In May of 2011, principal photography
for The Hunger Games began in western North Carolina, and was wrapped up
on September 15, 2011. The movie was filmed entirely in North Carolina, with
locations scattered across the whole state, from deep in the dense forest of
Asheville, where the arena scenes in which the games take place to Henry River
Mill Village, the little town used for District 12, to the studio used to
project the incredible sights of the Capital on the green screen. Other
locations in North Carolina were used for minor scenes, such as Cedar Mountain,
North Carolina, Black Mountain, North Carolina, and Shelby, North Carolina.
With The
Hunger Games being full of intense action, producers had to choose a stunt
coordinator who was perfect for the film- they chose stunt coordinator, Allan
Poppleton, to be in charge of the stunts and combat scenes for the film.
Poppleton has worked on the stunts for several fantasy/sci-fi movies, such as Eragon,
The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Lord of the Rings. When asked
about the process of stunt and combat coordination, this is what Poppleton had
to say:
“It starts with script/treatment,
which would outline the fight. I would gather information from different
departments, like armory, costume, art, location, ect. From there, I throw in
my intellectual property and then take that along to meet with the director.
From there, I will start choreographing; then teach the doubles or performers,
and then film the rehearsals to then show to the director. Once he has signed
off on the fight, I begin to teach the actors. Once they have learned it, I see
it through on set with the filming of it.” (Allan Poppleton, http://hungergamesmovie.org/category/hunger-games-filming/)
The
Hunger Games
was produced and filmed by Lions Gate Entertainment and Nina Jocobson’s Color
Force. It was directed by Gary Ross, and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh
Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, and
Elizabeth Banks.
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