The Hunger Games Scene Analysis Essay
In the thriller The Hunger Games by Gary Ross the tone, mood, lighting, sound and other factors influence how the viewer perceives the scene. The main characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Melark are unwilling selected as two of the twenty four tributes to compete in the battle to the death Hunger Games. Each year the Capital of Panem hosts the hunger games. A boy and girl from each of the twelve districts are recruited to fight in the arena until there is only one person left alive. Only one person can win providing entertainment and enforcing the country to not rebel. At this year’s reaping Primrose Everdeen, Katniss’s sister, was selected but Katniss volunteered in place of her to protect her. Peeta and Katniss then go off to the capital to meet their group Haymitch, Effie, and Cinna and Portia. During the first games
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The context forms the situation for the viewer to comprehend and the dialog is the conversation being held. In the reaping scene of the Hunger Games the context is the country of Panem is divided into twelve districts and a capitol. The hunger games is used as entertainment and reminder to the country not to repeat the past by having twenty four contestants fight to the death until there is only one left standing. The reaping scene is most important because this is where the tributes are chosen by Effie in a random selection. Under these circumstances all possible tributes appear nervous and scared to the viewer. Although the dialog is brief and short in this scene is signifies a deeper meaning. The only conversation being held is by Effie introducing the Hunger Games lottery, everyone else is silent. The silence signifies the possible tributes fretfulness about their names being picked out of the draw. The dialog in the scene is very limited but has a strong impact in the impression it gives to the
The context forms the situation for the viewer to comprehend and the dialog is the conversation being held. In the reaping scene of the Hunger Games the context is the country of Panem is divided into twelve districts and a capitol. The hunger games is used as entertainment and reminder to the country not to repeat the past by having twenty four contestants fight to the death until there is only one left standing. The reaping scene is most important because this is where the tributes are chosen by Effie in a random selection. Under these circumstances all possible tributes appear nervous and scared to the viewer. Although the dialog is brief and short in this scene is signifies a deeper meaning. The only conversation being held is by Effie introducing the Hunger Games lottery, everyone else is silent. The silence signifies the possible tributes fretfulness about their names being picked out of the draw. The dialog in the scene is very limited but has a strong impact in the impression it gives to the