After Katniss has shown up the Capitol with her actions after Rue's death, she briefly thinks (in the book) about how they won't show some of what she has done on TV.The trigger for the riot is different in the film as it follows Katniss saluting the camera and the people of District 11 in the book she only salutes Rue and doesn't address District 11 until they send her a loaf of bread (which doesn't happen in the film). The rebellion in District 11 is mentioned first in Catching Fire. The riot in District 11 after Rue's death is not mentioned in the book as Katniss would not know it had occurred.The Everdeens have an old television in the book, but in the film they have a projector.Presumably, the score from the Gamemakers would also be displayed, but the board is not seen after that occurs. The name, age, height and weight of each tribute is also displayed, and the grid is arranged by district. A large odds board that is constantly updated is seen in the Capitol.Katniss doesn't mention it in the book, though. In the film, Clove kills a lizard with her throwing knives while keeping watch.In the book, however, there is no mention or description of a flag. In the film, there are various scenes where there appears to be Panem's official flag, which appears a scarlet-red with a gold eagle clutching grey arrows, standing on a gold pinnacle and surrounded by a gold wreath.In the book, the gifts do not come with notes and instead, Katniss can sort of figure out what Haymitch is trying to tell her without his actual words being told to her. In the film, Katniss's sponsor gifts come with notes from Haymitch Abernathy, arrive in protective cases, and emit a distinctive chime.Later on, she addresses a camera directly with a salute after she pays tribute to Rue. In the film when she beds down in a tree on the first night, Katniss hears and notices a camera in a tree hole near her head focusing in on her. In the book, the cameras are implied to be ubiquitous throughout the arena but are not shown or encountered.Unless it's new for these games, Caesar Flickerman doesn't act as an announcer in the book. Most significantly, they explain tracker jackers and hint at the trap (land mines) in the Careers' camp (both scripted as replacements for the lack of a Katniss narrative). Caesar Flickerman joins Claudius Templesmith as a commentator on the Games.In the film, more of the Cornucopia bloodbath is shown than is told in the book.The film makes it clearer earlier on that the arena is a controlled environment (possibly not even really outdoors), and that things such as the fire that impacts Katniss was designed to prevent tributes from breaching the perimeter of the arena. There are several cuts to the Gamemakers to show them controlling the arena, e.g., counting down to the start of the games, displaying the day's kills, trying to hit Katniss with fireballs, and releasing the muttations. Seneca Crane is shown commanding the Gamemakers what to do to the arena.In the film, Caesar Flickerman reads out their name, district, and score. In the book, when the tributes' scores are revealed, it is merely a picture of the tribute, and their score beneath it.According to director Gary Ross, the decision to increase Snow's role in the film was inspired by a detailed, thoughtful e-mail actor Donald Sutherland wrote to him discussing the character of Snow, which was originally intended as a mere cameo appearance for the noted actor. His speech to the tributes is heard, he is seen conversing with Seneca Crane twice, and is shown in the control room carefully observing Katniss and Peeta's triumphant arrival back in District 12 at the end of the film. President Coriolanus Snow plays a larger role than in the book.Thus we see scenes showing things motivating the action that Katniss would have had no way of knowing. On-screen, however, several changes were made to how the story is revealed, rather than using voice-overs or other first-person conventions. The book is written in the first-person perspective of Katniss Everdeen.
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