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(S) in the reaping scene, costume is used effectively to show the theme 'rich vs poor; For example, the potential tributes are dressed in formal shirts, skirts and trousers. Their clothes are well-worn, weather and dull. This make us understand the people in district 12 are poor because their best clothes are old and faded ' compared to the capitol representative Effie 

trinket. This is done to show the juxtaposition between the extreme wealth of the capitol and the poverty of those district 12. This worked well with the use of make-up as shown by Effie. She has lots of make-up on including long pink and gold lips. This tells the viewer that she is wealthy because she can afford extrazagant make-up when those in the district can barely afford clothes. This aspect can be compared to the scene where the tributes arrive off the train in the capitol. Here we see luxury and access wealth in the costumes of the capitol cities compared to the rags warm by peta and katniss.