Synopsis:

The full story of Katniss Everdeen but told in the mini-series format which contains many surprises, deleted scenes and new music and score by many different artists.

Intentions:

This first started out as a Mockingjay fanedit, but there was so much excellent material I thought it would be a shame to cut anything from it, so I began to deconstruct the 4 films into 50 min episodes instead, with a beginning, middle, and cliffhanger ending and updating the music as I wasn't too fond of the 'Last of Us' type score during dramatic scenes.

Change List:

Episode 1 : Cut the Seneca and Caesar scene during the opening. Re-arranged opening scenes to introduce Katniss better. Inserted Deleted scene of Prim's Nightmare and Gale explaining the Food Lottery system. Removed shot of Effie so she's introduced on the microphone first instead. Removed Katniss watching the games on TV, thought it ruined the surprise of what the games are going to be like from Peetas and her POV + the audiences. Removed all the scenes that forced/introduced Cato as the main villain. Episode 2: Removed all the shots of Woody Harrelson to make him sympathetic. Removed the announcers in a couple scenes so Katniss and the viewer discover how to disarm the traps on her own. Removed Peeta's stupid makeup plotline and Rue introduction. Episode 3: Removed shot of Seneca during the Dog chase, it broke up the tension. Removed morning after scene Removed Cato speech Removed Effies comedy scene about gold items Removed another reshoot of Woody trying to be a sympathetic character line "Them! What about them?" Condensed the Party scene, cut the long walk to get to the party. Condensed The New Gamemaker character introduction (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) Removed the first meeting with Plutarch and President Snow, their dialog felt a little too over the top (floggings and weddings etc) Deleted scene added : Snows dialog about what the Mockingjay is and what Mutts are has been re-inserted, color corrected and music mixed Removed Haymitch throwing his bottle at a hologram TV. Removed Katniss line "...Peeta." while shes crying in the snow Episode 4: Effie gets right to what the Quarter Quell is, removed some comedy bit with her. Cut scene of Beetee and partner laughing like idiots. Deleted scene added : Fennick rope scene in the training room, with proper music mix Cut Katniss Bow Hologram Practice Scene (action porn), we already know shes a good hunter it's just over-kill for her character at this point for the viewer. Cut Beetees intro on stage. Cut Katniss line about Peeta. Cut audio ramblings that ruin the surprise on the other side of the door Cut Katniss angry expression (which originally lead to a Mockingjay Part 1 teaser animation) Episode 5: Added on screen forced narratives for all of the Districts (this film jumps around a lot, and it's needed) Cut opening, Episode starts with Katniss and Prim in the hospital room and then she is asked to meet with President Coin, also cut Katniss meeting Gale in the hangar, it jumps to the Hunger Games title card then to the jet taking off, after Coin says "Sure, let her go" Deleted scene added : Katniss leaving District 12 with Buttercup and taking off in the hovercraft with Gale. Removed audio line of Katniss saying "you're alive" it works better with her just mouthing it while she's watching the TV screen. Deleted scene added : BeeTee trying to contact other Districts with his radio to join the rebellion. Trimmed President Snow seeing Katniss on the monitor, now the attack is a surprise instead of him explaining it. Re-arranged the speech scene, cut the propaganda video of Katniss, it cuts from Katniss crying on the battlefield to Coin introducing The Mockingjay and saying they will be showing the video later tonight in the Capitol, the message is still conveyed that she (Katniss) hates what she's doing and seeing through the cracks. Cut Fennick line to Katniss during Snow's speech about the propaganda piece. Episode 6: Bombing of District 7 starts the episode Deleted scene added : Cut and trimmed this scene of Cressida being very tone deaf and media-centric to the filming the bombing site. New music by Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie during Gales speeches. Condensed the Hanging Tree song at the lake, it goes on too long, now she sings a few lines and it cuts to them gloating over the the propaganda video they edited. Removed the rebels singing the Hanging Tree song completely. Cut the shot of Katniss running to the kitchen to yell for Prim. It makes no sense for this scene to be there, as she already assumes she's with her mom in the next scene. Episode 7: Re-arranged the shots during Peeta asking for a nightlock pill and cut his line saying Katniss called him a mutt, Gale says if it gets too bad he'll shoot him himself (this ends the episode). Episode 8: Cut Katniss loading up the pill Trimmed up the two brothers dialog in the sewer Deleted scene added : Gale getting sewed up Cut Peeta and Gale talking about Katniss while shes laying 5 feet away Removed Epilogue and created a mid-credit scene with it instead (no dialog).

Additional Notes:

Paid close attention to making sure each episode had a beginning middle and end and also a cliffhanger, as I wanted to make sure it felt like it was made as a streaming series. The music choices I spent a very long time selecting and probably one of the most fun things while working on this project.

Other Sources:

(Series 1) Episode 1 - The Reaping Episode 2 - The Hunger Games Episode 3 - The Victors Episode 4 - The Quarter Quell (Series 2) Episode 5 - Catching Fire Episode 6 - The Hanging Tree Episode 7 - Spark of Rebellion Episode 8 - The Mockingjay End Credit Music : 2Cellos - Welcome to the Jungle Tears for Fears - Suffer the Children Slowdive - Go Get it This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar Boards of Canada - Come to Dust Crystal Castles - Child I Will Hurt You Slowdive - Blue Skied an' Clear Video Source : Hunger Games 4-film Collection (blu-ray) Other Artists Featured : Episode 1: Slowdive - Beginning (part 4) Episode 4 : Thomas Köner - Diakan (excerpt) Episode 5 : Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Harlequin Delight, Outside, Silence. Robin Guthrie - Kerosine Episode 6 : Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Gaze, Pleasant, if not deadly. Episode 7 : Aphex Twin - Rhubarb Episode 8 : Harold Budd & John Foxx, Brian Eno, Robin Guthrie : Almost Overlooked, How Close.

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