Workshop - Essay Planning

                           Shooting the Apple - Hope & Rebellion

Techniques: Diegetic sound

Music Lightning Color - Katniss - dark, dim, artificial - grey, black, blues

Angles/shots/movement- Senica - vibrant, bright,- colour variety-pink - more privileged/initials

Costume - Katniss - training suit, tributes all look the scene

                  Capital - Individuals- all different, over the extravagant 

               - Close-ups - see the reactions, Katnis pensive, shocked

               - High angle - are Katniss shorts the apple, makes her look

                  weak and vulnerable

               - Atmosphere - tension, Katniss comes out as the standout, someone to watch out for.

Music - minor, show,dramatic-building tension, emotional intensity as music get louder

Lightning/Colour - bright, natural, warm, green, black, grey, shadowed-rising of 

the sun- new day-new victor

Costume - not important

Angle/Shots/Movement - High Angle - Senica has power according to the camera but the dialogue 'stop" contradicts that.

Close-ups emphasize emotions - defiance, stubborn

               - Katniss won't let them have one victor

               - Peeta won't let them change him

- Atmosphere - happy because Katniss & Peeta took back control if they died, then they died by their own terms didn't lose their humanity 

Workshop 5: Music - English

 Tempo - speed of the music - fast/slow/moderate 

Dynamics - Volume - how bad or quiet it is

Key - Major - happy sound, minor - sad sound

Rues Death, How is music used to create atmosphere = depressing/sad/mournful 

                     minor, tempo-slow, dynamics-quiet, gets louder as Katniss raises her salute and district 11 riots

- What happened - Rue is killed, Katniss tries to give her body the closest to a burial that she can.

- Colour/Lightning - White flowers, natural lighting, greens stands out.

              Symbol - innocent and pure - Rue never killed everyone, kind, compassionate, victim

- Shots/Angles - medium close-ups - Rue and Katniss - see their emotions and facial expression - anguish

- High Angle - weak and vulnerable - Rue is an innocent and blameless victim

Effect on the viewer - The atmosphere of remorse/intense sadness, as the volume increase it builds the intensity of the emotions - we see emotions are contagious - hope.

Director Purpose: feel Katniss emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, atmosphere, rebellion 

Symbol of 3 finger salute is a sign of defiance and anger towards the game makers - you will take my humanity, also a symbol of unification with those who have lost loved ones to the games.

Music is used to create an atmosphere of sorrow and remorse in Rue's death scene. In this scene we see Katniss dealing with the slaughter of her young friend Rue. For example. The tempo is slow, the slow, dynamics are quiet and the key is minor to reflect the emotional rollercoaster that Katniss is feeling. Like the music, Katniss moves slowly and methodically to cover Rue's body in writing flowers. As she finishes, the music builds in volume, showing the increasing intensity of her anger and grief towards the capital. This makes us understand the pain experienced by the families of the tributes when they are killed each year. This was done to enable the viewer to feel the character emotions. This works well with the use of white flowers to symbolize Rue's innocents and purity and the high angle shot making her weak and valuable Combines with the music we are shown that Rue is a victim of the cruelty of the capital.

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

               

                           

                                    

Themes & Ideas - English

Rich vs Poor - some people have more - Capitol
 - money                - Privileges / respect
 - food -variety      - resources
 - proper housing   - technology
 - medicines           - clothing / make-up
 - transport             - childhoods

Hope & Rebellion - 

hope is the belief that something will get better
- Rebellion - to fight against something, protest, surprise, usually against government
Symbols of Hope - Katniss, Melodic Motive, Mockingjay, 3 finger salutte

Struggle for Power - 

Currently, the Capitol has power - President Snow
- Katniss becomes a rival for power - people look up to her for guidance, becomes a threat because Snow sees her as one.
'Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous!
Fear - the people are afraid of rebelling because the last time they tried they failed and they were punished with the Hunger Games.
Little hope - becoming a victor
Dangerous hope - that the districts deserve to be treated better.

Power of Propaganda - 
information especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or view.
Messages being told - It's not worth rebelling - The Capitol is the strongest.

Peace keeper -

Propaganda - people to keep peace & help you

Reality - soldiers, violent, keep people in line.

Victor - 

Propaganda - glorious, someone who wins, wealthy, respected

Reality - Violent, to win 

Fallen -

Propaganda - people who die in the game takes away from the reality of the situation 

Reality - Teenagers who have been killed/murdered. violent 

Rich vs Poor - people in the Capital vs people in the Districts 

                      - Compare the opening shot in District 12 vs Peta looking out  the window of the capital

                      - District 12 - poor - house is run down wooden

                                          - food - very little, see old man picking bone*

                                          - clothing - 1 pair of good clothing, worn out, old, colours are faded, grey/black

Capital - house - large, concrete, metals, accent of gold/silver

            - food - variety of choices, don't have the same things

Hope + Rebellion - Covro President Snow & Senira + Senica Craine

                             - A little hope quite

                             

                             - Convo between Hamich & Senica

                             - Gives them something to root for, young love!

  

Struggle for power - Katniss & Peta eat the berries

                               - Death of Rue = riot in District 11

Power of propaganda - Subtle

                                   - Hunger Games film strip

Similes & Metaphors | English

Similes - are where you compare two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
e.g He ran like the wind. She was as strong as a lion.

Metaphors- are where you compare two unlike things using by saying something is something else. 

e.g He is a stonewall, unbreakable by force. The rain is glass shattering against the street.

Highlighting every Simile in each sentence

• My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.
• The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.
• The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 
• My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore.

Completing the simile to each sentence

• The cloth was as black as Coal
• The wet ball was as slippery as an Eel
• My little sister is as playful as a Kitten
• The top of this table is as smooth as Silk
• I’ve been as busy as a Bee
• The lamb is as white as Snow

Is it a Simile or Metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. - Simile

2. Arnie was a man-mountain. - Metaphor

3. He was a lion in battle. - Metaphor

4. She is as pretty as a picture. - Simile

5. The striker was a goal machine. - Metaphor

6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. - Simile

7. The moon was a misty shadow. - Metaphor

8. My friend has a face like thunder. - Simile

My own Simile & Metaphor:

Simile - The chocolate was as sweet as sugar

Simile - I turned as white as a ghost when you out at me

Simile - He was like a tiger in the fight 

Metaphor - Her voice is music to my ears

Metaphor - Hard work is key to success

Mix & Match Poetry Terms & Definitions