Discussion Workshop 3-Costumes

 Workshop 3: How are costumes used to enhance the story?

Atmosphere/Mood-How you feel in the surroundings.

1. Reaping scene-District 12
The girls were all wearing dresses or skirts and have their hair braided.
The colour palette of their clothes is white,  grey and blue (dull and overworn)
Dirty Clothes.
Boys had short hair.
 Boy are in trousers and shirts
Wear their best clothes
Cult-like
All equal
recognise the district
Simple clothes (not well stitched and made)
No makeup

How do you feel?
-Scared of being reaped
-Tension
-Sorry for them

Why are they dress this way?
To let the audience know they're poor, sad and have hard lives.

Effie
-Bright dress(pinkish)
-Makeup-white face, pink lips, crazy eyelashes

2. Capital
Bright, colourful and vibrant clothes
Crazy makeup and hairdo's
Exaggerated, over the top
Loud
different hairstyles, unique
excessive makeup on men and women.
use of headpieces.
Complex, extra clothes.
Advanced technology, better style
good quality made to wear once and throw away

How do you feel?
Despise/Dislike because they have everything the tributes don't
Life isn't equal.

easygoing, not stressed, arrogant



3. Beginning of Arena
Dull colours(grey, brown, green camo)
Jacket, cargos, t-shirt, hiking boots.
All look the same-makes it easier to watch them die.
Clothes fit the environment.

Themes:
Hope and Rebellion
Rich vs Poor
Struggle for Power

In the Reaping Scene 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 and overworn clothing. In contrast, Effie Trinket arrives wearing bright colours, a large wig and headpiece and excessive makeup. This makes the audience feel sorry for the people of District 12 because of Effie is a symbol of the wealth in the capital. 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 behaviour. 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 arrived in the Capital. In this scene, everyone else is rich and clean and they are the different ones.