Analysis of The Purge: Anarchy
This is a medium close up shot of the institution logo, the mise en scene is of a chair floating mid air in a derelict room. The floating chair links with the idea of black magic and wizardry which imposes fear on the audience. There is colour symbolism of green and black because they connote evil, immoral and demonic. This is a low angle shot which makes the audience feel powerless and small because they are looking up at the object and room. This expresses the chair as dominant and superior object filling the frame of the shot. There is fog coming out of the door which is a key horror prop, this immediately strikes the audience that the film is going to be horror. I think the fog correlates with the dingy and tense atmosphere. The non-diegetic music has a crescendo which builds up the tense climax, there is slow tempo and it is low pitched. This makes the audience feel on edge and agitated.




This a long shot of a american style diner and there is a women walking towards the camera dressed in uniform. There is a american flag outside the diner that expresses the themes of patriotism and national pride. There is quite depressing and dingy colours of beige which makes the audience feel disconsolate. The diegetic music is of the general talk of people in the diner which expresses normality. This alarms the audience as whatever is going to happen is going to distort the normality of peoples everyday life.

This is a big close up of someone loading a gun which emphasises the danger and threat. There is a mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic should of bullets being loaded into the gun and the loud bass drop. The music has a quick and snappy tempo accompanied with a low pitch which builds up the tension. The background is blurred focusing on the gun which expresses risk and unpredictability of the situation. I think the gun could link with the theme of patriotism and protecting your country which gives the audience an idea of the plot of the film.
