workshop 4 - how are costumes used to enhance the story

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Atmosphere - the mood or feeling of a place.
Mood - a feeling.
Location - a place where something is set.
Warm Light - orange, yellow, or blue tinge. makes us feel cozy, warm, welcome.
Cold Light - blue, green, white. makes us feel clean, sterile, modern.
Bright - obvious, feel happy, energetic
Dull - faded/muted light. this makes us feel, boring, sad, lonely, tiresome.
Natural - sun, reflections, moon, stars, lightning, fire. This occurs from nature
Artificial - light bulbs, screens, LEDs, made sources of light, Electricity.
Color pallet - all the colors used in that shot. District - greens, blacks, browns, greys.

Scene Name: District 12
What is happening? Katniss is running through the town to hunt in the woods. 
Types of colors/lighting: Cold light, lots of greenery, dull, natural light, sunlight/clouds.
Effect on the viewer: cold, not where you want it to be, back in time, old fashioned, lots of poverty, outdated materials, live closer to the land.
Directors Purpose: Rich vs Poor - who has more privilege, power, and opportunities. They don't have the privilege of technology, no artificial sources of light.
Other techniques: (Settings, costume, color, lighting, music, background) Costumes - greys/blacks coal miners wear these colors because its the same color as the coal and it can get really dirty. 

Name scene: Train station at the Capitol
What is happening: the Capitol citizens are waiting for the tributes to arrive. 
Techniques: lighting in the Capitol is cold, bright artificial light is coming from light bulbs and electricity. Color pallet - vibrant, vivid costumes, and white/grey buildings.
Effect on the viewer: modern, sets the mood of the scene, excited for the tributes to arrive.
Directors purpose: Rich vs Poor - privilege, power, and opportunity. They have access to technology because the costumes are better. Not poverty in the Capitol. they don't have to work, privileges of being able to go and watch to tribute arrive. 

Paragraph -
In the scene at the train station, lighting, and color are used sustainably to show the theme of "Rich vs Poor". In this case, rich means the privileges given to those in the capitol. This demonstrated through the use of bight, cold, artificial lighting, and a modern color pallet of whites and greys for the buildings and vibrant pinks and blues for the clothing. This makes the audience feels like the location is modern and the citizens are excited for the tributes to arrive. The purpose of this was to show that the Capitol has the privilege of technology, they have electricity, trains, and access, to better clothing. This worked well with the use of costumes. The costumes of the Capitol are unique, exquisite, and exotic which shows they have variety and sewing technology than those of people in the districts. This can be juxtaposed to the conditions in District 12 where there is no electricity and the colors and lighting are more natural.