Felix Ravinstill during the Arena Tour (Revised)
—The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)
Gifmaker's Notes:
I did the screenshotting method of clipping in mpv for this for the first time.
I tried keeping the colors a little more grounded than my first pass at this, but as my rule of thumb for how much I brighten a scene is enough that I don't feel my eyes actively straining, the scene's dark lightening gets lost (because my eyes strain easily.) Also idk why I split the original into three gifs.
I'm including these before and after comparison gifs, because I made them to send to my friend to explain the importance of gif coloring, and I might as well share them here too.
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The duality of men demagogues
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES (2023)
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“Without the threat of death, it wouldn’t have been much of a lesson,” said Dr. Gaul. “What happened in the arena? That’s humanity undressed. The tributes. And you, too. How quickly civilization disappears. All your fine manners, education, family background, everything you pride yourself on, stripped away in the blink of an eye, revealing everything you actually are. A boy with a club who beats another boy to death. That’s mankind in its natural state.”
[...] “You can blame it on the circumstances, the environment, but you made the choices you made, no one else. It’s a lot to take in all at once, but it’s essential that you make an effort to answer that question. Who are human beings? Because who we are determines the type of governing we need."
— The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020)
Then I remember Peeta’s words on the roof. “Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to... to show the Capital they don’t own me. That I’m more than just a piece in their Games.” And for the first time, I understand what he means.
I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can’t own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I.
— The Hunger Games (2008)
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