Textual Analysis

Hunger Games

Camera - At the start of this film, it pans over the hills and it is low key with one light source the sun, with may connote sadness and loneliness and pain, as this is the second hunger games and this is how she feels after she has gone through the first one, as maybe it has took a tole on her and now her life is sad and dark after killing all those people in the first hunger games.

There is master shot of the her knelt down, next to the river, looking out into the distance, this may be a place she goes now to think things over and mourn lost ones, if you hadn't of seen the first hunger games, you would be asking why she is carrying a bow and arrow, this would make the audience think and be like 'what does she do' 'is she a killer' and then a man approaches and she jumps, this also shows that she may of got trauma from the last hunger games as, this is typical of thriller as it keeps the audience guessing, asking why she is jumpy, if they had not watched the first one.

There is a two shot of her and a male actor who approaches and this could be a partner of hers or just close friends, as he new where she would be and, he is not a enemy of her as she lowers her bow as soon as she realises it's him.

Low shot of a rabbit dead, which they will probably be taking to the homes to eat as this shows that even though she is jumpy and looks helpless, she can survive by herself as she has killed the rabbit, which is typical of a thriller as it shows that the protagonist is strong and can look after themselves even in the worst of situations. 

There is a close up of her pulling her bow back, aiming for a turkey, which shows that they have to search and kill for food, which supports my earlier idea of her being strong and being able to look after herself, when she shoots the arrow though she believes that she hits a man instead but its all in her head, which shows the tole of the hunger games and how even when you are out of it, you still have traumatic memories of it. This is very much like our thriller as he has flashbacks and nightmares of past jobs and he doesn't want to go back and when he gets a call from the agency it all comes flooding back the pain, the anger and the memories. 

Mise-en-scene -The scene starts off panning over the dark woods, which looks foggy and dull, showing in the horizon, the sun peering over the mountains. This shows that its very mysterious place to live as on one side its nice, bright and sunny, and on the other its dark dull and forbidden looking.

It then goes onto show a woman knelt down looking into the river, with a bow and arrow strapped to her back, she looks weak, scared and teary eyed, and jumps at the slightest things, this shows that she hasn't had a good past or, something has happened to make her by aware of her surroundings. This represents a thriller as it makes the audience want to know whats happened to her and why she acts like she does, and why she is sat where she is.

Soon after a man appears, and the proxemits of how they are stood is far away, like they can't trust each other as they don't know each other too well or that they have some hidden secret which makes them uncomfortable around each other. As she has a dead animal in her hands it shows that she forages for her own food, and kills so she can eat, this shows that its a thriller as it's a cliff- hanger, right at the beginning, leaving the audience wondering why she has to.

She then goes on to aim at some turkeys to kill them, for her food, but unfortunately for her, she ends up shooting the man, which leaves her shook up, as it is in a woods it creates more for an atmosphere and makes it more dark and frightening to the audience. As they are both wearing dark clothing with boots, it also creates the effect of them trying to blend in with the woods as the aren't meant to be seen.

Mise-en-scene done by Lauren Parker