Workshop - Essay planning | English2021

Shooting the apple - Hope and Rebellion

Techniques:

Music, lighting, colour 

Angles/shots/Movement

Costume  

• Diegetic sound

• Katniss - dark, dim, Artificial - grey, black, blue - matches peers 

• Senica - vibrant, bright - colour variety - pink - more privileged/ individual 

• Costume - Katniss - training suit, tributes all look the same

• Capitol - individual - ll different, over the top, extravagant

• Close- up see the reaction, Katniss - pensive, shocked 

• Hight angle - once Katniss shoots the apple, makes her look weak and vulnerable. 

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

Change of Rules - Struggle for power 

Music - Minor, slow, dramatic, building tension, emotional intensity as music gets louder

Lighting/colour - bright, natural warm, green, black, greys, 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 - defiance, stubborn of Katniss - Struggle for Power 

• Katniss won’t let them have one victor 

• Peeta won’t let them change him. 

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

Aspect = techniques 

Camera shots/ angles/ movement colour/ lighting costume

Music    Atmosphere   Dialogue   symbols    Props.  

Task 2: 1 - 2 sentences explaining what happened in the scene. 

T - Title

A - Author

K - Key

O - Outline

In the film ‘The Hunger Games’ directed by Gary Ross, techniques are used to engage the viewer and tell the story. In the scene ….(insert your scene) film aspects such as (Technique 1), (Technique 2), (Technique 3 ) and (Technique 4) are impactful in creating the mood and atmosphere.