The clip opens with shot of a large group of people praying
before cutting to a black screen with red text on it telling us the film
information. The text is red and it runs off screen like a liquid which make us
associate it with blood and this suggests that the genre of the film is horror.
Throughout the opening the clip constantly cuts to scenes of large amounts of
violence and blood as well as showing quick cuts of people covered in blood that
have been “infected” by the zombie virus. The constant cuts to scenes of
violence and blood hugely establishes the genre of horror in the film.
Throughout the first thirty five seconds of the clip there is no music playing,
only sounds of talking as the clip cuts to a scene of reporters asking
questions at a press conference. This establishes the storyline of the film as being
a virus that turns people in to zombies has affected the whole world.
We find out that the name of the film is “Dawn of the Dead” and this comes up on the screen in bold, red text keeping with the red colour scheme of the other text. The text is kept on screen for the longest which emphasises it as the title of the film and the way it runs of screens emphasises its association with blood as well as emphasising the virus part of the film.
The main storyline of the film is introduced very clearly in the clip without giving anything to do with the ending away in the first two minutes. From the cross cuts to the press conference throughout the first thirty five seconds we discover that some sort of virus has affected the world’s population, turning them in to zombies. The authorities do not know what to do or how to stop it and we can see this from when a reporter asks a question and the man replies “we just don’t know.” We know that it has affected the world as there are many cross cuts to different global locations throughout the opening but this does not give us any clue to where the film is set.
After the first thirty five seconds non-diegetic music begins to play – “When the Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash. This gives the film a possible theme of religion or judgement as the song itself is about judgement day on Earth. The opening also ends with a religious quote about judgement day again emphasising the theme of religion and judgement.
We find out that the name of the film is “Dawn of the Dead” and this comes up on the screen in bold, red text keeping with the red colour scheme of the other text. The text is kept on screen for the longest which emphasises it as the title of the film and the way it runs of screens emphasises its association with blood as well as emphasising the virus part of the film.
The main storyline of the film is introduced very clearly in the clip without giving anything to do with the ending away in the first two minutes. From the cross cuts to the press conference throughout the first thirty five seconds we discover that some sort of virus has affected the world’s population, turning them in to zombies. The authorities do not know what to do or how to stop it and we can see this from when a reporter asks a question and the man replies “we just don’t know.” We know that it has affected the world as there are many cross cuts to different global locations throughout the opening but this does not give us any clue to where the film is set.
After the first thirty five seconds non-diegetic music begins to play – “When the Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash. This gives the film a possible theme of religion or judgement as the song itself is about judgement day on Earth. The opening also ends with a religious quote about judgement day again emphasising the theme of religion and judgement.
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