The Hunger Games - Theme analyse

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(Rich vs Poor)


Rich vs Poor is shown when Katniss and Peeta arrive at Panam on the train. When they arrive you immediately notice the difference from District 12, They're all in bright/rich clothing, wigs, and excessive make-up whereas in Katniss's District they're in handmade overworn and dull clothing. when they enter The Capitol you see the use of technology, light whites, blues, and various metals to give the audience the feeling of a clean, wealthy society they own. In District 12 they have none of what The Capitol own.

Another huge scene that shows the theme Rich vs Poor in a similar way is shown in the arena when Katniss is all alone trying to survive whilst District 1 and 2 are in alliances, also showing a way that she's poor.


(Struggle for Power)

We see Struggle for Power in the arena when Katniss is out hunting and looking for resources to survive whereas District 1 is out in the open with all the resources such as food and threatening like weapons enough to last weeks. That can relate to Struggle for Power but to survive because they are limiting the resources that others have access to for there survival.

Another scene that shows the theme Struggle for Power that could've ended tragically took place in the arena. The two tributes Katniss and Peeta had so low power and respect from other districts that they wanted to end it by threatening to eat the nightlock berries at the end of the game because they couldn't get what they wanted to not kill each other, doing that President Snow decided to keep two winners whilst getting rob off his will for one.


(Hope and Rebellion)

Hunger Games Essay

In the film “The Hunger Games” colour, costume and lighting are used effectively to show the audience the difference in wealth exercising the theme of Rich vs Poor.

We see the imbalance of Rich vs Poor in the Reaping scene, For instance, the children in district 12 all look alike in dull, simple and over-worn clothing. In contrast, Effie Trinkett arrives wearing bright clothes, a large wig, a headpiece and excessive make-up. This makes the audience feel sorry for the people of District 12 because Effie is a symbol of wealth in The Capitol. We see that not everyone lives in poverty. The director did this to show the hard life of those in Katniss and Peeta’s District live in. Coinciding with this is Effie’s behaviour. She is loud, happy and confident while the people of District 12 are shy, scared and vulnerable showing their Struggle for Power. This can be juxtaposed in the scene where Katniss and Peeta arrive in the capitol.





Linking back to colour, within scenes of the film, colour is used effectively to show the theme I mentioned before, Rich vs Poor. This is demonstrated in two scenes - District 12 at the start of the film and the capitol when Katniss and Peeta arrive on the train. In District 12 a natural, dull and dark palette of greens and browns are used to create a wild atmosphere, whereas in The Capitol there's a variety of shiny metallics, industrial silvers and light blues to give the audience a feeling of a technological and advanced society that they hold.





Another theme that the director effectively used in the film is camera shots and angles. Garry Ross used camera angles perfectly in specific scenes to give the viewers a visual of power. We see this theme when President Snow was 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 was to introduce the antagonist character and show the power he has over everyone, including Katniss. Coinciding with this is the use of lighting focusing on Snow and the tributes to show they are the most important figures in this scene. This can be juxtaposed to when the two tributes, Katniss and Peeta, reclaim power from Snow in the arena by threatening to eat the nightlock berries and finessing Snow of his victor.





In conclusion, we see that colour, costume and lighting is effectively used to show theme Rich vs Poor. We see this in the Reaping scene where District 12 are idly waiting for Effie to announce the names, they’re all alike wearing the same clothing all dull, dirty and overworn. In another scene, Rich vs Poor is shown in the arena when Katniss is all alone whilst District 1 and 2 are in alliances, also showing a way that she's poor. For me, as a viewer, I would feel mixed emotions for her and her district because of the struggle they have.

Old technology vs New technology - Yarny

Old technology:

Hand saw

Brick phone

Roller skates


Horse gig

Map

Fire torch

Quill 

New technology:

Electric saw

I phones

Hover-boards

Super cars

Google maps

Torch

Pen

Technology is to improve or to make something you need in your life easier than it was previously.
Technology has improved drastically over the generations all from the start of humans to nowadays with all the electric tech. These utensils from quill's to hand saws all to pens and pencil's, electric saws and more etc.