In the opening scene of ‘V for Vendetta’ McTeigue establishes the setting to be an oppressive, totalitarian society in need for change, McTeigue introduces how an individual being to do this. Prothero is seen in the opening scene on both Evey and V’s television set, both listening to his ‘rant’ in the back ground. Several techniques are used to express the amount of power …show more content…
To me this symbolises their importance to society, as in the next shot they are shown to be dirty, corrupt law enforcement officers, …show more content…
Valerie’s montage plays an essential role in the film as it is a vital back story which plays a motive for V’s ‘vendetta’. McTeigue uses strong lighting and backdrop colours such as a sunset orange, to suggest and show that life in London was a lot better than the oppressive, dictatorial society it is today. It is evident during Valerie’s Montage, that as the situation of London becomes more deplete by the day, they colouring also fades into the darker range, suggests happiness is slowly vanishing and the fear and hate created by the government is consuming people’s thoughts. Fear and hate is often represented by the colours red and black, which are the two dominant colours found on the fingermens logo. During Valarie’s montage there is constant juxtaposition between both Valarie’s situation and Evey’s. McTeigue uses this technique to compare both characters and to show the pain and suffering they are both experiencing. Valaries letter changed Evey drastically, it empowered her with resilience and fearlessness, as quoted once Evey shows no care anymore for the pain she is encountering when the unknown man quotes “you have no fear anymore. You are completely