The Hunger Games - Film Techniques

The Hunger Games
Film Techniques:
Over the shoulder
High angle
Mid shot
Close-up
Extreme long shot
Eye level - over the shoulder
Tilt shot
Pan shot
Extreme Close-up shot
Close up - without using words
Low angle
Over the shoulder - Conversation - Katniss and Peeta
Shaking camera - Clove and Katniss fight
Close-up with Katniss and Peeta in Cave
Shaky camera - Katniss, Peeta and Cato final fight
Close-up Blurred background - Victors Changed to individual winners
Pan shot & shaky camera moves for fast and crazy movie parts to show what the movie means and to give evidence of the movie

Symbol:
White flower on president snow wearing all the time
The Girl on fire
Mocking jay pin/bird
Duck tail - Prim tucking in her clothing, Symbolises hope
Three finger salute - Represents Hope and Rebellion
Dark slow music, during Katniss alone bow shooting
Soft music - Peeta and Katniss in Arena, Cave
No music, but close up on face
Losing music showing sad emotions - Rue's death

Quotes:
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
"I volunteer as tribute"
"I'm not allowed to bet, if I could I'd bet on you"

Sound effects:
 Screams
Mocking jay
Tracker Jackers
Soft music
Loud music
Nature sounds
Katniss - song with little sister and to Rue
Loud music during the cornucopia bloodbath
Underdogs pop up - and roar

Settings:
Change of costumes
Training
Nice camera points, no shaking or moving fast
No music, but close up on face
Dark colours, dark lighting in training ground
Dramatic music, for training ground
Haymitch - Changing from drunk to normal
Dark slow music, during Katniss alone bow shooting
Change of costume and hair - after training arena
Arena control room
White and blue uniform, showing clean and crisp
Arena battle
Showing rich people compared to poor
Loud music during the cornucopia bloodbath
In the woods, District 12 - In the Arena
Lighting - Dark in the forest and Cornucopia

Flash backs:
Bread thrown by peeta
Back when her house was blown up and being reversed, father died
Song sung to Prim in District 12 and Now to Rue in arena
Gale watching Katniss & Peeta in Cave

Writer/Director
Gary Ross
Director of the Hungers Games book
Suzanne Collins

Unwind Organ Donation Task

Organ Donation Task:

More than 145 Million people have registered as organ donors, but really only about 3 in 

There are more then one surgeon just to do the job for an organ donor, there are a team of surgical's  that helps each other do the job for the organ donor.

The surgical team take away the organs and tissues from the organ donor's body in a operating room.

The surgical don't do there job straight away but do it step by step, they first recover there organs, and then they move onto authorising the tissues just like bones, cornea, and also the skin.

How do the organs get delivered to organ transplants?
Well the organs that the organ donors have given, goes on a flight to being delivered all the way from they were the first time all the way to the country that are waiting for the transplant.
It really gets sent to the Baltimore-based hospital which really takes about five minutes to be given in.
Typically, donor organs are delivered either chartered or commercial flights.

How many lives do organ donors save?
One deceased donor can save up to a really good 8 amount of desperate living lives.
Organ donation can save and enhance a stunning 100 lives through the lifesaving and healing gifts of tissue donation.

Ask other students how many of them intend to donate their organs.
One person had given good information about that they would donate their organs and why they would.
Specifically they would donate there organs because it would help many lives and that they really won't need them once they are dead.
They really think that it is a good idea for the donor to give there organs to people who are in desperate needs, but unless the donor agrees to it.
Some people would agree to donate there organs, but then having their remaining family members to pretty much change their minds for them not letting them donate their organs.
For some people it could make them feel a bit squeamish - when they think about it, because the idea of someone having your kidney or your heart is a little bit creepy in other peoples thoughts - but its still beneficial.

Abandonment and Being Alone Unwind

UNWIND:

Abandonment

Abandonment is something that happens a lot in the book "Unwind". A lot happens in the book with about three main characters Connor, Risa and Roland are four of the most known characters who went through being abandoned. 

Connor was one of the characters who was abandoned, he really didn't do anything bad for him to be signed to an unwind order, but just his parents who thought they would just do it, for non given reasons.

Connor really full with anger wanted to kill his parents but decided to do it in kindness, he also wanted to show stuff that will make his parents feel regretful for signing the unwind order.

Risa was abandoned in a really sad way, she was living in a Sta-Ho/State Home for the first fifteen years, she chose music for her course of study, she performed and played piano very beautifully until she got distracted and made only one mistake that had her crying.

