The Gothic Games

For our group project, we made a trailer of a fictional film parody of The Hunger Games that uses some elements of the Gothic that we've learned about this quarter.

If you haven't seen or read The Hunger Games, here are two trailers from the real film:

Teaser Trailer

Theatrical Trailer <-- This one is longer and explains the story more.

The real trailers inspired some of what we did in our project.

Important things to note:
- In our version, the oppressive Capitol which used the Games to teach the Districts a lesson is represented by The Catholic Church, which decided to put on the Games as punishment for people who have done something immoral or otherwise defied the Church.

- The film is narrated by the Ancyent Mariner, played by Chuck, who must wander the earth and tell people about his ordeal in the Games.

- Other characters include Agnes (played by Tricia) and her baby, Dr. Frankenstein and his Creation, Julia / Christabel (who were made to look similar because in Gothic Literature, most of the female characters were pretty much identical), Ambrosio (the creeper), Julia's lover, and Manfred (who is dressed and black and, as a result of his constant desire to die, is pretty apathetic about being in the Games). The Madman was also chosen as a tribute but doesn't appear in the trailer because he does his own thing and manages to stay away from pretty much everyone.

We hope you enjoy our video.
- Leah, Kate, Tricia, and Chuck