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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a Science Fiction movie set in a dystopian society. The poster does not give much away and without knowing before hand what genre the movie is, it is almost impossible to guess the genre looking at this poster alone. Someone viewing this who knew nothing about the film, would have little to no idea of what this film about, it looks more like a poster for an action adventure/fantasy movie then a SciFi movie poster. (Whereas for a movie like Star Trek: Into Darkness, you can tell what genre the movie is from the poster, it shows a spaceship crashing into a planet, this is obviously Science Fiction. The title as well “Star Trek” hints at a space adventure film.) The only clue to what the story is about is this caption at the top, and this does not give much away, all it suggests is something about making a stand, implying conflict. The character on the poster’s body language is very closed and standing to one side, looking off into the distance, she is also holding a weapon. While this does not give anything away about the story it implies there is going to be some sort of fighting. You can tell from the way she is standing alone on a rock that she is rather powerful and tough, and she is either the protagonist, or one of the main characters.

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The  Hunger  Games:  Catching  Fire  is  a  Science  Fiction  movie  set  in  a  dystopian  society.  The  poster  does  not  give  much  away  and  without  knowing  before  hand  what  genre  the  movie  is,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  guess  the  genre  looking  at  this  poster  alone.      Someone  viewing  this  who  knew  nothing  about  the  film,  would  have  little  to  no  idea  of  what  this  film  about,  it  looks  more  like  a  poster  for  an  action  adventure/fantasy  movie  then  a  Sci-­‐Fi  movie  poster.  

(Whereas  for  a  movie  like  Star  Trek:  Into  Darkness,  you  can  tell  what  genre  the  movie  is  from  the  poster,  it  shows  a  spaceship  crashing  into  a  planet,  this  is  obviously  Science  Fiction.  The  title  as  well  “Star  Trek”  hints  at  a  space  adventure  film.)  

 The  only  clue  to  what  the  story  is  about  is  this  caption  at  the  top,  and  this  does  not  give  much  away,  all  it  suggests  is  something  about  making  a  stand,  implying  conflict.    

 The  character  on  the  poster’s  body  language  is  very  closed  and  standing  to  one  side,  looking  off  into  the  distance,  she  is  also  holding  a  weapon.  While  this  does  not  give  anything  away  about  the  story  it  implies  there  is  going  to  be  some  sort  of  fighting.  You  can  tell  from  the  way  she  is  standing  alone  on  a  rock  that  she  is  rather  powerful  and  tough,  and  she  is  either  the  protagonist,  or  one  of  the  main  characters.    

The  mood  of  the  film  from  this  trailer  feels  serious,  and  has  not  hints  of  any  light  heartedness,  the  woman  is  staring  off  into  the  distance  with  a  neutral  face  that  looks  like  a  cross  between  concerned,  and  angry.  The  lighting  on  the  poster  is  also  very  dark;  half  of  the  rock  she  is  standing  on  is  covered  by  shadows.  

The  clouds  in  the  background  go  from  being  brighter  on  the  left,  showing  some  of  what  appears  to  be  blue  sky,  to  dark,  grey  clouds  on  the  right.                      

   

The  film’s  title/logo  is  not  very  big  and  not  the  centre  of  the  poster,  it’s  down  the  bottom  in  the  part  of  the  rock  covered  in  the  shadow.  Because  of  the  poster’s  unique  “painting”  look,  the  logo  is  

no  the  main  focus  of  it,  the  writing  with  the  actors/crew  is  right  at  the  bottom  underneath  the  logo  and  is  in  a  very  small  font.  The  focus  is  clearly  not  meant  to  be  there.  The  film’s  logo  is  just  big  enough  and  interesting  enough  to  catch  the  viewer’s  attention.  The  main  focus  is  on  the  woman  on  the  rock,  and  the  tagline  at  the  top.  

 The  main  hook  for  the  poster  is  definitely  the  woman  

standing  on  the  rock  with  the  bow  &  arrow.  She  is  clearly  the  

main  image  and  is  standing  nearer  the  light  side  of  the  page  as  apposed  to  the  dark  side  (representing  that  she  is  a  hero?).    The  interesting  tagline  at  the  top  does  not  make  immediate  sense  to  someone  who  does  not  know  what  the  movie  is  about,  but  manages  to  grab  their  interest  as  they  wonder  what  the  movie  is  about.    

 There  is  no  indication  of  this  being  a  sequel  other  than  the  

title,  it  being  a  sequel  however,  means  that  this  movie  has  to  be  bigger  and  better  then  it’s  prequel,  which  would  generate  tension  and  a  buzz  for  people  to  see  it.