Abstract:

This study's subject is about for which purposes and by whom the surveillance is done in these days. In this study, the concept of surveillance were examined through movies in relation with power structures existing at all stages of our lives. In this study, the notion of surveillance is discussed from the perspectives of Michel Foucault's and Jeremy Bentham's approaches. As a part of this study, Bentham's “Panopticon” prison project, which has an architectural design shaped according to the notion of surveillance, and terms of Sinopticon and Superpanopticon which are the complementary notions of "Panopticon" are analyzed. In addition to that, as the person who brought the term "surveillance" into social sciences, M. Foucault's approaches to power and body are at the focus of this study. The study aimed to discuss the films through the concept of surveillance. The study focusing on how films reflect the surveillance and power relations has benefited from a combination of historical and semiotic analysis as a method. Three films released in between 2012 and 2015 of The Hunger Games series have been studied in this research. The study is expected to contribute to both the field of cinema and the ongoing debates on the notion of surveillance.Keywords: Surveillance; Power; Semiology; Privacy; Cinema.

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