Horror thriller openings
Zombieland
In zombie land it shows a close up of the american flag american flag blowing in the wind (signify's that the movie is mainly based in america) with the national anthem playing faintly in the background, slightly slowed down and corrupted. The camera zooms out slowly whilst the sound is followed by a guy narrating, starting with 'oh america' as if he were giving a speech. At that moment the audience is unsure of who he is, but you can guess that he will be important somehow. The music fades into a screeching, corrupted version of the american national anthem, already making the audience feel slightly eery and scared, creating a build up.
The camera changes view point by twisting right, showing us that the flag is upside down, the camera then pans to the right, whilst slightly zooming out, revealing a turned over car that is partly on fire with more chaos happening in the background.
The camera moves around as if it is being held by a camera guy but not the one filming the movie, the one that is IN the movie. This camera movement creates a realistic effect, as if the audience is involved in the movie (minus the fizzing/crashing of the film). The camera moves around, showing the whole scene. We as the audience could say that the shot used could be hand-held shot as the filming is not very steady. We could suggest that POV (point of view) shot was used as we see what the person is seeing and instead of the idea that it is the camera breaking up when it glitches, it could just be the persons vision/memory breaking up itself, not believing what they see.So the labelling of shots, depends on the persons point of view.
The editing/speed starts off slow, moving outwards as if on a tripod, then the type of movement and speed changes instantly, moving/looking around at quite a fast pace as if the person in panicking. The movement is quite fast so if looks everywhere quickly, but not too quick that you can't see what's going on. It's almost rushed, as if the person filming is trying to get everything on camera quickly, not worrying if it doesn't get everything completely, just making sure people see what is going on.
The props mainly used in the very opening are cars, on fire, crashed, upside down or just abandoned.
The camera then quickly zooms out, but so much that we see Earth, looking nothing how it looks now, so the audience can see how much chaos is really going on, also giving the movie a realistic effect. The camera zooms back in on a different part of the world, showing a 'fatty' being chased by a zombie, which is the start of the 'survival guide' the voice over has created for surviving zombie land. It then shows different scenarios as part of the survival guide with a variety of long shots, tracking shots, close ups and over the shoulder shots.
The darkness of the zombies clothing and skin could connote that they are the bad guys, almost evil.
As the voice over reads out the list of precautions, writing appears over the clip, in a plain white font, but it is as if it is almost placed in the scene, adapting to whats around it, for example when the man is being chased, the text pulsates saying 'cardio' as if imitating a heart beat.
The camera changes view point by twisting right, showing us that the flag is upside down, the camera then pans to the right, whilst slightly zooming out, revealing a turned over car that is partly on fire with more chaos happening in the background.
The camera moves around as if it is being held by a camera guy but not the one filming the movie, the one that is IN the movie. This camera movement creates a realistic effect, as if the audience is involved in the movie (minus the fizzing/crashing of the film). The camera moves around, showing the whole scene. We as the audience could say that the shot used could be hand-held shot as the filming is not very steady. We could suggest that POV (point of view) shot was used as we see what the person is seeing and instead of the idea that it is the camera breaking up when it glitches, it could just be the persons vision/memory breaking up itself, not believing what they see.So the labelling of shots, depends on the persons point of view.
The editing/speed starts off slow, moving outwards as if on a tripod, then the type of movement and speed changes instantly, moving/looking around at quite a fast pace as if the person in panicking. The movement is quite fast so if looks everywhere quickly, but not too quick that you can't see what's going on. It's almost rushed, as if the person filming is trying to get everything on camera quickly, not worrying if it doesn't get everything completely, just making sure people see what is going on.
The props mainly used in the very opening are cars, on fire, crashed, upside down or just abandoned.
The camera then quickly zooms out, but so much that we see Earth, looking nothing how it looks now, so the audience can see how much chaos is really going on, also giving the movie a realistic effect. The camera zooms back in on a different part of the world, showing a 'fatty' being chased by a zombie, which is the start of the 'survival guide' the voice over has created for surviving zombie land. It then shows different scenarios as part of the survival guide with a variety of long shots, tracking shots, close ups and over the shoulder shots.
The darkness of the zombies clothing and skin could connote that they are the bad guys, almost evil.
As the voice over reads out the list of precautions, writing appears over the clip, in a plain white font, but it is as if it is almost placed in the scene, adapting to whats around it, for example when the man is being chased, the text pulsates saying 'cardio' as if imitating a heart beat.
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