Genre research - The Purge (2013)

The purge is an american horror thriller, initially release to an american audience on the 7^th november 2013. On its opening weekend in the us, the film grossed a total box office of $34,000,000. By August, the film had a total box office gross of $64,000,000, which is over 21X that of the original budger, which was $3,000,000. Due to the films popularity, there was another purge released the following year called ‘The Purge: Anarchy’.

The trailer overall ises low key lighting. This is a mojour fitting of the codes and conventions of the genre of film, being in this case, horror. This is as the low key lighing helps to set a general tone for the rest of the film, which in the horror genres case is to set a generally mysterious and slightly scary feel to it.

The low key lighting also helps with the aggressive mise en scene that is presented in the opening of this film.

The next notable thing about the opening would be the characters (antagonists) costumes. In this case, the characters appeard to be all wearing dark coloured clothes, with intimidating mastks. This could be a thing to consider when creating our opening sequence, as the common connotation of the antagonist in this genre will be aggressive and dark, which can be initially presented with the characters costumes.

Another notable fature will be the editing of the shots. The opening sequence appeared to be fast and up beat, due to the quick change between camera angles, giving a more frantic connotation, which can give the feeling of anxiety and panic, as it could help to represent the vulnerablility of the protagonist, or the innocent. It als is a way to keep the audiences intreseted right from the beginning, as without this the audience could easily become bored if presented with long stationary shots, whereas they are kepped gripped when the editing speed is high paced.