Workshop 1: Unpacking themes and ideas
Definition + terminology - Money, Lifestyle, Food, Privilege, Technology, Assumptions, Life- styleRich
- The capitol (Accents, posh, fancy and big words)
- Clothing (Neon, bright, exotic, cleaner, )
- Architectures (Concrete, glass, steel, metal, modern)
- Advanced Technology (very futurist, medicine)
- Food (Varieties, high quality)
- Setting
Poor
- District 12 (Coal mining, dirty, trading, un-safe)
- Illegally hunting (Hardly any food)
- Clothes (Raggedy, Dirty, worn out , trousers, wrong fitting)
- Setting (Nature)
- Entertainment (Mud, pools of water)
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In the dystopian movie 'Hunger games' directed by Gary Ross, costumes are used effectively to show the theme of rich v poor. Rich vs poor is not just about money but it is also about power, Privilege, Lifestyle and more. For example the capitol is filled with people (and animals) wearing bright, exotic colours. The costumes were made of very futurist fabric. This makes the audience understand that the Capitol is much more advanced in terms of lifestyle when compared to district 12 - in-equality is an issue here. The directors intent was to create a contrast between the costumes. The costumes in district 12 is ragged and worn out. It is traditional and natural. This difference shows that there are privileges to living in the capitol.
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Workshop 2: Linking themes to the impacts of Angles, Movement and Shots
Terms
- When Katniss volunteered a dutch tilt was shown to show unease + long shot
- High angle on Effie displays power over the crowd
- Through out the reaping scene the camera was shaky for uncertainty +mid long
- Effie's costume had a close up shot displayed
- Katniss and Gale had a close up shot to show the audience that they have a tight relationship.
- Flashback before Peeta and Katniss shakes hands - pre existing connection
- Low angle - flag of Panem
How do we see themes?
Rich vs Poor:
- Effie's clothes - close up to really pick up on the details
- District 12 costumes - wide shot to show us that everyone inhabiting district 12 has dull clothes
- Compare and contrast between the people of district 12 and the Capitol
Struggle for power:
- Point of view shot
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During the reaping scene the theme of Rich vs Poor is explained through the use of camera movements - specifically wide shots and close ups. The comparison between the wealth of the Capitol represented by Effie and the poorness of the whole District 12 is seen in the wide shot of the people gathered at the reaping. The close up shot of Effie reveals the quality of her makeup, costume and hair while the wide shot shows the lack of colour of district 12. Using a close up shot shows a sense of atmosphere while wide shot shows nothing and makes it seem as if the people of District 12 is forced to be there - struggle for power.
Where are these shots from? + what is happening?
- Katniss
- Effie
- District 12 citizens (Primrose, Peeta, Gale)
- Peace keepers
- Beginning
Costumes in D12:
- dull
- worn
- boring
- simple
- costumes reflect the people on a personal level
- limited materials
- best clothes for the reaping scene
What theme are we exploring?
RICH VS POOR
- Capitol = rich
- D12 = poor
- Effie (bright, colourful, fashionable, drastic makeup, jewellery)
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During the reaping scene the theme Rich vs Poor is represented by costumes.
We see this when the citizens of D12 are waiting for someone to be chosen as tribute. The lifestyle of D12 is reflected in the clothes that they wear. The materials of the clothes are very much limited therefore making the clothes look dull, simple.
This makes the audience understand that the costumes represent the theme rich vs poor, rich being the capitol and poor being District 12. There is a clear difference between the opportunity, power and privilege between the capitol and D12. The directors intent was to help the audience understand that the capitol holds opportunity, power and privilege over the D12. The costumes can symbolise the in-equality between the capitol and D12. The symbolism combined with the wide shot of the crowd of D12 and over the shoulder shot of Effie shows that Effie (because shes from the capitol) shows us that she has power over them.
Workshop 4: How does 'Lighting & Colour' enhance the story ?
Define:
- Atmosphere > The mood/feeling of a place
- Mood > Feeling
- Location > a place where something set
- Warm light > Orange, yellow, red light, cosy, warm, welcome
- Cold light > Blue, green, white light, makes it feel sterile/clean, modern
- Bright light > obvious, reflect energy, happy
- Dull light > faded, opposite of bright light, sad, boring, lonely, tiresome
- Natural light > sun, moon, reflections, star, lightning, fire - occur from nature
- Artificial light > light bulbs, screens, LED, specifically man made sources from light/ tend to be electronic
- Colour pallet > Scene of the colours used in the shot e.g D12 = Natural pallet - green, brown, black, grey
SCENE: DISTRICT 12
- Katniss is running to illegally hunt in the woods
- Cold light - lots of greenery, dull light, natural light - sunlight/clouds.
- Makes the audience feel cold, not where you want to be, back in time/old fashioned, Poverty place - outdated materials (e.g wood)
- Directors purpose - rich vs poor - who has more power, opportunity, privilege. They dont have a privilege of technology/ no artifical sources of light
- Other techniques - costumes -grey/ blacks - coal miners, black shoes - less dirt
SCENE: Train station at the Capitol
- Tributes (Katniss and peeta) arriving
- Cold, bright, artificial light, colour pallete - vibrant, colourful coloured costumes, bright white and grey walls
- Makes the audience feel modern, excited for the tributes to arrive
- Directors intent - rich vs poor - power, privilege, opportunity, access to tech, better sewing tech because the materials of costumes are better, No poverty - the dont work, access to do whatever they want whenever they want.
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In the scene at the train station lighting and colour are used substantially to show the theme of rich vs poor. In this case, rich represented by the privilege of the capitol. This is demonstrated through the use of bright, cold and artificial lighting that occurs from electricity. This scene contains a modern colour pallet - uses whites and grey for the background while the costumes contains a lot of bright, vibrant and colourful materials. This makes the audience feel like the location is modern and excited for the tributes to arrive at the capitol. The purpose of this was to show that the capitol has privilege to technology specifically trains, electricity, better clothing, dated materials. This works well with the use of costume. The costumes are unique and exotic which shows that they have more variety of clothing and sewing technology than those people in the district. This can be juxtapose to the conditions in District 12 where there is no electricity and the colours are more natural.
Workshop 5: How does music enhance the story ?
Song 1 - Happy, warm, energetic.
Song 2 - Mysterious, adventurous, sad, sombre
Major - Upbeat, louder, full strings, contains 1st 3rd 5th.
Minor - Low beat, quieter, suspenseful.
Tempo - Speed of the beat.
Dynamic - Variation between notes, volume.
Diegetic = Amplified natural music
Non-diegetic= Sound track + special effects.
Minor. Tempo = slow. Dynamics - building towards the end
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In the dystopian film hunger games, music is used substantially to support the theme of hope and rebellion. This is shown during the scene of Rues death through the minor chords which makes the audience feel sombre. the tempo of the soundtrack during this scene is slow revealing the emotions of grief in which Katniss is feeling. The dynamic of the music in this scene starts of quiet and builds louder as the scene goes on. Th purpose of this was so the the viewer can feel a connection tot themselves to the characters int he scene. This worked well with the next scene where a riot starts in honour of Rue.
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