Hunger Games is a movie, directed by Gary Ross in 2012. In this article, we'll see the decisive moment of the movie, the introduction.
At first, we can see a contrast when we are in the D12 and when we are in the TV show of the Capitol.
At the Capitol’s show, the screen is still, without quake. It’s neat and It’s straight. The portrait is well used ,in fact it’s perfect just as the capitol. The Capitol is rich and lives in luxury ,so it’s the symbol of excess, of luxury , in other terms it’s the definition of Hedonism.
District 12 has a different framing, in fact it’s really different, there’s no fix screen, the camera is always in movement, there are quavering, zooms, which are harsh , and the colors are colder and much more belligerent, it’s a poor place, where living is synonym of survival.
In the opening scene of the movie, we understand the accurate context of the Hunger Games, if the music was removed, we would not understand the movie. Music reflects the cruel and dramatic aspect of the Hunger Games flawlessly .
At the TV show ,the spectators only hear the presenter’s and guest's voice, which shows that they are the kings of the place , and without music it brings all the comprehension of the story because we are absorbed in their discussion, actually that’s the decisive point of the movie because of what the guest of the TV show say “I think that is something necessary to gather” and in fact it’s the contrary.
When we arrive in District12, there is yet a lack of sound at the beginning, because that’s when the two visions oppose to each other. At first there is the guest saying that the Hunger Games are gathering people and then we have Katniss’ little sister screaming, because these games scare her. We can see it because the camera is shaking, and it indicates us that we are entering the intimacy of the two sisters, unlike the show where we are in an official frame. Katniss then sings a lullaby, and the music still goes on until the end, it’s a sweet music, which reassures us but at the same time scares us because it intervenes in this goal of reassuring ,so it shows that there is something to be scared of.
About the dialogue ,of the TV show and in District 12, both of them are different. One, that is to say the Capitol, is prouder about the Hunger Games, it’s a pure joy because it gathers people, whereas in District 12 it’s the worst drama of the year ,it’s something people dread.
Cesar, the presenter, wears the suit of presenter perfectly, because he entertains the crowd’s excitation , he is calm and embeds the tension. The master of the Hunger Games, aka the guest of the TV show, is really calm, arrogant, but he is the image of what he is while directing the Hunger Game. He needs to be neutral, he is calming the tension with his behaviour and his saying.
Katniss is the head of the family, when her sister has a nightmare she is the one who comes and not her mother. When the family needs to eat she is the one who goes into the woods to hunt, running the risk to be caught. In fact, she is a solo leader , she is simply the heroine of the movie. Her sister is the symbol of innocence , but also the face of every child who could go to the Hunger Games and the face of every child wondering why it’s happening.
The world became a place where the populations are no more human beings but tools for the Capitol, of course only the poor one. Because the Capitol needs to manage the populations, it uses the children to pressure the people in order not to do rebellions. The Capitol kills children to set the population upon, not to let them move one bit, not to let them breathe at all.
Districts are like sheepfold, where every sheep is at the mercy of the Capitol, each one is used to do something , like District 12 is used to furnish the coal. In fact it’s quite like slavery. The Capitol and the Hunger Games’ movie are dystopian.
What shows us ,besides what we said ,that it is a dystopian movie and a dystopian government ,is the fact that this is a controlling, oppressive government and that there is a huge income gap between the richest characters and the poorest ones.
That’s also because those who are the richest are the safest, they are delighted about the Hunger games because they won’t do it. Population outsides the Capitol, are frightened of these games, those games that are going to send their children to their death.
The Hunger Games are ghastly ,frightful and so on and so forth… That’s the worst thing in fact ,to see a so called “government” being okay to send people to their death, especially children.
