The Hunger Games contains typical and re-occuring conventions from the Sci-Fi genre. The genre conventions could be categorised as narrative themes, character roles, iconography/mise en scene and technical conventions. The narrative is typical of its genre in many ways.
During the text, the narrative theme present was a anti-establishment ideology. It reflected on a government in power, taking advantage of their power and creating the Hunger Games. This is seen in a particular scene when Effie, the woman mainly in power, ordered a female and male to come to the stage and partake in the games.
A technical convention which frequently occurs in the Sci-Fi genre is the close up camera shots in order to show emotion. One particular scene where this occurs is when Katnis' sister, Primrose is called to the stage. The camera zooms up on both Katnis' and Primrose's face in different cuts to show their emotion and create a sympathetic feeling for them.
Classic iconography found in the Sci-Fi genre is futuristic technology, this is present in Hunger Games when they are on the train on the way to the games, the train doesn't actually touch the rails, it is hovering over it. This shows futuristic technology that is not being used in the current day.
However the narrative also does not conform to the genre. This is proved when....
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