WS1 - The Hunger Games film study

Technique/Aspect - Power/Control - Poverty/Wealth
Over the shoulder (angle)
-Brings the audience into the conversation.
High angle (angle)
-The subject is important/has more power than ones below.
Extreme wide shot (shot)
-Gives perspective and size
-Everyone's looking up at president snow
-Body gestures
-Tributes are seen as vulnerable
-Below the citizens.

Sexy paragraph (practice)
In 'The Hunger Games' camera shots and angles are used effectively to show the theme of power.
We see this when President Snow is addressing the crowd at the tribute parade.
In this scene, the director uses a low angle, over the shoulder, extreme wide shot to show that Snow is greater than everyone else.
The purpose of this is to introduce the antagonist character and show the power and control he has over others, including Katniss.
Coinciding with this is the use of lighting focusing on the tributes and Snow to show that they are the most important figures in the scene.
This can be juxtaposed to when the tributes, Katniss and Peeta, reclaim power from Snow in the arena by threatening to eat the nightlock berries and robbing Snow of his victor.




Low angle (angle)
-Shows she is important why? She just volunteered as tribute.
Dutch tilt (angle)
-Dramatic perspective, something is not right.
Mid shot (shot)
-Not intimate for viewers, we feel like we are watching it happen.