Movie review on 'The Hunger Games'

‘The Hunger Games’ is a movie based on a dystopian future. Throughout the movie, there are several scenes that involve many elements of telling a visual story. The movie had space, lines, shape, tone, and color. All of these elements gave scenes in the movie more meaning.

In many scenes during the movie, there were moments with deep space and moments with flat space. Whenever you saw a shot within district 12, it was a very flat space. This showed that district 12 was very boring, confining space to be living in. However when you are watching scenes that are taking place in the hunger games stadium, there is a lot of deep space, showing that it is a very dramatic, scary place to be in.

Color and tone also seemed to play a big role in this film. When district 12 is in the frame, there is a tremendous affinity of color. All of the people living there are wearing different shades of grey clothing and the color of the scenes themselves are hazy, making everything seem grey. That indicates that everyone there is one and the same.

When we first meet Katniss, she is dressed in grey like everyone else in district 12. However, throughout the movie her colors change. Her reaping dress is a pale blue, which makes me think of her as a security blanket. She makes everyone feel safe. Although during the tribute parade, Katniss is wearing black with blue, yellow, and orange flames trailing from her outfit. This indicates, to me, that she is a force to be reckoned with and that people can trust her but also must be cautious of her abilities. When we first see President Snow, he is wearing a black suit and the wall behind him is tinted red and yellow. That indicates that this person is dangerous. Same with Seneca Crane. Whenever you see him in the movie, he is always wearing a black and red suit. He is dangerous.

Finally, there were some stand out scenes that involved some lines and shapes during the movie. At one point during the movie, during the reaping, Katniss had her hair in a braid that wrapped around in the back of her head. This made Katniss seem like a circle and made her seem like the safe, trusting hero. During a good portion of the movie, especially when Katniss had her bow and arrow, her hair was in a braid that hanged down and seems to form a diagonal line. This showed that she was dangerous when she had a bow and arrow in her hands. Another moment of lines and shapes that stood out was when we first see Seneca Crane. The beard that is very triangular with lots of diagonal lines. His face reads danger.

When it comes to film and television, lines, shapes, colors, tones, and shapes can definitely help tell a story. If it were not for the elements above, film and television would be very boring.