The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games was released in 2012 directed by Gary Ross.
One of the main reasons why this is my favourite film is because I read The
Hunger Games trilogy (written by Suzanne Collins) before I watched the film and
it was a book that I really enjoyed, so I wanted to compare the two together.
After reading the first book I had to go and watch it in the cinema so I went
with my friend; I thought that the film was brilliant because the director
managed to capture the exact descriptions of some of the characters from the
book in the film.
The film is one of my favourites because of the suspense
that is built up through some of the scenes I feel this is enhanced by the way
the cameras are positioned when filming. Gary Ross (director) manages to create
different emotions by using the cameras, for example from filming from a higher
angle, it shows us that the person/ object that is being filmed is weak (which
is how he portrays people from the districts) and by filming from lower angles
it shows power (which is how the people from the Capitol are portrayed).
Another aspect of the film which makes it my favourite is
how Gary Ross shows the segregation and differences in the lifestyles of the
people from the districts and the Capitol in the film. He portrays the people
from the districts as weak and poor by making their clothes and their
surroundings dull, grey, old and dirty compared to the citizens of the Capitol
who are all shown as wealthy, clean and bold by making their surroundings
modern and by dressing them in bright colours.
In the film I like the way the tributes are presented;
before reaping day no-one really took any notice of the 24 tributes chosen but
as soon as they were reaped they gained a celebrity status. So they were able
to live in the capitol for three days and be treated like royalty before they
were thrown in to the arena. The reason why I enjoyed watching this particular
part was because it was interesting to see how the director managed to show that
the tributes weren’t familiar with this sort of life style.
When watching this film the storyline and the events that
occurred left me sitting on the edge of my seat with anticipation because of
all the suspense that was built up. There is one particular scene that I was
looking forward to seeing and it was one of the end scenes which is where the
districts and the capitol would see the fight which would leave a “lone victor”
who would be bathed in riches for the rest of their lives, and their district
would be given extra supplies delivered to them every month for a year. All of the events that had happened in the
arena (for example the killings and obstructions that were placed- fire etc) are
all building tension and suspense to this upcoming fight scene at the end,
which is the reason why this is one of my favourite scenes in the film.
The Hunger Games is
one of my favourite books and the reason why it’s my favourite film is because
the director has been able to deliver the key parts in the story so similar to
the book that I felt it was like watching the book unfold onto the big screen.
In the past I’ve watched films after reading the book and
been disappointed because the editors have cut major parts of the story out to
fit into the time frame for the movie. However this is not the case for The
Hunger Games.
No comments:
Post a Comment