Faked Imprisonment Scene Essay

Later on in the film, in the faked imprisonment scene, McTeigue uses camera work, symbolism and dialogue of the character Evey to help develop the understanding of Masks and Identity. At the start of the faked imprisonment scene, Evey is scared and unsure with her ideas as she is living in fear when she is thrown inside the prison cell. The high angle shot looking down on Evey curled up in a ball, shows us that she is in fear and doesn’t know where she stands within her own identity. Evey’s ideas aren’t powerful and she is unsure what is wrong and what is right. However, as the scene further develops, we are shown that she has discovered her own identity, when she says “thank you, but I’d rather be shot behind the chemical sheds”. This dialogue