The purge: election year opens
with a medium shot of an iPod and on screen, diegetic rock music which quickly
switches to a tracking shot of bloody knives and scissors, leading to a close
up shot of a middle aged man in a creepy mask sitting down, dancing happily to
the music. This is followed by lots of cuts of extreme close ups of victims
with smeared blood, sweat and tears running down their face, this highlights to
the audience that the film is part of the horror genre. It then switches to a
medium shot of a mother and daughter like characters looking up to each other
in discomfort and pain as they are tied up. This creates a number of enigma
codes as the audience want to know what’s happened for the victims to get into
this state and why are they there.
The lighting of the whole
scene is very dark and gloomy reflecting the current mood, however every time
the camera focuses on the masked man there is a sudden flash of light showing
his power within the situation. The masked man then has a short dialogue were
he explains how this last song will be played as it is their last game of the
evening. This begins to give the audience many conclusions about what's gone
on, as the non-diegetic music plays and the masked character continues to
explain their fate, the audience sees a wide angle shot of the 4 victims all
tied up and sitting next to each other in unease and distress, it then zooms in
on a close up shot of the father figure victims face showing how he feels weak
and useless to his family.
Once again you then see lots
of short and sharp cuts of extreme close ups and close ups of the victims in
rage and anger as they try and beg for their freedom, along with lots of
flashes of bright lights. A wide angle shot then shows the masked man suddenly
standing up and empowering the victims.
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