The Purge opening scene analysis- thriller.

• The music and the content of the visual imagery, juxtapose each other. As the music is a classical type of music that if very soft and calm, however the visual element is strong violence. This emphasis's the aggression and what is happening, as its against such soft music is makes the violence look more intense and violent. 
• The camera angles are all mostly from a high view, which makes it seem like its a CCTV camera which makes the terror of the violence more realistic. Also the high angle shows and long shots, makes it seem like the camera is hiding from the aggression; which connotes that we should be scared and the genre is a thriller. 
• The camera sometimes looks like its being hand held, which creates the feeling of discomfort and fear because it is shaking a lot. 
• However this films has atypical conventions of a thriller and the institution is breaking out of there usual routine with inter titles. Although the institution "universal pictures' comes first like usual, it's in very small writing and doesn't promote itself like it usual does in their other films. Which suggests that film is stripped back and is more realistic which amplifies the horror, as the audience can relate to it more. However by 'universal pictures' being shown it gives the audience an idea of what the standard will be like. 'Universal Pictures' make gritty hard films, which attract the target audience who want to be scared. The rest of the inter titles are over the top of the visual element, which represents that the aggression of the narrative is more important than promoting the stars of the film. 
• Throughout the opening, most of the actors are male which represents the stereotype that society has constructed. Males have been categorized as aggressive. This attracts the male target audience, as they will have something to identify with and a narrative that appeals to them. Also in the opening you never see the faces of the violent men, which gains the audiences attention as they start to question, who's that? why? This makes a good opening as it only gives hints and clues but doesn't reveal anything. 
• Additionally most of the actors are wearing black, brown. This represents that males are mysterious and has the connotations of violence and danger. Furthermore there is also clips of the victims with blood all over their body, which sets the the tone for the rest of the film. It gives the audience the idea that the rest of the film will be filled with torture and gory scenes.