Clip evaluation - Hunger Games

Analysis of Hunger Games

In this clip you are seeing Katniss being represented as an intelligent female but with stereotypical manly features. In the long shot you are shown Katniss in her practical clothing and her hair messy and dirty clothing. She also has mud on her face and very minimal make up on. The archetypal women is normally obsessed with the way she looks and wants to look good but Katniss doesn’t care at this moment of time because of the messy look she is showing to us.

The mise en scene in the over the shoulder shot shows that Katniss doesn’t follow the stereotype of women, as the audience are shown the detail of the mud on her face as well as the concentration she has, which then tells you that her appearance is the last thing on her mind. In this shot we are also shown focus pulls with a mix of point of view shots. The focus pull shots are used when showing the audience her face and then what she is looking at. These two shots also show the audience what Katniss is thinking of doing and what she can do to destroy the enemies supplies. This shows us Katniss’s intelligence.

Katniss isn’t being represented as the stereotypical female, there are many shots in this scene which show the audience that Katniss is in a non-archetypal place for a women and would normally be a place for a man to be. Katniss is being shown hiding away from the enemies in the bushes and is being shown watching the enemies’ supplies by the different types of shots used. Normally women’s stereotypes are nurturing and caring for others, however this shot of Katniss shows she is highly skilled and doesn’t follow stereotypical women features.  

The ambient sound of her breathing shows the focus in her planning which again shows the audience her intelligence. Katniss is given a bow and arrow as her prop in this scene, this again shows the audience that Katniss is very intelligent and highly skilled as she is using a stereotypical man prop.

Near to the end of this scene, there a quite a few close ups being used on Katniss and the bow and arrow. This is highlighting to the audience her skills in planning her attack on the enemies’ supplies and the skills she has as a women. The closes ups consist of her hand, eyes, mouth, arrow and the stick of the arrow.