My similar text analysis

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Dawn of the Dead

The opening of the thriller film “Dawn of the Dead” starts of with red titles on a black background. This opening not only presents the audience with titles, but also with clips of what the film is about. The colour of the titles is red; this instantly gives the audience an understanding that this film is full of blood and gore. The title of the film is written in large letters on the screen to give the audience to impression that this is the title of this film. Also we see clips of zombies and blood everywhere, this shows that the film is going to be quite gruesome.

Whilst watching this thriller film opening, you hear the soundtrack in the background. This sound track is not normal music, it is more of screams and peoples voices. It goes really well with the theme of the film as this film is about zombies and infected people killing others. In this opening there are different shots appearing on the screen which disappear very quickly, it gives a snap of a shot on screen to show you what you will be seeing in the rest of the film. An extreme close-up of a man, who seems to be bizarre and has blood all around his mouth, is repeatedly shown on screen. Each time this shot appears on the screen, you seen the mans face in different positions. In these shots the sound has been manipulated to sound strange and unnatural, it makes the audience aware because the sounds he makes are very sharp and piercing. Voice over’s have also been used in this opening. For example you seen the person talking and then the image of that person talking disappears however the voice continues to remain whilst other shots and clips are being shown. This seems to be very effective as it is most likely to keep the audience on edge.

Further on in the opening sequence the soundtrack changes and also more shots are being shown to us one after another. In these shots we see cities and towns in hazard and danger, we also see zombie like people. This interests the audience as they would be keen to find out what goes on in this film because it seems out of the ordinary. The soundtrack changes to calm music which does not entirely fit the scene, however it seems to be peaceful music. This is interesting because it’s as if the directors and producers thought it would be a good idea to put scenes up with a complete opposite soundtrack to make the audience confused but keen to see the next part.

Throughout the whole opening, you still notice that the title sequence is still running in certain shots. This opening sequence has had a lot of editing work done to it; this is noticed by the way all the camera shots are put together. The colouring in all shots are different, some parts are brighter then others. Also to make it more interesting, the opening sequence has been edited so that the camera that recorded all the shots looks unclear and blurry, so it makes the audience not to sure of what is exactly happening. It gives the illusion that damage is being caused and you can’t clearly see what is going on in these corrupted areas. The Mise-En-Scene of these shots are placed all around America, this has been done to show that there is a certain type of deadly infection spreading around everywhere and sooner or later everyone in the country will be effected.

The storyline of this thriller starts to come together right from the very opening. This is because straight from the start you can tell this film is going to be bloody and horrifying. This film seems like a “horror thriller” because it is thrilling and scary at the same time. The audience can notice straight away that murders and horrifying killings will be taking place in the film because that’s the image you get from this opening. “Dawn of the Dead” seems to be a very thrilling and daunting film, the opening sequence of this film exposes the audience to quite a bit of information however it keeps enough for the audience to keep wanting more.