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I watched The Purge and analyzed the key aspects of mise en scene throughout the movie. This mainly consisted of staging, setting, lighting, and costume. Staging Staging plays a pivotal role in this movie as it does in all movies that rely heavily on narrative and dialogue. The performance style use throughout this film is most likely method acting, as the actors embody the characters and take on their personas, making the movie more realistic. The actors' of such performance often helps the influence the emotions of the audience during the film.  This is easily shown in two different instances: during the day and during the night of the purge. During the day, there is an almost safe and comfortable demeanor resounding from the characters. This changes, however, once night time roles around and the purge begins. The characters are then terrified and alert, which in turn makes the audience terrified and alert as well. Setting The setting contrast that is most noticeable...

5 Master Shots With Sound (Link) The first clip (contrast) included a non-diegetic voice-over, which was used to specify what the character was thinking and clarify the character's intentions throughout the clip for the audiences' comprehension. The second clip (symbolism) included non-diegetic sound, which is meant to tend to the hearing sense of the audience. This sound gives does a good job capturing the effect of falling into the book and then zooming back out through the transition. The third clip (Leit Motif) also included non-diegetic sound. This sound, which is in the form of music for this clip, is crucial in this situation because the clip would not be considered leit motif without the instances of music triggering the same reaction throughout the clip. Without the music, the clip would look awkward and not fit the idea of a leit motif. The fourth clip (parallelism) included a non-diegetic sound bridge, which was meant to connect the two separate cl...