The hunger games‘’Shoot straight’’ scene analysis

In this scene Katniss and Peeta are both waiting to be seen by the game makers. The game makers choose who are most likely

to do well in the hunger games which help them collect sponsors.

Setting

• -The lighting is very dark and dim and may be seen to some people as quite prison like.

• -Katniss has a dark lit face when she walks and then it appears to be light. This may connote that she has two personalities or an evil side as well as a nice side

• -The dark blue room they're sitting in gives a lot more of a scared, confined feel to it.

• -The use of the metal bars that shut behind Katniss also ties in with the way it's like a prison because it's like she’s trapped. This may also foreshadow how she acts/ does in the hunger games later on in the film.

- The spotlights above Katniss makes it seem very interrogative and on the spot, almost as if she's in a police station.

Color and costume

-The way Katniss and Peeta are in matching uniform may show that they have to follow certain rules, making them seem less powerful.

-Katniss’ costume makes her seem very broad shouldered and a little flat chested. This may suggest that her feminism has been taken away and she's becoming a lot more manly.

-Seneca Crane- the way he’s all in red and black may symbolize his evilness and he’s always first to look at katniss, this may show he’s a threat towards katniss too.

sound

• Sound-

• -The empty sound when the arrow hits the target shows that nobody is really listening or paying attention, this creates a mood in the room and a tension between Katniss and the council

• When they’re talking, they’re all very jokey and it shows they aren’t really taking any real attention to what’s happening in the scene.