Workshop 3 - Costumes

1. Reaping scene - District 12
→ Cult-like
→ Faded
→ Girls, dresses, and skirts
→ Boys, trousers, and shirts
→ Simple
→ Dull colors
→ Girls, braided hair
→ Boys, short hair
→ Poor
→ Scared of being reaped
→ Tension
→ Sorry for them
Director - Poor, sad, hard lives

2. Capitol 
→ Bright Colours
→ Vibrant
→ Exaggerated
→ Over the top
→ Loud
→ Different hairstyles
→ Unique
→ Girls & boys, excessive use of makeup, hairpieces
→ Nice style
→ Good quality
→ Made to be worn and thrown away
Director - Has everything tributes want, easy-going, not stressed, arrogant
                      -Done so we automatically dislike them

3. Beginning of Arena
→ Dull
→ Camouflage
→ Greys, blacks, greens
→ Jacket, cargos, t-shirt, hiking boots
→ All look the same 
                     - Done so it's easier to watch them die, no emotional ties to them.

Themes
→ Hope & rebellion
→ Rich vs poor 
→ Struggle for power

Effie
→ Pinkish dress
→ Make up
         - Painted face white
         - Pink lips
         - Crazy eyelashes
→ Symbol of wealth shows how poor District 12 is

In the reaping scene, the costume is used effectively to show the imbalance between the rich and poor of Panam. For instance, the children of District 12 all look alike in dull, simple, overworn colours. In contrast, Effie Trinkett arrives wearing bright colours, a large wig and headpiece and excessive make-up. This makes the audience feel sorry for the people of District 12 because Effie is a symbol of the wealth in the Capitol. We see that not everyone lives in poverty. The director did this to show the hard life of those in Katniss's home district. Coinciding with this is Effie's behavior. She is loud, happy and confident while the people of the district are quiet and scared. This can be Juxtaposed to the scene where Katniss and Peeta arrive in the Capitol. In this scene, everyone else is rich and clean and they are different.