Textual analysis of The Hunger Games

Mise-en-Scene

The scene starts off by panning over the dark woods, which looks foggy and dull, showing in the horizon, the sun peering over the mountains. This shows that its a very mysterious place to live, as on one side its nice, bright and sunny, and on the other its dark dull and forbidden looking.

It then goes onto show a woman knelt down looking into the river, with a bow and arrow strapped to her back, she looks weak, scared and teary eyed, and jumps at the slightest things, this shows that she hasn't had a good past or, something has happened to make her by aware of her surroundings. This represents a thriller as it makes the audience want to know whats happened to her and why she acts like she does, and why she is sat where she is.

Soon after a man appears, and the proxemics of how they are stood is far away, like they can't trust each other as they don't know each other too well or that they have some hidden secret which makes them uncomfortable around each other. As she has a dead animal in her hands it shows that she forages for her own food, and kills so she can eat, this shows that its a thriller as its creating a cliff-hanger, right at the beginning, leaving the audience wondering why she has to do that.

She then goes on to aim at some turkeys to kill them, for her food, but unfortunately for her, she ends up shooting the man, which leaves her shook up, as it is in a woods it creates more fo an atmosphere and makes it more dark and frightening to the audience. As they are both wearing dark clothing with boots, it also creates the effect of them trying to blend in with the woods as the aren't meant to be seen.

Textual analysis of Inception

Mise-en-Scene-
The mise-en-scene at the start shows the waves crashing violently against the rocks, this represents a thriller as its mysterious and you're left wanting to know straight away, why the scene has started off in the sea. It also makes the audience feel a sense of exhilaration at the beginning as they already know that something bad has or is going to happen.

It then goes on to seeing Leonardo DiCaprio laying face down in the sand, looking confused and puzzled, it also shows in looking dirty and unwashed, this represents him to be a man who has had a bad past or is in some trouble with some dangerous people. As he is face down in the sand it makes me think that he hasn't had a very good life and he has always been on the bottom of the hierarchy.

Afterwards a man approaches DiCaprio with a gun poking him in has back, this shows the man to be masculine and wants to show authority, as he isn't afraid to point a gun at somebody who is just laying in the sand, its like he is trying to mark his territory. This represents a thriller as its implying that it is a rough place to live and its also very dangerous if you're not meant to be their.

Later on in the scene it shows a man sat in a chair, in a big room, which suggests that he is a big well respected person who can afford luxury things and men who can protect him. It also shows that he has the ability to empower people into what he wants them to do. As soon after it pans onto a gun on the table, which shows that he doesn't fight with fists and second chances, he gets things dealt with straight away, even if it isn't the right way.

At the end of the scene i am analyzing it shows Leonardo DiCaprio getting dragged in, by two big built men, then infers that he is weak and powerless and the two men are the overpowering one's, being ordered to do things, by the top man. It shows him looking unimportant compared to the rest of the men.

Camera and Editing by Jordan

Camera - Inception there is a low shot of a man laid in the sea asleep you gather from this shot that he may be lost, or homeless or drunk, but seen as this is a thriller it is most likely to be that he is lost and the marks on his skin may show that he may have been in an incident and that is why he is washed up on shore.

He is waking up and by his facial expressions as he is looking around it shows that he doesn't really know where is, or why he is laid in the sea, at this point he may not, even remember his name, they have also shown this, with a low shot of him laid in the sea.

There is a point of view shot of what looks like an officer of some sort as the weapon he is carrying isn't any kind of hand gun people just carry around for protection. The man comes up and pokes the protagonist with his gun he inspects the man and then lifts up the protagonists jacket and there is a gun hidden in his trousers, which may say that he is/was on a mission of some sort and has now got washed up on the shore.

Now the guard or officer has realised that this person laid on the floor isn't just anyone, he calls up to another man on a cliff, it goes from a high angle shot of the man, too a long shot of the cliff and the building, the building looks very expensive and upper class, this may be the place that the protagonist may be trying to break in to, this is why he has a gun and is washed up on the shore and also as the guard/officer shouted for help, they may be scared, which means they may have something to hide, which is very typical of a thriller.

