Film opening sequence analysis report sheet - The purge

1. FilmOpeningSequence Analysis
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The Purge
Name: My Analysis Supporting Images
Cinematography&
Camera
Techniques
The Purge beginswithanestablishedshotof a man shooting
anotherman andas he fallstothe floorthe man runs away.It
goeson to showdifferentcrimessuchasfightingingroupsinthe
street;thisisall shownas CCTV footage.Oneach shotin the
corner ittellsuswhere the footage isfrom e.g.Syracuse,
Jacksonville andHuntsvilleafterthatIttellsusthe time and date
and that The Purge isbasedin America.Youcan see that the day
and monthisalwaysthe same 03/21 but the date of the year
goesup from2017 to 2021, thistellsus The Purge is an event
occurringeveryyearfrom7:00 PMon March 21st till 7:00 AMon
March 22nd. . At the top of each scene itsays ‘Purge Feed’this
tellsthe audience thisiswhatthe purge isandshowingthe
differentshotsof whatgoeson inthem24 hours.Anotherone of
the shotsis Aerial shotlookingdownata gangof ladsfighting at
a highangle. All clipsare veryfast andshowa lotof establish
shotsso youcan see the movementof the charactersandsee the
victimsyoubegintosee whatthe filmisaboutand howviolent
‘The Purge’is. On some clipsthere are slowzoomsandcanted
framingto followwhatishappeningasthe criminalsrubaway.
By showingafire itshowsarson to a buildingthatisonfire and
outlinesof people’sbodyrunningaroundwithobjectsintheir
handswitchlooklike batsand poles.Mostof the clipsyou see
are froma highangle viewdue tothe fact it’sfilmedfromCCTV
whichmeansitwouldbe on the top of a buildingorpostbecause
all footage isall basedoutside.Evenfastshotsof people laydead
ina line onthe floorbeingshowninanaerial shot.Withcrime
such as arsonto buildingsandcars,shootings,gangcrime itgives
youexamplesof whatthe filmgoingtobe aboutand what genre
it is.

2. FilmOpeningSequence Analysis
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Visual Effects&
Colour Scheme
It iscontinuityeditedwithjumpcutstoeach differentcrime;
Theyare all flashbacksof whathas happenedinthe pastfrom
2017-2021. It showscreditsoneach clipsuchas nameslike
Adelaide Kane,TonyOllerandRhysWakefield. The opening
sequence hadmontage editingthroughoutthe beginningthis
meansthere isa lot of differentseriesof shortshotseditedintoa
sequence showingall the flashbacks.Itshowsallotof
juxtapositionduringthissequence of guns,fire,knife and
violence whichall show uswhatwe will see inthe filmandwhat
the filmisabout.

3. FilmOpeningSequence Analysis
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Genre Conventions The Purge showsmany genre conventions,withthe genre being
horror/thrillerithasall the props and editingeffectsthatwould
normallybe seeninahorror or thrillersuchas guns,knives,fire,
gangs,fightingetc. Withthe openingsequence startingoff with
all these violentscenesyoubegintothinkitisa gangster,thriller
movie butas the filmgoesonand youbeginto see whatthe
movie isbasedonitsa horror as well.
Narrative Duringthe sequence there isnodiegeticsound. Withthe videos
beingcaptionedonCCTV footage mostsoundwouldn’tbe heard
or wouldn’thave hadsoundwiththe camera.Throughoutthe
footage there isnondiegeticsoundof aslowhighpitchedsong
fromstart to finish.
EditingTechniques It iscontinuityeditedwithjumpcutstoeach differentcrime and
isbasedon montage editingthroughoutshowingusdifferent
clipsof crimesthat have takenplace overthe years.

4. FilmOpeningSequence Analysis
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Title Credit Design The firstthingwe see is the institutionof the film‘Universal
Pictures’,Itthenshowsupthe productioncompany.Oneach
slide there are namesof people suchasAdelaideKane andTony
Oller.Asthe openingsequence movesonitgivesusnamesand
whattheyhave done towardsthe productionsuchas ‘Costume
designbyLisaNorcia’.Thiscarry’s on throughoutthe film.