Hunger Games Essay plan
‘The Hunger Games’ CEL
Task: To show how the director uses film techniques to convey various themes in ‘The Hunger Games’
Introduction:
Using your notes write an introduction in which you:
Mention the title, director, year of release, where it was set.
Clarify what the genre is, explaining exactly what this means.
Name and briefly describe the main protagonist in a single sentence.
Provide a plot summary.
Do not write openings such as ‘I am going to talk about…’
Always write in the third person in a CEL
EXAMPLE: ‘The director, Gary Ross, uses many film techniques to convey the themes of…’(only write the themes in the introduction that you are analysing in your essay). ‘The Hunger Games’ is an American science fiction film set in the futuristic, dystopian society of Panem.
Paragraph one
Theme: Oppression -To treat cruelly or unjustly. The Capitol people treat the people from the Districts in a cruel and unjust way. Using your notes the blog , describe in detail, using the PEAR structure how the setting, sound, symbolism, mannerisms, camera angles/shots, and costume help to convey the oppression suffered by the people in the districts .
The opening scenes has good examples of the oppression suffered by the people of the Districts:
Scene 1: District 12
Scene 2: Happy Hunger Games (Katniss and Gale in the woods)
Scene 3: Check in (at ‘The Reaping’)
Example:
1.Aerial shot to emphasise their vulnerability. 2. Sound of bells tolling highlights their imminent death 3. Signify animals being herded – ‘Like lambs to the slaughter’
Paragraph 2
Theme: Oppression
Using the PEAR structure, explain how the people of ‘The Capitol’ have a different life style to the people in the Districts. Contrast the Capitol with District 12 by looking at the mise-en-scene (costume, mannerism, movement, sound, objects, colour and setting).
Example:
In ’The Hunger Games’ the director employs sound to convey (try to use different words for each topic
Task: To show how the director uses film techniques to convey various themes in ‘The Hunger Games’
Introduction:
Using your notes write an introduction in which you:
Mention the title, director, year of release, where it was set.
Clarify what the genre is, explaining exactly what this means.
Name and briefly describe the main protagonist in a single sentence.
Provide a plot summary.
Do not write openings such as ‘I am going to talk about…’
Always write in the third person in a CEL
EXAMPLE: ‘The director, Gary Ross, uses many film techniques to convey the themes of…’(only write the themes in the introduction that you are analysing in your essay). ‘The Hunger Games’ is an American science fiction film set in the futuristic, dystopian society of Panem.
Paragraph one
Theme: Oppression -To treat cruelly or unjustly. The Capitol people treat the people from the Districts in a cruel and unjust way. Using your notes the blog , describe in detail, using the PEAR structure how the setting, sound, symbolism, mannerisms, camera angles/shots, and costume help to convey the oppression suffered by the people in the districts .
The opening scenes has good examples of the oppression suffered by the people of the Districts:
Scene 1: District 12
Scene 2: Happy Hunger Games (Katniss and Gale in the woods)
Scene 3: Check in (at ‘The Reaping’)
Example:
1.Aerial shot to emphasise their vulnerability. 2. Sound of bells tolling highlights their imminent death 3. Signify animals being herded – ‘Like lambs to the slaughter’
Paragraph 2
Theme: Oppression
Using the PEAR structure, explain how the people of ‘The Capitol’ have a different life style to the people in the Districts. Contrast the Capitol with District 12 by looking at the mise-en-scene (costume, mannerism, movement, sound, objects, colour and setting).
Example:
In ’The Hunger Games’ the director employs sound to convey (try to use different words for each topic