5 Thing Behind Screen The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games writer Suzanne Collins is a work that later became a movie. This trilogy tells of two teenage children who live in the country dystopia called Panem, they must fight for themselves in a life and death game called The Hunger Games.

The initial story ideas. Suzanne Collins got the idea of The Hunger Games is the story of the Iraq war and the Roman Empire. After seeing the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Suzanne then combines it with the reality show, until The Hunger Games was born. Meanwhile, Panem, the country obtained from the name of a fictional dystopia "Panem et Circences" which means "Bread and Circus" which refers to the last days of the Roman Empire. The period in which the government makes people satisfied and quiet with providing entertainment through violence, and not to provide decent public services.

Main character. Katniss Everdeen, Katniss's name is derived from an edible plant species, Sagittaria, which is also known as the "arrowhead" and has another name, Katniss. That is why the main character is very skilled in archery.

Costume and make-up. For the residents of the Capitol that had a strange fashion sense that it takes about 1,800 costumes. There are more than 35 make-up artists who worked full-time to dress up the main character and other supporting 500 characters.

The totality of the actor. The three main actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth had to repaint their hair. Prior to portray Gale, Liam's brother, told his brother to lose weight, because the character played by him look hungry. While Alexander Ludwig, it must raise the weights up to 14-18 pounds for a role as Cato in the first film The Hunger Games. Josh suffered a concussion injury, when Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) accidentally kicked his head in a scene.

Income the film. On the first day of the premiere of The Hunger Games movie has reached U.S. $ 68.3 million and beat The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The second film, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, too, breaking the record previously held by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, with ticket sales reaching U.S. $ 110.1 million in the U.S. alone. So naturally when Jennifer Lawrence paid U.S. $ 500 thousand plus of profit film later.