Analysis Of The Hunger Games

The still originates from the movie The Hunger Games, which “has become a literary and cultural phenomenon” (Henthorne 1). The concepts of gender, hegemony, class and taste but also representation, identity, connotation, and narrative can be applied to the still from the reaping scene in The Hunger Games. In the still one can observe Effie Trinkett, the woman on the left, who is dressed in a bright pink costume, a sophisticated hair do and extreme makeup next to Katniss Everdeen, the main character of the movie. She is dressed in a plain - but for her district elegant - blue dress with no visible makeup and plain, tied back hair. Since the still was produced in district 12 low key lighting is used. Therefore Effie looks disconcerting with her bright clothes and hair while Katniss fits in the image with her contrastless appearance. They are standing in front of a grey building and look into the space that is in front of them. In the still, Katniss and Effie are looked at from a slight low-angle, just like the perspective of the audience in the district.

The scene takes place during the reaping of the tributes from district 12 for the hunger games, an anual TV event in which teenagers from the districts of Panem have to kill each other to find a winner and thereby create entertainment for the people of the Capitol. Effie, who lives in the captiol, funtiones as a guardian of the tributes of district 12. She represents her heritage and taste it in the way she acts and