English

Opening scene 

Music - slow (timbre)

Capital video - major - saying it is good

- war in the past was worse

Rest of music - minor - kids are terrified

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

Silence = grabs attention 

Camera shots = mid shots - to show face and body language 

- closeup - katniss ration to prim'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 and peter way

- long / wide shot - Effie looking out

- to see the mass of people

- planing - when people show respect and liff their fingers for her

- POV - katniss looking for prim

- when giving sign of respect

- watching capital films

- when katniss walk up stairs - extra shaky to show her fear

- flash back - memory of peter and the bread

- show she knows him

- he helps her

Closeup - of katniss and prim, to show emotions

- close up - of rose

- pruning - metaphor for his ' perfect society ' for control

Wide view - see setting, get more information at once 

Extreme closeup - focus on specific information ‘ex the signs says ‘Danger!’

Tracking shot = Showed how her surroundings change that she was going somewhere 

Shaking camera = more realistic, unsetling, as it it’s running with her, make sense for the scene = during district 12 opening 

Dialogue = Reading out the names

- calm at first then screaming

' I volunteer as tribute ' - sister bond

- District 12 first volunteer '

- Effie - surprised - volunteer make her feel batter - could get promotion

- excited - entrainment

- calm doesn't have to sacrifice

Crane and Caesar = celebration ‘ knitting people together ‘ 

Crane’s ‘style’ of game making make prim cry and scream 

Prim dreams it was her selected 

Katniss 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, natural, date, cold light as well 

Propaganda

What is it? - information that gives a bias opinion

- post truth

Where do we see well?

- Video from the capital

- The games it self on propaganda - all the tributes

Real message

- you have fought backonce 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, story, healthy, fit

- How they remember their past 

- don't give detail 'why' their was a revolt 

- Played every year - Gate mocks it - Effie recites 

So people from the capital believe in the entertainment

Key vocab

- ' Honor ' - ' Glory '

- ' Eliminated ' - ' Peacekeeper '

Rich ( capital )

- The amount of food

- Bright colour

- Costuming - extravagant

- Modern architecture

- Everything is controlled - no nature

- Clean

- fit and health

- materials - stone, marble

metals

Poor ( District 12 )

- People were starving

- Dull colours

- Costuming - wearing ' best ' types

- Stereotypes

- small and siclely - don't sland a change

- old farm houses / Shacks

- old

- need repair

- dirty

- one good building - for filming

- materials - mostly wood

Hope

Scene with president snow

- 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 don't want to kill everyone, they need them

- Hope is only effective if contained

Music - sad minor

- medium timbre

- progress to being more powerful - more hopeful

Camera shot - mind - between crane and snow talking

- Extreme close up of flowers

- Flowers ring showed she really care for rue

- Showing that the games will not change her

- POV - show and crane - showing their deep conversation

- POV / high angle - Showing that she is aware that she is being watched

Camera shot - mind - between crane and snow talking

- to show expression and body language

Rebelling - District ll - Links to ' Black Lives ' very well

Music - up tempo

- more aggressive / emotional

Camera shot - trade

- wide - to show all the people

- birds eye view - drone coming blowing papers - plane landing effect

- papers were important

- shows technology - Capital is bigger and strong

- cutting shorts 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

Close up of hands - really important

- shows they are united

- link to symbols to black live matter move

Music - sad - minor 

- powerful

- enhanced the drama 

- no lyrics - emphasis her words,

adds to the depth of the scene 

Dialogue - willing to die together

- katniss rebelling against to 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

- 1st time 2 victors

- She embarrassed the capital

Camera shot - close ups - see both peta 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

- Extreme close up - the berries

- they were thing that changed everything

Rich vs Poor

Poor

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 sign

- fence not on, don't have enough

resource and money to power it

Costuming and setting - looked like they are in the past

- wooden

- old, run down

- minors were going into the mine

but were still covered in soot

Rich

establishing shot - of' 'the capital

- see the buildings ' the grandur

- everything was modern

- saw technology

- white / clean / crisp

Costuming - Fashion and make up really extravagant

- close up - to see lady big gold eye lashes

- the pink poodle

- gives huge contrast to lives in the districts

- fashion is a status thing here - they want

the next thing - represents wealth

- Capital clothing is for looks - artificial material bright

- District clothing is for practicality - more natural

Katniss - tough - had to mature fast after dad died

- emotionless - well hidden

- protective of the people she loves

- impolsive - volunteering for prim

- caring - flowers around rue's body

- rebellious - sneaks out of district

- introvertived - not very good at making friends

Haymitch - alchohotic - trauma, stress

- feels like pawn

- depressed

- smart, reliable - surprised his tributes - smart because he understand that the HG is a TV show

abilities

- brutally honest - aggressive

- witty, cunning

- agile - when peta tries to get his drink

Peta - soft - bad or good?

- crying when he leaves

- kind - giving the bread to katniss

- gullible

- smarter than he looks

- physically strong

- socially persuasive - likable

- artistic, creative - cake decorating

Efiie - enthusiastic

- calm about the HG - her job

- oblivious of the reality

- status driven - focus on 'manners'