Later on she was put into an unwind order.

Being Alone
Being alone is something that is very bad and sometimes very good.
Sometimes you would want to be alone during school work or quite time by yourself, or being free to do anything you want by yourself instead of anyone holding you back.
You would experience sad things sometimes while your alone so it depends on how you want to be alone or be with someone else.

“Connor wonders how he can call the place he lives home, when he is about to be evicted—not just from the place he sleeps, but from the hearts of those who are supposed to love him” 

"Being alone had not been part of his plan...the moment his parents signed those papers, Connor was alone." "Then once he turns eighteen, he's home free.

Lev "No true hero ever believes that they are one".
Lev can feel different ways by this quote, but by my beliefs this quotes relates to him being a hero but just doesn't believe in himself.

Risa "He will only do the wrong thing when its the right thing to do".

This quote kinda makes me think about someone telling the wrong thing that could hurt the other person's feelings, but still being the right thing to do.

Unless the other person needs to know the truth, there emotions could naturally be fine and not be sad at all.

Legality vs Morality Unwind

Unwind Legality vs Morality

Is it better to harm one person and save many, or harm many and save one.

In my opinion it would be obvious that harming one and saving many is one of my choices that I would choose, but not to happen if it was a choice to choose in reality.

This statement could lead to many examples just like, you was to be put in a pressured test, under 30 seconds you have to choose either one person that you may know you is going to kill or other 4 people that you barely know, which one would you kill, before the time runs out the both of your choices will die.

Or another example: You are a doctor and you are trying to save 10 people's lives, all of them needing for different organs.
On the other hand there is only one person who was coming to see if he is alright or not, but not really need for help really.
You had a choice to either choose the helping not really helping mans life to save the 10 people who are really in need of help or, choose the 10 lives and save the one man.

Of course my choice would be to choose the many lives over a one living life, its pretty obvious that you know you would save many lives then to kill them over one.
Unless its someone you really know like your family member or a parent, then you would know what to choose.

The value of Human Life Unwind

Unwind Value of human life

The value of human life are things people love doing to show the earth the meaning of why they are brought here.

They could be brought here for many reasons, just like building houses, singing, dancing and much more that could make this world easy for others.

People shouldn't be treated unfairly but be treated how everyone is equally treated. There shouldn't be burdens on people with adoptions, homelessness and many more that could mean the same thing.

Unwind:

Connor in the book was treated unfairly he did not do anything wrong or anything to make his parents sign the unwind paper. He was angry and not surprised that he saw the unwind order, there were so many things going in Connor's mind that would make him feel better.

He was discovering things that would make his parents feel so bad for him and to make them feel all the regrets on what they did to unwind him.

Children shouldn't feel unwanted or be unwanted at all, parents should be given knowledge to show respect to there child.

Things like these may happen for certain reasons, but they shouldn't put it all on the child that hasn't fully experience the real world.

Unwind Cy-Fi (Cyrus Finch)

Unwind Roland Taggart

Unwind Lev Jedediah Calder

Unwind Risa Ward

Unwind Connor Lassiter

Unwind Consciousness

Unwind Consciousness

How is it that Connor was not unwound? p318

Well they found an ID with the picture charred off and was found in the wreckage.

It belonged to a nineteen-year-old guard, and his name was Elvis Mullard.

And they would think it would be a shame to let the ID go to waste and so they used it for Conner.

Whose arm does he now have? P319

Well the information gives that Conner has Roland's arm which is obvious of how muscular it is and the look of the tattoo it has, which is a tiger shark.

So Conner has Roland's right muscular arm.

On p321 Risa tells Connor how she won't be unwound. Do you think her decision to not accept the spine of an Unwind was purely ethical, or was she also playing the system in order to stay alive?

Well she didn't want to accept a severed spine of an Unwind so she refused the operation.
I believe that the choice she made to not accept an unwinds spine was ethical, and she was also trying to play the system to stay alive.
She is alive now but still on a wheelchair.

Since the explosions at Happy Jack, what have people been doing? What has Cy-Fi's role been in this? P325
A lot of people are talking and fussing about what happened at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, their were also protests in Washington against Unwinding.
Cyrus (AKA Cy-Fi) even had testified before Congress.
Lev also smiles about the Congressional Committee lowering the legal age of adulthood from eighteen to seventeen. And that it could be able to save more kids from marked Unwinding.

