Analysis of title sequence

by Molly Ruby

The Title The title "Zombie Land" hugely implies what the film is going to be about. The word "Zombie" implies death, murder, canabalism..this shows that the film is going to be a horror and some what grusome. The word "land" after zombie implies that everyones going to be turned into zombies and humans will no longer be on land but zombies will (they will be everywhere.)

The style of writing is quite simple and plain which looks abandoned implying further that humans will no longer be alive or living on land. It is almost as if it is deserted.

musicStraight away you can tell that the film is going to be quite tense and dark due to the music.This gives the impression that it is going to be a horror/thriller. One song is played through out which is quite heavy/rocky and is played quite loudly over the title sequence. This gives the impression that the film is going to be loud and edgy just like the music. You can tell that the film is not going to be a childs/happy film as the music is really dark and intimidating the complete opposite to happy. Although the music is dark and tense it is still some what upbeat giving the impression that it may also a comedy or have somewhat happiness in it.

indication of placeFrom the title sequence you can see that the film may be set in a typical everyday environment. This is because each clip from the title sequence is set in average places such as streets, shops, parks and work places. This gives the impression that the film is going to be very realistic because it is set in ordinary places that alot of people come across everyday. The fact that the setting changes through each clip gives the impression that the zombies are everywhere (more then one place) and everybody is going to get killed as through out the title sequence it is the zombies that are doing the majority of killing. You can see that it is the zombies that have control and the power as the humans are being killed and running away in terror.

shot anglesshot angles such as low angle shots are used continuosly through out the title sequnce making it more tense and realistic to the viewer as it seems like they are almost in the shots.It allows the viewer to see all of what is occurring in the shot, again allowing them to see how violent and graffic it is, giving them indication of how the film is then going to be (violent and graffic.)Different angles also allow the viewer to see the weakness and volnarabilty of the humans compared to the zomebies as you can see that the zombies are the dominant figures in this. Further implying that the humans are going to all be killed as they are weak compared to them.

cinematography

Through out the title sequence a variety of camera angles are used such us close ups; longshots; medium long shots and head and shoulders/closeups.This immediatly creates many different effects for the viewer as they get to see what is happening from many different angles allowing them to see all of what is going on and just how grusome and graffic it is. This gives the viewer a hint on just how graffic and violent the film is going to be as already it is showing people getting killed and eaten in a grusome and graffic way.

conclusionOver all from this title sequence you can see that this film is going to be a horror due to the violence/killing and zombies running riot through out it. But you can also tell that it may be a comedy due to the irony in some scenes such as the zombie wife eaten her husband or the stripper chasing one of her customers.