Hunger Games II Film Study

Gathering Details from the movie: Hunger Games
What's District 12 like
The district is run down and messy
There are coal miners
Kids play with sticks pushing them into the mud as a way of playing
There’s a fence surrounding District 12 pointing that it’s an electric fence
The houses are old and run down
There are windows, but their broken and some of them have wood covering them
There isn’t a lot of food (You can see man-eating small pieces of chicken off a bone)
It’s dirty and not clean
The clothes are old and old fashioned
Poverty
In District 12 the colours are dull consisting of either Grey, washed white clothes but blue and green grass.
The technology is old and something that would've been used in the olden days when technology wasn’t as advanced
Whats sounds do you hear in District 12’s scene
There’s a humming sound of a women in the background of the movie when it focus around Katniss running around her District to get out into the forest (Also plays within the forest when Katniss grabs her bow)
What's the Capitol like
The capitol is fancy and huge
It’s modern and neat
Has lots of clean water and tall building with nice clear windows showing
The clothes a clean and fresh with nice vivid colours
The people wear colourful makeup
Everyone is happy and the kids are happy and have things besides sticks to play with
Everyone’s excited to see the Selected 2 for the hunger games, giving off smiles and waves
Not a lot of nice colours in the capitol but grey and metal, the only colour the capitol have are on their people.
Their technology is futuristic and high advanced


What did it sound like in the capitol
The capitols background music sounded Egyptian
You could also hear people screaming in joy whereas in District 12 you could hear no people but see them.
What's the reaping like
When the reaping starts and people are walking in, everyone is silent
People are nervous and scared (That they are going to be picked)
Always facing the front
An extreme close up is seen on Effie when she is talking over the mic
People are standing in straight lines
The camera movement is fast
There is a tracking camera movement when following Katniss while she is looking for her younger sister
There is a close up on Katniss when she is lip talking with gale
A close up on Effie when talking about a video from the capitol
Mentions a district 13
Diegetic is when you can hear no music but silence and the sounds of things you wouldn’t be able to hear over music unless silence was around. Things like paper rustling and the sound of people's footsteps
Non-Diegetic is when there is music playing over the sounds of things you’d likely hear in Diegetic.
What does it sound like
The reaping starts off with no sound but silence and visual of people moving around and getting their blood taken
The only time sound/Music can be heard during the reaping is during the video from the capitol after that it’s pure silence again but the voices of Effie and the footstep movements of district 12.


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What are the differences between D12 & the Capitol Clothes
D12 clothes are dull and wash out colours with the vibe of old-time clothes from within the first 20th century
While the Capitols clothes
Are Colourful and fancy with many accessories and makeup used.


Why is the Bow the weapon Katniss uses
Because it’s that one weapon that Katniss is confident about using.
What are the differences between D12 & the capitols Technology
D12’s technology is old fashioned and something that would likely have been used in ancient Roman 
What can people in D12 do to get Extra food
Put their names in extra times
Win the hunger games to get Food and Money