Workshop - Essay Planning

 Techniques: Diegetic sound. Music - minor, slow, dramatic - building tension, emotional intensity as music gets louder. 

music lighting color - Katniss dark dim, artificial - grey, block, blues 

Angles/Shots/movement - Senica - vibrant, bright, colour variety - pink - man privileged/individuals. Lighting/color - bright, natural, warm green,  black, greys, shadowed - rising of the sun - new victor. High Angle - Senica has power according to the camera but the dialogue stop contradicts that. 

Costume - katniss - training suit, tributes all look the same capitol - individuals - all different, over the top, estrangement 

Costume - not important 

- Close-ups - see the reactions, katniss - pensive, shocked. emphasizes emotions - defiance, the stubbornness of katniss - the struggle for power.

- Katniss won't let them have one victor.

- Peeta won't let them change him. 

- High 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. Happy because Katniss and Peeta took back control if then they died on their own terms, didn't lose their humanity 5

Change of rules - struggle for power 

Workshop: SEXXXY Paragraphs

 Scene - 'They Don't own me' - Dialogue is used to create a foreboding atmosphere.  Katniss and Peta are having a conversation about how the upcoming games might affect them. This is demonstrated by the quotes "I don't want them to change me," and " If I'm gonna die, I still wanna be me" Spoken by Peta. These show that Peta has a sense that he is going to have to do things that he doesn't want to have to do like kill others. This makes the audience feel sorry for Peta because he is likely going to die or kill others to study alive.  The director did this to make us believe Peta will die early and that being a tribute isn't something to celebrate but a loss of personal autonomy. This worked well with the dark colours of black and greys which add to the foreboding atmosphere. This aspect can be contrasted to when Peta joins the career pack once in the games because they are cold-hearted killers which is what Peta didn't want to be. 

Brainstorm - Angles/Movements/Shots - Over the shoulder - shows speaker puts us in listeners P.O.V makes us part of the conversation.

Music

Lightning Colour - Mood - sad - gloomy - greys, darks, dim lighting - works with C/U to highlight emotions on faces 

Settings

Costumes and makeup - I don't want them to change 

Character/Dialogue - "I don't wanna be another piece in their game" "If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me."

Close-ups - Shows the emotions of the two - nervous,  anxious, mostly Peta 

Theme - Rich vs Poor, Hope, and Rebellion, struggle for power.

Atmosphere - Forebonding, nervous, Reluctant, Hesitant

- Lighting and colour

- Dialogue 

- Close-up 

What happened - Peeta and Katniss are having a conversation about how the games might affect to them.

Workshop #5 Music

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

Dynamic - volume - how bud 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 II riots. Directors Purpose: feel katniss emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, acceptance rebellion.

- symbol of the three-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.

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

- colour/Lightning - While flowers, natural lighting, greens stand out,

Symbol - innocent and pure, rue never killed anyone, 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 increases it builds the intensity of the emotions - we see emotions are contagious - hope. 

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 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 worked well with the use of white flowers to symbolise Rue's innocence and purity and the high angle shot making her weak and vulnerable Combined with the music we are shown first rue is a victim of the cruelty of the capital.