- The Reaping Scene
- Katniss volunteers as a tribute when her sister was chosen.
- The children/parents of the district giving the three-finger salute.
- Peeta is chosen as the other tribute.
Hope and Rebellion
- 3 Fingered Salute
- it's a sign of respect for Katniss from the people of her district.
- Katniss is a symbol of hope for a district victor.
- Katniss is a symbol of rebellion because she steps in for her sister when no one else would.
Rich vs Poor
⟶ Symbol - Effie Trinket - extreme, make-up, wig, hat, overly colourful and flashy outfit, proper accent.
- Technology - Use of blood readers/scanners, projectors.
- District 12
- Children's outfits for reaping are their best clothes, dresses, shirts - collared, boys - shorts or pants, colours of their clothes are very faded from washes and reusing.
- The village is falling down around them. '
Angles
- Close-Up - Faces
- Primrose when reaped - Terror, Fear
- Effie - joyful, confident, excited - close of lips when reading names
- Katniss - panics when Prim is reaped, shock when she stands with Effie.
- Peeta - fear, panic, shock.
- Shallows Focus
- The people in the background are in shallow focus when Prim Katniss hug. This forces the viewer to watch the characters in focus.
Viewer Feel
- Sorry for tributes
- Primrose - it was her first she has been reaped.
- Katniss - she volunteered, a selfless act.
- Anger towards the Capitol for the reaping.
- We consider Effie is annoying, happy, stuck-up, clueless.
Directors Purpose
- need to be invested in their journey/suffering
- need to be angry at Capitol so that ew judge them and their decisions later.
- Effie is depicted as a symbol of people in the District who are clueless - don't see the suffering
Music
- Starts as we move to pick the boys.
- Minor key, tempo - slower, dynamic.
- Starts quiet then gets louder to build intensity.
- 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, poverty, rundown
Facial expressions are dull, bland and sad matching the lighting and colour.
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