Lev's parents disown him. Who is trying to become his guardian? P328
Well his Brother Marcus is petitioning for guardianship, so by the looks of it Marcus is going to try and be his guardian.
Lev was thinking about the tithing party and how is brother Marcus was the only person who stood up for him, Lev thought about it, and so he nods his approval.
Marcus was also disowned and so Lev knows he is going to have good Company with each other.

Why has Pastor Dan resigned? P329
He resigned only just for his convictions, he also says he still very much believes in God but just not the god who condones human tithing.
So like he doesn't accept a behaviour that is wrong and offensive.

P331-332 explain what has happened to Harlan Dunfee. What do you think about the Admiral and his wife's plan? Was it what you expected?
Well the Admiral and the Wife I believe had assigned Harlan Dunfee to become an Unwind, and later on in the book after he had been Unwound I believe his parents regretted that and that they didn't want it to happen.
So they gathered everyone who had Harlan Dunfee's body parts to where they wanted them to gather.
The Dunfee's were trying to put him back together in a meaningful way, which it shows much Respect.
I did not expect this to happen at all, about how I didn't know their plan was gonna turn out like this which was very touching.

Who takes over the graveyard? P331
E. Robert Mullard took over, but many people call him Conner.

Unwind Part Six Unwound

Unwind Part-Six Unwound

Connor and Risa are sent to Happy Jack Harvest Camp. Describe what it is like, and explain why it is like this. P265-266

Happy Jack Harvest Camp, is in Arizona with a beautiful view, through the forest to the breathtaking red mountains of Sedona to the west.
Their were staffs that had uniforms that has comfortable shorts, and beautiful Hawaiian shirts.
The boys' dormitory is painted light blue, with green accents
and the girls' is lavender, with pink.
The reason why its like this was because the Unwinds are humbled for all to see before being set loose into the general population.

What is the exact percentage of the Unwind that you have to keep alive? Why is it not 100%, as Risa believes? P269
Well Risa did believe that the Law says you have to keep 100 percent of an Unwind alive.
But the Counselor says "its actually 99.44 percent, which takes into account things like the appendix."

What do the unwinds call the place where unwinding occurs? P271
The Unwinds call it the Chop Shop.

Lev too, is at Happy Jack, but as a tithe. Why is this?
He was wearing his tithing whites, but for his last time, maybe because he needs to show who he is. before he has an appointment for unwinding in about thirteen days.

On p278 Connor and Roland finally have the fight that's been brewing between them. What does each character realise during this?
Well what Conner was thinking about while trying to fight Roland, was Would you rather die, or be Unwound? and that was the moment when Conner knew his answer, and maybe that's what Conner wanted.
Roland on the other hand was thinking about Conner really calling him the Killer, when Roland says he didn't do anything to kill anyone, and says Conner is the only Criminal here between them two.

P284 - What group has Lev joined, who recruited him, and when will they follow out their plan?
Well he joined the group with Cleaver, and Cleaver was their recruiter.
Well what Lev knows is that he is being used but doesn't care, but all he knows is that someday soon the world will suffer, and by that they will notice it when the moment they raise their hand and applause.

Roland is called for unwinding on p286. Why is this?
Roland's blood type is AB negative which is really rare in high demands, and he is worth more than anyone in his unit.
And so they will be unwinding him as soon as they can, before his eighteenth birthday that will be soon.

Chapter 61 is arguably the most confronting chapter in the book. Here we have Roland's first person narrative of being unwound. Do you think this chapter is necessary? Why do you think Shusterman chose to have Roland's experience detailed? Do his memories alter how you view him?
I feel like it is necessary to have Roland's part of getting unwound in the book, because his part shows some of the information about getting unwound, and to let us know what it feels like and what it may look like.
I also believe that Shusterman have chose to have Roland's experience of this, maybe because he could be a good and strong type of person to be getting unwound.
He also isn't really a big deal in a book, but he is a good character to be Conner's type of enemy.


Why does Lev decide not to clap? P310
He couldn't clap because the stronger part of him refuses Lev to not clap at all, even though he wants to and needs to he cannot clap.
And once he saw Conner he decided not to clap at all.

Unwind Graveyard

Unwind Graveyard:

Which job in the graveyard does Risa get assigned to? How does this come about? P201

Well the job she got assigned to was doing the dishes, so she was a dishwasher.

She really didn't mind because she wanted to get it over and done with.

But then later on in the book she helped a random person with a bleeding nose, and she did everything right just to make it stop, and so she became a dishwasher to a medic.

So she is assigned as a medic.

Why doesn't Connor volunteer for "work"? P205

Well what I may know is that, the reason why he didn't put his hand up for work even though its something he may like, was because he heard people around him saying that the Admiral is using them, "this place is not a refuge, its a Slave market. Why doesn't anyone see that".

