Film title: The Purge: Anarchy
Release date: July 18, 2014 Director: James DeMonaco Film Info: In a 2014 American dystopian the sequel to the 2013 film The Purge is the second in the series Synopsis: A couple are driving home when their car breaks down just as the Purge commences, for the next 12 hours as all crime is legal including murder. Meanwhile, a police sergeant goes out into the streets to get revenge on the man who killed his son, and a mother and daughter run from their home after assailants destroy it. The five people meet up as they attempt to survive the night in Los Angeles. Production/financing company:
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Sub-Genre: Thriller Camera: The use of close-ups and mid-shots in the trailer especially the climax is used to show the looks of fear on the protagonists faces as they run for their lives to escape the purgers, this allows the audience to connect with the protagonists are they can see their human reactions to the night. Sound: The use of the radio announcement and siren playing other the trailer creates an atmosphere of urgency for the protagonists as you are fearful for their lives as well as a sense of hopelessness as it is the government allow this to happen in the movie. Editing: The teaser trailer starts of with a slow cuts until it builds to the climax with the bikers and there are multiple quick cuts from this point onward to show the degree of violence and tension in the movie as they are fearful for their lives. Colour: through out the movie dark colours are used to signify the fear that the protagonists feel as they, because the movie is at night it means that the antagonists wearing theses dark colours such as black are the representation of evil in the movie. Mood and Styling: The mood of the trailer starts of happy as the couple seem to be just driving along until their car brakes down and the announcement on the radio begins, this then sets the mood for the whole rest of the trailer as is is now dark and a fight for survival, you also get a feeling of the animalistic side to humanity as this is the one night they don't have to fight their urges. Narrative: The narrative in the teaser trailer seems to have a fairly simply plot as this is the one night people are allowed to commit crime however is does leave an intellectual puzzle as to why so many people feel the need to go out and kill just because the can, for are protagonists their humanity is the binary-opposite to the purgers animalistic behaviour. Location: The film is set in the city on Purge night, the use of the tall buildings helps to connote isolation as there are hundreds of people in theses building but barely anyone's on the streets, and those that are are all antagonists as they are purging
Mise-en-scene
Lighting: High key lighting is used at the start of the trailer to create the equilibrium as you believe the protagonists are fine until the car brakes down and the sun sets creating low key lighting which the only source is thanks to the street lamps making a very dark atmosphere for the remainder of the trailer as you are fearful for the protagonists. NVC: The NVC's in the trailer are used to make the audience feel intimidated the masks they were connote the idea that it is not them doing these crimes but in fact a monster within them as you cant see their faces Setting: The setting for the trailer gives the idea of a poor city as the rich are safe and the poor must fend for themselves on the night of the purge showing a binary-opposite between the rich and poor as they are at conflict. Costume: Many masks are used in the trailer, they are very iconic for the horror genre as the create intellectual puzzles for the audience to figure out who the person is behind it. Props: A gun is the main prop seen in the teaser trailer this can be seen as a phallic object because as it is used to kill and the person using it is masculinized by its use.
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