Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Dawn of the dead opening (2004)

Sound
The Non Diegetic sound is the music playing in the background is Johnny cash, the soundtrack is not fitting and does not reflect the scene itself, the song was chosen for dramatic irony.
The television broadcast allows the audience to understand the occurrences that have happened before the movie is based
The screams show the chaos and inhumanity that the movie is based around
Mise en scene
Shots of the zombies are altered and fit in-between the broadcasts to show the chaos as its happening
The titles are written in red to symbolise blood shed
Some of the titles get splattered on screen to show the brutality of the film
There are shots of people trying to sedate the zombies earlier in the scene to show that civilization was crumbled over time
There are shots of heart rate monitors, which are iconography for death and injury caused by the outbreak
Edits
Straight cuts are used between shots of broadcasters and zombie attacks because they wanted there to be a sense of realism
The shots get edited through fuzziness and TV channels
Fade to black cuts are used after a scene of a zombie attacking to show the perspective that it’s too late for action
Camera movement
Tracking is used because a handheld camera is used to follow a zombie  during a riot
The shakiness of the handheld camera connotes the tension in the scene
The setting
The settings are only, news broadcasting studios
And the streets with infected people

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