How does Roland unsettle Connor? P206-207

Well I believe that the way he is trying to unsettle Conner is the way he is talking to him, and telling stuff about what the Admiral is trying to do, some ways the Admiral is trying to use things from the unwinds for him to have and want.

P208-209 detail Lev's arrival, and Connor's reaction. Make sure you fill in your character profiles for both characters.

Conner's reaction to seeing Lev was in my thoughts mixed emotions, and what I mean by that is that he is quite happy to see him but at the same time angry at Lev for betraying him and Risa and the first place.

When Lev spotted Conner he just gave him a small grin, and Lev had never been pleased by Conner's presence.

The first thing Lev just said was "How are things?"

But later on Conner had to do something that was right and what he had to do to make things right between the two of them.

So he hauls off and punches Lev in the eye.

P214-215 Connor learns the truth about the Admiral here. How does the Admiral gain Connor's trust?

Well Conner did have a good argument to tell the Admiral, but the thing was, was that the Admiral did tell the truth to him, which was something I wasn't expecting, he took out his dentures and told where he got it, and telling Conner about his life.

But I feel like the Admiral, is telling Conner all these because he knows he might be the Admiral's helper or something.

What, according to the Admiral, is it that Connor is becoming famous for in the Graveyard?p212

Well he was a good fixer and would be good at fixing things, and the Admiral knows that.

And also the Admiral told Conner if he could fix his coffeemaker, to see Conner's improvement and just how smart and good Conner is with fixing stuff.

What happens to the Goldens?p217
They were killed from someone, locking them up in a crate suffocating with no air holes to breathe, Conner thinks it was Roland the whole time, but it really wasn't him.

How does Roland begin to assert his power in the Graveyard? (you'll need to look throughout the section)
Well I believe that he is trying his best, telling everyone things about the admiral and trying to make them feel in a type of way to escape I guess.
Roland may be telling everyone that the admiral is trying to look for good body parts or other stuff so he can look good I guess, he wants every unwind in one spot so he can do his next move on them.

P222-226 give us an insight into how the Unwinding Bill was passed into law. Summarise what happened, then explain whether or not you think it is plausible.
Well as known in the book, there was not only two wars there were three.
There was the life army, choice brigade, and the remains of the American Military, whose job was to keep both wars from fighting each other.
Later on in the book, the Bill of life joined in, at first it was a joke and no one took it seriously.
But that same year the Nobel Prize went to a scientist who perfected neurografting, its a technique that allows every part of a donor to be used in transplant.
But then with the war getting worse, they decided to bring both sides to the table.
Then they proposed an idea of unwinding, which would terminate unwanted's without ending their lives.
Both sides were thinking about it, and saw that nothing was wrong with it, and so the Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was officially over.

The Admiral was there when the Bill of Life was signed - do you think this detracts from the believability of the commonplace nature of Unwinding? In your opinion, do you think the book should have a few more generations between those who signed the Bill, and the present state in the novel?
I mean they could have shown more information about who signed the Bill of Life,
because he would have given more knowledge to Conner to see what he would try and do if their were anyone his age that could have signed the Bill.
But then on the other hand I don't think it will matter if he had told more about who signed the Bill of life because Conner wouldn't have known anything about it.


What job does Lev volunteer to do? P236
The Job that Lev Volunteered to do, which his hand was the third to go up.
He chose to do the pipeline Job.

Which part of Harlan Dunfree does Emby have? P240
Emby has the lungs from Harlen Dunfree, and I guess that's where she got given the last name is Dunfree

Chapter 39 is from Roland's point of view. Why do you think Shusterman changes the narrative here? What do we learn in this short chapter?
Well this short chapter talks about Roland and Conner, I feel like this short chapter could show that Conner has an enemy heading his way to make the story a bit more hard for them to save themselves from being unwound.

By the end of this section, things at the Graveyard have deteriorated, with the unwinds turning on the Admiral, and tearing the place apart. Which character is beaten to death on p250?
At the end of the section Cleaver was the character who was getting beaten up by a crowd of people, or you could say a crowd of Unwinds.

What does the Admiral refuse on p255? What is the doctor's reaction to this?
Well the Admiral refuses to have an heart transplant, and the doctor's reaction wasn't as happy that he sighs in some type of way that the Doctor isn't happy.

