The Hunger Games Workshop 4 - Colour

Colour

• What types of colours are used in each location?
• How do the different colour palettes change the feel of the story?
• Why has the director used these colours?

Atmosphere; How you feel in your surroundings/how your surroundings make you feel.

Picture 1 - District 12 - beginning

Green, brown, grey, white, 

Uses a natural palette of greens, browns, greys and whites.

Dark, old, gloomy.

- Life is hard

- Poor, struggling

Picture 2 - The Capitol - as Peeta and Katniss arrive on the train

Vibrant, cyan, pink, purple, orange, white, pale, (the people)

Uses a silver, grey metallic palette (the architecture/environment)

Crowded, Futuristic, Luxurious.

- Easy lives

- Rich 

- They have access to everything

Picture 3 - Control room

Bright vivid blue colours, cyan, white, grey, black, hologram, clinical, clean

Uses a clinical palette of whites, blues, metallic colours and tiny amounts of black.

Technological, Clean, Professional.

- These are professionals

Themes:

- Struggle for power

- Rich vs Poor

- Hope and Rebellion

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Colour is used effectively to create atmosphere. We see this in two scenes in particular - The very first scene showing District 12, and the scene when Peeta and Katniss arrive in the Capitol. In District 12 we see a natural palette of browns, greys, greens and whites, whereas in the Capitol the people wear bright vibrant colours and a metallic palette of whites, greys, and silvers can be seen in the architecture and surrounding environment. This makes us understand that things in District 12 are dark, old and gloomy whilst life in the Capitol is easy, crowded, futuristic and luxurious. The director did this to show the imbalance of rich versus poor. It outlines the difficulties people in District 12 face in their day to day lives, juxtaposed to the easy going lives of those in the Capitol