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What is the title of the film, when was it released, who directed it and who stars in it?

The title of the film is called "The Hunger Games"

The director is called Gary Ross

The two main characters are:

Jennifer Lawrence-  Katniss Everdeen

Josh Hutcherson – Peeta Mellark

 What is the sub-genre of the film? What signifiers reveal this to the audience?

The sub-genre of the film is also romance because the two main characters are a girl and a boy which is a part of a typical "love story"

 What is the plot of the film? Is this a conventional action/adventure plot? Why? 

The film is about a 16-year-old girl, Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death.

Who is the protagonist of the film? What is he/she like? Is he/she a conventional hero? Why?

The protagonist is Katniss everdeen, her character comes across as shy and quiet in the beginning of the movie but towards the ending she becomes superhero-like.

She isn’t a conventional hero since typical heros in the movies are usually undercover and katniss isn’t.

Who is the antagonist in the film? What is he/she like? Is he/she a conventional villain? Why?

The antagonists are Cato the boy tribute, and Clove the girl tribute from district 2.

They are not conventional villains because usual villains have a grudge or have a history with the protagonist but in this case the villains and hero are forced to fight until death.

Are there any other conventional characters in the film? Who are they and why are they conventional?

Primrose everdeen- who is katniss sister which is a big part of the movie since it was primrose originally to be in the hunger games but being her older sister katniss “volunteered as tribute”

Gale Hawthorne- is Katniss Everdeen's best friend and hunting partner.

What are the main signifiers used in the film to reveal it is action/adventure to the audience? Think about locations used and the mise-en-scene.

      The main point is where it is set – its set in a fictional place in north America.

      Suzanne Collins has said that Panem is supposed to be like ancient Rome: "Panem itself comes from the Latin expression 'Panem et Circenses' which translates into 'Bread and Circuses'.

Think about one of the action-sequences in the film.

What diegetic and non-diegetic sounds do you hear? Are these conventional?

Diegetic = the characters in the film can hear this sound

Non-diegetic = only the audience can hear this. E.g. voice-over, soundtrack

In the part where they all go to fight in the actual hunger games I mostly hear non-diegetic

sounds which is suspenseful and also scary music and the diegetic sounds I hear are the

tributes firing guns and pleading not to die.

Think about one of the action-sequences in the film. What type of

camera shots do You see?

Is the editing slow or fast-paced? Why do you think this is?

Most of the camera shots are either close ups or long shots to show the audience the

reaction of the characters and to show where the characters are or how they are running.

The editing is mostly face paced to show fear and show how scared the characters are.

Does the film break any conventions of the action/adventure genre?

If yes, why do you

think it has done this? If no, why do you think it has stuck to the

conventions?

I think it hasn’t broke the convention of a action/adventure genre because most if these

movies have the same conventions “the hunger games” has such as:

-       A romance

-       Villain(s)

-       Heros

-       Unusual settings

By: Iftin Mohamed A9