Opening sequence establishment analysis

i used the opening sequence to the movie - "zombie land" for my analsysis:


The opening sequence to zombieland is all 100% shot in slow motion, after some research and looking at other slow motion videos i would guess and say that the slow motion opening sequence was shot in roughly 800fps, which is extremely high and produces a very impressively smooth output that is both unique and satisfying to the eye. slow motion is not so much a common feature of horrror movies and is perhaps the feature marker that displays this isnt just a horror movie, its also got snippets of comedy and action within it.

The use of both extremely slow and smooth slow motion and very effective stomach churning bloody effects instantly gives us the establishing shots of what genre and mood this film is going to be, which is horror and part comedy. Zombie land has a good balance of the two and fits perfectly between full blown horror film and a comedy film, both of which are displayed in the opening sequence through the use of camera work, mise - en -scene, editing and sound.

The soundtrack for the opening sequence is a slow paced rock genre of music, this is typically conventional of these types of horrror films that also entail parts of comedy and action,which goes hand in hand with the extremely slow paced clips that are parallel to the soundtrack. The slow paced rock music appeals to many people as it often makes clips look "cool" which is a very positive effect on the audience. It allows the audience to infer that the film is going to be a bit crazy, but thorough in its entertainment.

Furthermore, mise - en - scene features like dirty skin looks on the zombies, with blood flowing from various parts of their bodies, car explosions and police uniforms show this film is going to be very violent, scary but full of action on a national scale. These use of specific mise - en - scene features perfectly depicts the type of film/genre that Zombieland falls into. All of the mise - en -scene features are typically convention for horror, comedy and action films of this type.

camera techniques like various different high and low angle shots are used to further empahsise the action going on in each shot, which in turn adds to the horror effect of clips as the audience will get to see each clip in more detail and with various shot angles, which keeps them interested and concentrating for when a horror shot of something scary or gory is going to happen.