he helps he

High angle - Showing that she is aware that she is being watched

Extreme close ups - focus on specific information ex the signs says danger, extreme close up of flowers

they were the thing that changed everything 5

Close-up - of rose, pruning, metaphor for his perfect society  

Tracking shot - showed her surroundings changed that she was going somewhere

Shaky camera - more realistic, unsettling, as if its running with her, makes sense for the scene= during district 12 opening

dialogue - crane & Caesar = celebration  knitting people `together´ cranes style of game make Prim cry e scream Prim dreams if was her selected Katniss says its your first time you wont get picked.

reading out the names, calm at first, then screaming - sister bond

Showing she cared about rue

willing to die together, Katniss rebelling against the propaganda of their has to be a winner,

voice over urgently saying stop Katniss has beaten them at their own game,

she embarrassed the capital.

first capital beaten at their own game, 1st time 2 victors.

showing that the games will not change her

- district 12 first volunteer, Only thing stronger than fear,

- link to propaganda - false sense of hope that at least one will live

- Just killing everyone would cause resentment - Capital dont want to kill, everyone, they need them

- hope is only effective if contained

Effie - surprised volunteer make her fell better - could get a promotion

- excited entertained

- calm dosent have to sacrifice

Colour and lighting - the interview - saturated colours, very bright, neon, very artificial cold light 

District 12 - dull colours, bland, natural colours, dark light, cold light. 

Propaganda

What is it - Information that gives a bias opinion

Where do we see it - Video from the capitol, the games it self is propaganda - all the tributes.

Real message - You have fought back once and lost now we can kill your children and and there is nothing you can do.

Propaganda message

-Its not a bad thing

-if you win you will be 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) 

Amount of food, Bright colours, Costuming - extravagant, Modern architecture, Everything is controlled in the capital, clean, materials - Stone, marble, metal.

Poor (district 12)

~People were starving

~Natural and dull colours

~Costuming wearing best types stereotypes

~Small and sickly Dont have a chance in the hunger games

~Old farm houses/shacks, Need repair, dirty 

~One good building for filming control

~materials mostly wood  

Lighting - At start of scene it was day at the end it was night - shows they were fighting for hours

Poor VS Rich

Poor:

- Close up of guy eating everything he can 

- food is precious people were starving 

- cat was malnourished 

- really dirty - mud everywhere

extreme close up of - electric fence sign 

- fence not on, dont have enough resources and money to power it 

- costume and setting - looked like they are in the past

- wooden, old/run down 

- miners were going into the mine but still were covered in soot 

Rich:

- establishing shot - of the capital

- see the buildings, the grandur

- everything was modern

- saw technology

- white/clean/crisp

- Fashion and make up is extravagant

- close up - to dee lady with big gold eye lashes

- the pink dog 

- gives huge contrast to live 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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