Visually Inspired and Creative

Did the movie and/or book inspire you to create something visually?  This could be a painting or a sculpture you create with your hands, or this could be something you use technology to create.  Be expressive, detailed and creative using the movie or book as your inspiration.

Theme

Using one of the book’s themes “Real-life carnage is disturbing and not a form of

entertainment,” write about how the director and movie personnel did or did not stick to this theme.  Is it ironic that Suzanne Collins’ book with a theme of how gore should not be entertaining was made into a movie, or is the movie supportive of her point that we as a society don’t need the visual gore since it was rated PG-13 and not R?  Did the director/movie creators abide by Suzanne Collins message about how in-our-face violence isn’t necessary and let the audience imply what was happening, or did they enhance the violence and go against what Suzanne Collins was trying to get across in The Hunger Games?

Compare/Contrast Editorial

Choose one of the areas below and analyze how it is portrayed similarly and differently in

the book versus the movie.  Questions below are to prompt students to create their compare/contrast editorial.  They are to use the questions below to get them started and take their compare/contrast further.

1. Characters - How were the characters same/different from the book to the movie?  Were certain characters left out or added?  Why do you think characterization changes were made from the book to the movie?  How do you feel about those changes?  Did these changes to characterization alter the plot?  Do you think it was easier for Suzanne Collins to write about the characters for us to see in our imagination or for the director and movie staff to create the characters for us to see on the the screen?  Explain.
2. Setting - How was the setting same/different from the book to the movie?  Were certain scenes, districts, etc. described differently in the book than they were projected on the big screen?  If there were areas of the setting that didn’t live up to the book’s descriptions, why do you think that was?  Did you like the book or movie’s description/portrayal of the different settings?  Why?  Do you think it’s easier for Suzanne Collins to create the setting of the book for us to imagine in our heads or for the director and movie staff to create the setting for us to see with our own eyes?  Explain.
3. Plot - What was same/different as far as the book’s plot compared to the movie’s plot?  What areas of the book/movie flowed the same?  Which areas of the book/movie flowed differently?  Which did you like better and why? Since it’s impossible to put all areas of the plot in the movie from the book, do you think that the director chose the right mix to retell Suzanne Collins’ story, or did he leave out crucial rising/falling actions?  If you had not read the book, would it be difficult to follow the movie because of areas of plot changed or left out?  Explain.