Workshop 1: How do camera shots and angles enhance the story?

03/07/19, Wednesday

Over the shoulder-Connects the viewer to the conversation.
Extreme long shot- Show us the crowd, there are so many people.
High angle- See more, people below are seen as vulnerable, shows Snow is powerful.
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Camera shots and angles are used effectively in the film  'The Hunger Games.' For example, in the scene after the tribute parade where we first see the character of President Snow. Gary Ross uses a combination of over the shoulder and high angle with an extreme long shot to show Snow addressing the crowd. This makes us understand that Snow is a powerful person in the Capitol as everyone is listening to him. The purpose of this is to show that Snow's supremacy among the people in the capitol and the tributes. Coinciding with this, the use of setting shows a special place above others for Snow and below for the tributes. This can be juxtaposed to the scene later in the film where Katniss and Peeta reclaim power by threatening to eat the poisonous berries in the Arena.

Dutch tilt- To show that things are out of the normal. Katniss is out of place, she volunteers as tribute to save her sister- she is saying I will die for my sister.
Low angle- Makes the subject bigger/more important. Katniss is the first volunteer in district 12, She has just been selected to be tribute above all others.
Mid shot- Makes the viewer an onlooker, makes the audience feel like she is alone, the facial expression is vulnerable.
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We see this when Katniss Everdeen was at the stage at the reaping. This makes the audience feel like she is alone at the shot. The director Gary Ross did this to show that something isn't right and that Katniss is alone and separated from the rest of the crowd. This worked well with the facial expression fo Katniss which is a worried expression that something might happen. This aspect can be juxtaposed to when Katniss and Peeta were at the parade Katniss's facial expression shows confidence and that she can do this compared to the reaping where she looks worried.