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Monday, September 27, 2021

Workshop 3: Costumes - English

The Reaping Scene - District 12
  • The children of the district have gathered together for the reaping to select the tributes 
Costumes used:
  • Boy - Shirts - buttoned/collars, short, pants, white, colourless, faded, dull, overwashed
  • Girls - Dresses, shirts & skirt
  • Best clothes, probably only worn once a year, worn-out, colourless, faded
Affect on Viewer:
  • We feel for the people, they seem powerless, they live in poor conditions
Directors Purpose:
  • Shows us how bad their conditions are, wants us to seem them as the weak, hopeless
Techniques add to effect:
  • High Angle - with the faded colours makes them seem vulnerable, helpless.
Other techniques - High angle with the faded colours makes them seek weakly, vulnerable helpless

The Capitol- Arriving in the city

  • Katniss & Peta have arrived by Train in the Capital
  • The clothes are extravagant
  • Over the top
  • Colourful, vibrant
  • accessories - has/earings/make-up/wig/shoes/bags/dogs
  • New - looks like only worn once, Fashionable
  • Access to good quality fabrics, pattern
Affect on Viewer
  • Makes them seen of higher ranking, privileged, relaxed, we don't like them, attitude
Director purpose - Shows them of imbalance of power & rich vs poor

Other techniques - the setting is crowded, people happy, buildings are modern, big, well kept, shows that capital privileged

The countdown

  • The tributes have just arrived in the area and are waiting to start the games
Costumes used:
  •  survival gear, browns, black, dark colours, jacket, pants, T-shirts, designed to look good, to be practical, lightweight.
Affect on View
  • The tributes look prepared, fit, athletic
Director Purpose:
  • They are going to die, the outfits are just for the audience (the capitols)  makes it seen more pagent like
Other techniques - silence worried, excited to see what happen, anxious, build town, makes the audience focus.




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