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The Struggle Between Katniss And President Snow In The Hunger Games By Gary Ross

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Director Gary Ross chose to foreshadow the feud between Katniss and President Snow in the first movie to successfully entices viewers to return to the following movies. In the series, President Snow and Katniss develop a distrust, with President Snow gunning to get Katniss after she manipulates the Gamemakers to allow both her and Peeta to win the games. Yet there is only one instance of this in the novel, and that is when Katniss is crowned by Snow who unforgivingly glares at her (Collins 364). While this is subdued in the book, it is brought to the forefront in the movie. The movie shows many scenes of Snow glaring at Katniss, such as in the chariot ride, the crowning moment, and after Katniss gets home. The movie ends with Snow watching …show more content…

Yet in the second, there is a void in the viewers understanding. This void is exactly what happened in the Hunger Games movie. The viewers had no idea what Katniss was thinking throughout the games, nor did not understand how her thoughts became more rebellious as she went through the games, such as her anger behind decorating Rue with flowers or her rebellious intentions when faking their suicide. If the director intended to foreshadow the rebellion, because Katniss plays a vital role in the future of the rebellion, Ross needed the audience to understand that Katniss’s hatred for the Capitol develops in the arena and is what makes her the symbol of the rebellion. The only way Ross could have accomplished this was by including Katniss’s voiceovers in vital moments, such as the reaping, Rue’s death, and the final arena scene. This would have brought more money to the producers in the long run because the audience would have understood in the future why Katniss becomes the symbol of rebellion. They would also hear from Katniss how she knows to shoot an arrow up into the sky to electrocute the arena and why she eventually murders one of the leaders of the rebellion. Her narration throughout all the films would have helped more audience members want to continue to see the movies. Yet it is not included, …show more content…

By subduing the bloodbath in the Cornucopia by showing the murderers rather than the victims, the film is able to obtain the optimal rating for the audience. When lessening Katniss’s violence in the games, Katniss is a more parent friendly hero that allows for a more accepting audience. Both of these lead to more profit in the short run with the first movie, but in order to remain successful for the rest of the franchise, profits needed to be steady in future films. This lead the director to add scenes of rebellion and scenes of Snow and Katniss in order to foreshadow future films to draw viewers back. Yet if Ross wanted to make the most profit, he needed to foster an understanding of Katniss by having Katniss make narrations in pivotal moments. If he had done that, the viewers would have understood her acts of violence. The Hunger Games movie and book both strike a balance between the value of violence and the values violence destroys. Yet the movie makes it more evident that the values, such as Katniss as a hero, are not destroyed by violence. By lessening the violence, the movie is an acceptable film for young teenagers to see. This was intentional, and it helped make the film and the franchise as successful as it is

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