Zombieland Opening Scene Analysis

Zombieland Opening Scene Analysis

Genre:

• This is a horror/comedy
• The features of horror in the film includes zombies, gore and violence.
• The feature of comedy include the humorous voice over which has a step to step guide of how to survive the apocalypse.

Narritive: From the narrative we can tell that it is set in a post apocalyptic world. We can tell that the film is going to be a horror/comedy genre as the voiceover was quite comedic and the person who we assume is the protagonist makes jokes and doesn’t take it seriously. From the narrative we can see that the story going to be about survival but more of a comedy aspect to it

Camera Angles: At the starts of the scene there is a close up of the American flag with the background out of focus but slowly starts to regain focus and the audience are able to see that the car is upside down and the white house in the background. The zombie enters the scene it is a high camera angle to show that the zombie is more powerful than the guy filming. As the zombie is eating the camera guy the shot turn into a close up of his face which shows him eating flesh in close detail. It fades into a bird’s eye view of the earth to show that it is spreading all over the world

Sound: As the first scene introduces itself there is loud music playing which is not coming from the world of the film. The music is of the American national anthem however it sounds quite distorted which could express the destruction in the world. after the music has stopped the audience starts to hear the sounds of what's happening in the surroundings such as cars burning and groans from the zombies.