300 Word Analysis V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is an action packed thriller, which is about a shadowy freedom fighter known as 'V'.

In this sequence we see a scene where Eve and V are standing on a rooftop looking out to their surrounding area and at first you think, what is a stranger taking a young woman on top of a building for? Well, V wanted to show her the spectacular view that she was about to witness, the blowing up of The Old Bailey. Now, the director James McTeigue very cleverly used a wide-angle shot to give you a look at V's body language, whilst seeing him intentionally blowing up of The Old Bailey. His body language that is shown, really links with the explosion, the fireworks explode into array of colour's just like V's emotions, he's happy, proud and over the moon that his plan had worked. Eve, however, was on a lower level to V and this shows the audience, that she is less important and is in a very awkward situation right now and that maybe she was being used to make this plan of his work.

The slide then transitions into Chancellor Sutler's introduction or interrogation on the candidates who are trying to seek out where V and Eve were. The introduction of Sutler starts off with him being extremely close-up, his facial features and emotions being really evident. This really helps the viewers because it shows his importance as well, as he has taken up the whole screen. It gives a sense of him domineering his fellow 'friends'/candidates. The use of small lighting/spotlighting that McTeigue uses when Sutler interrogates Mr Creedy shows us that he is less important to the viewer than Sutler, this also happens with the others who are sitting facing the massive screen. 

Also, the director uses a wide-angle view to show the backs of the candidates and this also shows that maybe they aren't as important and that they aren't worthy and shouldn't be looked at. The music they use in the background makes the situation tenser and really puts what I’ve said into perspective. Having Chancellor Sutler on the screen that large seems like a fret to all of us!