Why does Roland have the Juvey-Cops called? P259
Well from what I saw in the book he had the Juvey-Cops called, because they told Roland that there is a price up for grabs if you caught Unwinds and to bring them to the Juvey-Cops.
And also Roland was talking about Conner and Risa but not only them, but the rest of the Unwinds.

Why doesn't his plan happen? P260-1
Roland's plan didn't work because all along the cops knew about the Admiral and the Graveyard for more then a year.

Unwind Destination

Unwind:

Destinations

This section opens with Lev in a pawnbroker's. What does this tell you about how his character is changing?

Well Lev has been living a sort of normal life, he does not like his parents at all.

He would know that he could buy stuff instead of stealing certain things, but now that he is living the life where he is at right now, and not with his family, he would be going desperate for food and all sorts. He is pretty smart with what he is doing, he is selling things that he had stolen just like, jewels and stuff like that just to afford food.

While being transported to possible safety, some of the kids on the run wonder, "Would it be better to die or be unwound?" If given the choice, which would you choose? Why? This response requires more than one or two sentences! Put forward at least three reasons why you think what you do.

I mean in my opinion, I would be unwound because I would rather help people who are in need with different types of body parts or organs.

If I was to die then to be unwound, I would probably die as a normal human being would, but me showing my braveness is what I really want to show.

I would probably think to myself why my parents would have to want me to become an unwind, then to just not have me live my life in peace for the rest of my life.

But I would respect them if it was for the reason to give my organs, to the people who are in need, and to also let me know for my opinion.

Another question the kids in the book discuss is, "If every part of you is still alive but inside someone else, are you alive or are you dead?" They also wonder if consciousness can exist even if it's spread out, and if the soul remains intact. What do you think? Read Thomas Hobbes' Ship of Theseus puzzle to help you make a decision. Be sure to reference it in your answer! http://metaphysicist.com/puzzles/ship_theseus/

I believe that if you have your own body parts in someone else's body, in my opinion can mean you are alive in them because they have whats yours.

You might think I'm weird because being alive in someone else's body would just be double lives in one, but what I'm saying is that, your just alive in them not doing certain moves but like somehow controlling their minds from where they really need to go. In the book there was a donor who gave a person a part of their brain, and the donor would somehow do what they want the receiver to do not really forcing him, but trying to find a way but not in a harmful type of way.

This section of the novel sees Lev and Cy-Fi finally make it to Joplin. As they get closer, Cy-Fi's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. What are some of the things he does, or things he likes, that are not his own behaviours or memories?

Well Cyrus would always start to twitch as they get closer to Joplin which is the destination they needed to go just to complete what the unwind person in his head was showing him to do.
He would go from place to place just to get to where he needed to go.
As soon as he got to his destination things started to go through with him, and then things were back to where he doesn't feel anything.

What was Cy-Ty hiding in his backyard? Pg 185-194
The things that were hiding in Taylor's backyard was all the thing he had stolen, which were loads of rich jewels which were the matters of Cyrus twitching, and also coming to Joplin for.
And about all that was the reason why Taylor needed to get back to Joplin, to apologise to his parents.


The section ends with Cy-Ty reaching his destination. What do you think of his parents' behaviour? What does Lev's support show you about his character?
I think that his parents behaviour was actually quite different to my prespective, and was very nice to accept his apology which was a good thing to do.
Lev's support shows me that he is a true helper, and would become a better person in the future if he would keep doing what he is doing.

Unwind Storked Workshop

Storked- Workshop Discussion:

• Storking is a legal process, but does that make it the right thing to do? It doesn't make it the right thing to do, but I believe the reason why it may be legal, because they may know a mother's life. They could be young or they are just not ready to have kids.
• Is it the mother’s responsibility to care for the child? I believe it is the mother's responsibility to take care of their child, because it is their child and they have to do their best to take care of what they have got given.
• Can Connor offer the baby a better future than it would have if left there? Yes, because having the baby just left their on the doorstep is not a life a baby could be able to handle to live, someone may have seen it out their doorstep but you never know if they would just leave the storked baby there want to live, but Conner would have given the baby a better future, because he has empathy for storked babies, or just normal babies.
• What risks does picking up the baby put on Connor, Risa and Lev? The risk they have to go through is too of course keep the baby alive, and try find as many food for the baby, and not make the baby cry and get their attention.
• What impact does Connors past have on his decision?
  Well Conner's past has been different from the way he is now, because he had experience different things

for example, the time he had seen a storked baby with no one even picking the baby up and just walking

around the baby. And now that Conner knows what to do when he sees a storked baby, is to maybe

pick him up and try do his best to do something good to the baby.