Adaptation Pitch

1. My Adaptation:
The Hunger Games

2. My Adaptation
The title of the film I am adapting into a video game is ‘The
Hunger Games’. Firstly a trilogy adapted into a series of films, I
will be keeping the name of the original but making a minor
change, therefore the title of my video game will simply be ‘The
Hunger Game’. Keeping the original title of the film within the
title of the video game is more suitable as there is a clear
relation, therefore appealing more to the target audience; the
fans of The Hunger Games film.
I believe this adaptation will be successful as it will appeal to
the large fan base of The Hunger Games trilogy and may
attract new audiences also. The Hunger Games has been
adapted to a very short online game already on the official
website, which attracted small audiences, I wish to attract a
wider audience with this new adaptation.

3. Genre and Narrative
‘The Hunger Games’ is a science fiction adventure film with a sub-genre
of war. It is about a country named ‘Panem’ which consists of twelve
districts in states of poverty and a wealthy Capitol. Every year, children
18 and under are chosen to participate in an annual death match called
The Hunger Games, which is televised across all of Panem.
I will be keeping this genre, as I am not making dramatic adaptations to
the narrative within my video game. I will include cut scenes from the
film within my video game to reinforce the story line. The main
characters within The Hunger Games are named Katniss Everdeen and
Peeta Mellark, whom are entered into the Games leaving them to fight
for their lives. Katniss and Peeta will be the main characters of play
within my video game, and gamers will be able to play out the events in
which each individual get into in their own way, therefore partly choosing
their own narrative.

4. Target Audience
The Hunger Games film is based on a series of young adult (YA) novels,
YA fiction having a typical age range from 12 – 18 years old. The Hunger
Games strategy was to target males but not to neglect their pre-built
female core audience they had from the books. The Hunger Games was
created to be a four-quadrant movie, therefore targeting boys, girls, men
and women.
The target audience for my video game will be young males and females
as a higher ratio of those who play video games tend to be within the
younger generation. Those of my core audience probably regularly play
video games and have most likely seen The Hunger Games film and/or
read the trilogy of books. They are likely to be science fiction or adventure
film fans therefore having collections of books, films and/or video games.
However, The Hunger Games novel is a 2008 text therefore people who
enjoyed the original novel will now be in their mid to late 20’s and early
30’s, creating a secondary audience that are likely to have more spending
power.

5. Constraints and
OpportunitiesConstraints
What could get in the way of making this adaptation successful is the budget, technical issues
and a very specific audience.
Budgets may limit the chances of it being successful as there will be many cut scenes from
the film in my video game, characters, scenes and costume changes. This requires a high
standard of technical ability to create these successfully and up the standard, therefore
costing a lot more. Audience may affect the success of this video game also, as video games
are usually aimed towards teenage – middle aged males stereotypically. Although this
stereotype is changing, video games are mostly still aimed towards this audience. The Hunger
Games film has a wide audience of teenage – young adult females, therefore the video game
may not appeal to this audience and may not make many sales.
Opportunities
This adaptation could become successful because of the non-stereotypical, wide target
audience. As video games aren't commonly aimed towards teenage – young adult makes and
females, new audiences may be intrigued and buy the video game. As The Hunger Games is
a very popular film, audiences of the film may become interested in the video game and
purchase the game, therefor boosting sales.

6. Cinematic Ideas
The look and feel for my new adaptation of The Hunger
Games is a science fiction action war film. Within my
adaptation I will enhance the war aspect within The Hunger
Games to make the game more enjoyable for the player. I
will try to make my adaptation as high quality and realistic-
looking as the film, using cut scenes from the film will
enhance this.
My adaptation is distinctive as it has a clear connection
with the film and I am able to gather feedback from
audiences for information and opinions on any new
features or scenes I may insert into my adaptation.

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