The Purge Opening Scene

THE PURGE

                       

Opening credits:

• Universal Pictures presents
• A Platinum Dunes/Blumhouse/Why Not production
• Ethan Hawke
• Lena Headey
• Adelaide Kane
• Max Burkholder
• Edwin Hodge
• Tony Oller, Rhys Wakefield
• Arija Bareikis, Chris Mulkey
• Casting by Lisa Fields
• Costume design by Lisa Norcia
• Music by Nathan Whitehead
• Edited by Peter Gvozdas
• Production design by Melanie Paizis-Jones
• Director of photography Jacques Jouffret
• Co-producer Jeanette Volturno-Brill
• Produced by Jason Blum, p.g.a.
• Produced by Sebastien K. Lemercier, p.g.a.
• Produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
• Written and directed by James Demonaco

During the opening credits, what the viewers see is a series of clips, in the style of CCTV. This is to show the audience that all the crime has been captured by CCTV, and are now being broadcasted to us, the audience. 

The CCTV shows that nobody steps in to help people out, and that the cameras just watch, without alerting authority such as Police. It shows that on the night of the purge, nobody is safe and nobody can help you. 

I think that the opening credits, are a very good way of showing the audience a bit of background into the film, by letting us see previous clips of murders, robberies etc. It really helps the audience gain an understanding of what the film is about and what is going on.