Mocking Jay Part 1 Analysis

In the Mocking Jay part 1 film of the hunger games, a lot happens in this film.

Music:

Firstly the music, at the start of the music its very quiet but has some sort of relaxed mood in it. As the film goes on and is into the intro and outro of the mocking jay advertisement for the other districts and showing the capitol. The music is dramatic, it also shows the whistles of what the bird makes which is a soft whistle, this whistle is gentle,soft, calming and light. This music in the film shows it wants to get the attention of people.

There are other sounds such as the wind blowing, when they are by water the river is flowing, birds singing, the planes going over head making sound, water spraying, people screaming while trying to fight or dying from death. At parts of the film there is intense music coming from a piano and a trumpet. Lastly about music is when Katniss is singing the hanging tree song, it becomes into a song and there is a choir in the background singing it as if the other background characters are singing it.

What are the Camera Shots/Angles in Mocking Jay?

There are a variety of many different Camera Shots and Angles to make this film interesting,and wanting to carry on with the film such as:

• Mid Shot

• Over the Shoulder Shot

• Long Shot

• Bird Eye View Shot

• Big Close Up

• Close up

• Low Angle

• High Angle

• Dutch Angle

Lighting:

There are many types of lighting in this film to give you different moods and emotions and when to feel scared or happy at points in the film. Such as there is a warm yellow-orange light which suggests that people are healthy and alive after the catching fire film. It can also mean survival and how they survived the war.

Next there is dark and sort of gloomy lighting like you see on the streets at like 3 am, this type of lighting is making some of the scenes to be aware of danger; and it is creating shadows. There is also dark blue or black lighting where its very dark to make it be sad or dangerous. Suggests for death by people, there is also white bright flashes in between to create an afraid effect.

Lastly in this film there is stage lighting for when the districts have meetings at the centre of their district. This type of lighting shows that the people are ready to fight, there is some natural sunlight that they used in this film; so it isn’t all just studio lighting. But to get some natural sunlight to give the film some of its nature of itself.

Mise En Scene:

The genre of this film was more directed to action and adventure.

The hair for Katniss would be in a braid was messy neat, as little bits of hairs were out but not all of it, or when Katniss would go to sleep her hair would be down.

Everyone’s Facial Expressions in the film were a mixture of:

• Scared
• Happy
• Alive
• Confused
• Sad
• Emotionless
• Numb
• Pain
• Hurt
• Anger
• Worried
• Fear
• Ptsd

Body Language was ready to fight or they were awkward, and didn’t know what to do.

the costumes: When Katniss was doing the advertisement she had to wear a tight, black armour to show what they were going to do. There was nurse outfits the patients in the hospital areas, were wearing white long sheets. The army were wearing gear to protect themselves, the homeless people wore ragged clothes that had been torn apart. The colour was all grey from the smoke and rubble.

The makeup on Katniss was pale and light, the eye shadow for the advertisement was dark grey/ black eye shadow to make it smokey but neat.

They used many Props in this film, and a smoke machine for some scenes to make it seem like a bomb had gone off in the film to give it a smokey effect. Or when the buildings collapsed from the war starting making it that not many people can see from the smoke. They also used a green screen for a lot of the scenes for the backdrops.

There was a very powerful quote in the film “If we burn, you burn with us” this quote is showing us the Good vs the Evil and who’s the evil people. What they have done to the rest of the districts treating them badly, and killing most of them to get their way.

I also decided to describe the main characters different personalities:

Gale: One of fighters part of the army, the good person, he is caring, supportive, respectful, loyal and he is protective of his friends but they are more like family for how close they are together, nice and how Gale can forgive some people.

Effie: Is a mentor/tutor for Katniss and Peeta, she us busy with the makeup and costumes, protective, caring,loud, kind and she believes in people.

Peeta: One of the players ,he is caring, a traitor, stubborn, protective, attractive, ignorant, aggressive.

President Snow: The president of the Capitol city, he is mean, controlling, busy, some sort of stalker,creepy,demanding,has some type of care for Katniss as he doesn’t really want her dead, forceful.

Katniss: The other player, she is stubborn, caring, determined, has the looks, not popular at first then later on gets popularity, wants to survive and help people.

Storytelling/Narrative:

its about:

• War
• Conflict
• Death
• Revenge
• Survival
• Good vs Evil
• Love
• Hate