Workshop 2: Angles, Movements & Shots - English

Brainstorm

The Reaping Scene

• Katniss volunteers as tribute when her sister is chosen
• The children/parents of the district give her the 3 finger salute
• Peeta is chosen as the male tribute

Hope & Rebellion - 3 finger salute - it is 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 (a weaker character) when she is reaped

Rich vs Poor

• Effie Trinket(Character) - extreme, make-up, wig, hat, overly colourful, and flashy outfit, proper accent

• Technology - Use of blood readers/scanners, projectors

Poverty-

District 12 - Children's outfits for reaping are the best clothes,

dresses, shirts-collared, Boys - Shafts to pants, colours

of clothes are very faded from washes & reusing.

- The village is falling down around them. 

Camera Angles/Shots Included:

-Close-ups- faces- Primrose when is reaped- terror, fear

- Effie - Joyful, confident, excited - close of lips when reading names

- Katniss- Panic when Prim is reaped, shock when she stands with Effie

- Peeta - fear, panic, shock

-Shallow Focus- the people in the background are in shallow focus(blurred) when Prim & Katniss

hug. This forces the viewer to watch the characters in focus.

Viewer feels - sorry for the tributes - Primrose - it was her first time

- Katniss - she volunteered - a selfless act

- Anger towards the Capitol for the reaping

- We consider Effie is annoying, happy, stuck-up, clueless

Director Purpose - need to be invested in their journey/suffering

- need to be angry at Capitol so that we judge them &

their decisions later

- Effie is depicted as a symbol of people in the District,

they are clueless-don't see the suffering

Music -Starts as we move to picking the bays

Minor key, tempo-slower, dynamic

Starts quiet then gets louder to build intensity - Mood - tension, morose

Lighting- Bright, grey, natural light, cold

Mood - sad, depressed

Colour - Dull, cold, palette - grey, white, blue, faded, washed out

Atmosphere - despair, sorry for the people, poverty, run-down

Facial Expressions are dull, bland & sad matching the lighting & colour