Then it shows an establishing shot of the a room and what it looks like to be the antagonist, sitting in his chair, with guards around him, which may say reinfer that they have something to hide, the proxemits of how close one of them is to the man sat down may say he needs protection and knows people are after him or something he has.

There is then an over the shoulder shot of the man and they have kept his face concealed from full face view or any precise facial features, so you cant pick out who he is just yet, which is very typical of a thriller to keep things building up and have people asking 'why, who, what, when etc?' In the opening minutes.

There is a shot of just the mans hands and it is showing him holding his spoon like he has only just learnt how to eat, which is very peculiar as, the man sat down asks him if he is going to kill him, which shows that this person isn't stupid and should very well know how to hold a spoon right, which may say that he has forgot how to, he may have some kind of amnesia, as he was washed up on the shore and looks banged up.

Editing - At the start when he is waking up they have a shot of a boy playing in the sand, it blurs out of focus, this effect shows that he is waking up and his very effective and is used on a lot of thrillers, he is looking around, like he doesn't know where he is which supports my first point if that this man may be lost and washed up a shore.

When the bodyguards come in to scene one is told to show the antagonist what they found on the man, they put down a gun and a spinning top, they show this with a close up of his hand, they blur out the gun and put the spinning top in focus, with isn't usual as usually they would put the gun in focus as a gun is a dangerous weapon for a man to carry but it puts this in focus, which may say that this is more important than a gun, the protagonist may be part of a group, who carry this as there symbol and people know them by this spinning top, this shot is very typical for a thriller as it is only one shot and will have the audience, guessing why they want you to focus on the spinning top and not the gun, something i hope to achieve in our thriller intro.

Character profile

Steven Carter will be played by Jordan.
Steven Carter used to be a spy in the secret agency, however, as he had had bad experiences whilst being in their, he decided he wanted to quit. But mysteriously out of the blue, he gets a phone call that will change his life forever. It brings back the most recent, action filled event, which, he was hoping on forgetting.. Until he got the call off of his old boss, wanting him back for one last job.

Caroline will be played by me.
Caroline is Steven Carters old boss, who calls him up, wanting to do one last job, the trickiest job he has ever had, but unfortunately for him, it brings up bad experiences from the past. Reliving old memories that he had hoped to forget. Although you don't see Caroline in the film, she plays a big part in bringing up the past, leading on to the major job Steven Carter had to do.

Susie will be played by Emily.
Susie is the girl who will be in the flashback of Steven Carter's. She will be running down the hall way, trying to escape, but unluckily for her, Steven Carter manages to catch up and that's where the job gets dirty. He has to kill Susie. This is a big part to play as she has to pretend to die and make it look effective and believable.

Location shots

Here are two location shots that we are planning on using. We are using the school hallway as this is where the flashback will be, of the girl getting shot, as we believe that it will be effective as it will be empty and it will create an atmosphere, due to us recording when no-one is in the school.

Marketing and Distribution

Warner Bros. Pictures is one of the biggest distribution companies in the world as they are famous for the distribution process of all eight of the Harry Potter films.
They first distributed this by a teaser poster which they released on New Years Day in 2001, this was then followed by a teaser trailer which was released 2 months later by satellite. The film was then later on released in the UK on 11th may 2012.

This gave them a lot of recognition from potential customers, which meant that they saw a gap in the market to release video games and toys, which would bring high profit and a range of customers, whilst building up their fan base and reputation.

Planning Schedule

 

Here is the schedule that our group is going to follow in order to be up to date and on time with our recording and editing. This should help us with our time management and to make sure that we have enough time to finish everything that we have planned. We have decided to do most of our recording after school, as this allows us to have a free, empty school to create the effect that we need, and it means that we wont get disturbed and have to keep re-doing recorded parts.