The opening title sequence to "Dawn of the Dead" has a very gruesome, sinister and bloody genre to it with the the titles a very bright red against a black background contrasting harshly together and shown long enough to be read. As the titles go on to the next the bright red words start to run of the screen like blood dripping off a page adding to the effect of gore. After each shot of the title and words appearing on the screen, there is a very quick short cut to a very gory and graphic bloody face of a monster/zombie that you assume as the audience are part of the zombie's in the film you will see later on. These quick short shots are cleverly used by Cooper to inform the viewers information about what to expect in the upcoming film during the opening sequence. During the remainder of the sequence Cooper uses what looks to be live POV and amateur footage of shots of zombie attacks and screaming running people giving the main idea of chaos allowing you to assume that it was what took place before the virus in the film creating a serious atmosphere, The music Cooper has chosen, a popular song called "A Man Comes Around"by Johnny Cash, has quite a calm and slightly comedic tone to it which contrasts hugely with whats happening in the sequence as it is not what you would expect when watching a film about a tragic virus that's infecting the population around the globe, zombifying the people. All these effects and cleverly chosen aspects to this opening sequence work well resulting in Cooper being able to keep the audience's attention to the screen with the eye catching visual shots shown and music.
Saturday, 1 November 2014
"Dawn of the Dead" opening title sequence by Kyle Cooper
"Dawn Of The Dead" title sequence:
The opening title sequence to "Dawn of the Dead" has a very gruesome, sinister and bloody genre to it with the the titles a very bright red against a black background contrasting harshly together and shown long enough to be read. As the titles go on to the next the bright red words start to run of the screen like blood dripping off a page adding to the effect of gore. After each shot of the title and words appearing on the screen, there is a very quick short cut to a very gory and graphic bloody face of a monster/zombie that you assume as the audience are part of the zombie's in the film you will see later on. These quick short shots are cleverly used by Cooper to inform the viewers information about what to expect in the upcoming film during the opening sequence. During the remainder of the sequence Cooper uses what looks to be live POV and amateur footage of shots of zombie attacks and screaming running people giving the main idea of chaos allowing you to assume that it was what took place before the virus in the film creating a serious atmosphere, The music Cooper has chosen, a popular song called "A Man Comes Around"by Johnny Cash, has quite a calm and slightly comedic tone to it which contrasts hugely with whats happening in the sequence as it is not what you would expect when watching a film about a tragic virus that's infecting the population around the globe, zombifying the people. All these effects and cleverly chosen aspects to this opening sequence work well resulting in Cooper being able to keep the audience's attention to the screen with the eye catching visual shots shown and music.
The opening title sequence to "Dawn of the Dead" has a very gruesome, sinister and bloody genre to it with the the titles a very bright red against a black background contrasting harshly together and shown long enough to be read. As the titles go on to the next the bright red words start to run of the screen like blood dripping off a page adding to the effect of gore. After each shot of the title and words appearing on the screen, there is a very quick short cut to a very gory and graphic bloody face of a monster/zombie that you assume as the audience are part of the zombie's in the film you will see later on. These quick short shots are cleverly used by Cooper to inform the viewers information about what to expect in the upcoming film during the opening sequence. During the remainder of the sequence Cooper uses what looks to be live POV and amateur footage of shots of zombie attacks and screaming running people giving the main idea of chaos allowing you to assume that it was what took place before the virus in the film creating a serious atmosphere, The music Cooper has chosen, a popular song called "A Man Comes Around"by Johnny Cash, has quite a calm and slightly comedic tone to it which contrasts hugely with whats happening in the sequence as it is not what you would expect when watching a film about a tragic virus that's infecting the population around the globe, zombifying the people. All these effects and cleverly chosen aspects to this opening sequence work well resulting in Cooper being able to keep the audience's attention to the screen with the eye catching visual shots shown and music.
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