Workshop 2: Angles, movements and shot - English

 Brainstorm

The Reaping Scene

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

Hope and Rebellion: 3 finger salute - it's a sign of respect from the people of the 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 wether character) when she is reaped)

Rich vs Poor: Symbol Effie trinket - extreme makeup, makeup, wig hat, overly and flashy outfit, proper accent.

Technology - Use of blood readers/scanners projections.

Poverty -  District 12 - children's outfits for reaping are their best clothes, dresses, shorts - collared or pants, colors of clothes are very faded from washes and reusing.

              - The village is falling down around them

Close-ups - faces - primrose when is 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.

                 - Peta - fear, panic, shock

Shallow - Focus - the pope;e in the background are in shallow focus when film and katniss

                            - the focus the viewers to watch the character in focus.

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

                                                        - Katniss volunteered - a selfless act.

- Orange towards the capitol for reaping

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

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

                             - need to be away at Capitol so that we judge them and their decision

                            - 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 pick the bays minor key, tempo- slower, dynamically starts quietly 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, run-down

Facial Expression is dull, bland and sad matching the lightning and colour