THE HUNGER GAMES FILM STUDY: Costumes in film

Atmosphere/mood: how you feel in the surroundings.

1. Reaping scene, district 12
Simple, faded, raggedy clothing (dresses and skirts for the girls, shirts and shorts for the boys) that are a bland grey and dull blue in colour from being washed. These clothes are their 'Sunday best' because it is important to look presentable on reaping day. Moreso, the clothes act as 'uniforms' so everyone in the district looks the same, possibly to be able to recognise them. 
Whereas Effie Trinket, from the Capitol, her clothes and makeup are bright and colourful. The girls almost exclusively have their hair braided, the boys have short, crew cut hair. 

2. The Capitol
Everyone in the capitol wears glamorous, colourful, futuristic clothing, the director made it weird on purpose to represent how fashion has changed in the years in Panem. Makeup is very 'extra' and excessive, clothing is big, and hats are tall and vibrant. 'Over the top, loud and bright' fashion is in. Everyone looks very different and unique, in contrast to District 12. Men and women both wear makeup and it was common for them to wear coloured wigs. More effort and technology has been used to create the Capitol's clothing, whereas District 12 had really poor quality clothing and shoes. 


3. Beginning of the arena
-Dull colours: green, blacks, grey, etc.
- Jackets, cargos, t-shirts and hiking boots are worn.
-All look the same, because it doesn't matter what they wear when they die, makes it easier to watch them be killed. 
-Lightweight clothing
-Clothing matches environment and climate (humid)

~Seel paragraph~

In the infamous reaping scene, costume and makeup is used effectively to demonstrate the imbalance between the rich and the poor of Panem. For instance, the children of District 12 are dressed in almost-identical, dull, and over-worn clothing. In contrast, capitol citizen Effie Trinket arrives decked in a bright purple dress, an enormous matching headpiece and excessive make-up. This makes the audience feel sorry for the people of District 12 because Effie is, essentially, a symbol of wealth. We see that not everyone in Panem 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 whereas the people of the district are timid and quiet. This can be juxtaposed to the scene where Katniss and Peeta arrive in the Capitol. In this scene, everyone else is rich and clean, while they are the different ones.