Opening Credits Analysis Part Four - Warm Bodies

 Opening Sequence Analysis

I have chosen to analyse the opening credits scene of the film 'Warm Bodies' due to the huge similarities to the style of my main film ideas. and it also in my opinion contains an array of interesting visuals and cinematography.

Production companies logos shown in rotten/zombie like fashion to create an atmosphere before the film even begins. audio includes creepy/crackling music. Uses of textures creates a sense of apocalypse or post apocalyptic scenarios. creepy music continues.

 the opening sequence is shown to follow film tradition by displaying the main studio name with the first shot of the film, the extreme close-up lets us know some features of the main character. the movie's theme music begins to play this can be best described as a soft melodic music. the music almost invokes feeling of hope that things will get better during the film.

 reveal of main character with mid-shot/ close-up with dialogue "oh right its because I'm dead" this is a perfect use of dialogue and footage, they go hand in hand. we really get to see the costume and makeup used in this closeup and overall is a very effective way to introduce the character to an audience.

establishing shot of airport(place we will see a lot of throughout the film) film's title displayed. crane shot follows character. in the miss en scene we see the lead character off centred and a large gathering of zombies wandering around. this shot makes us realise how boring and sad their lives are. we can see that the set is designed to look trashed and dirty to hint that the zombies were once maybe more violent?


we then see the names of the cast members displayed on screen as a transition takes place from apocalypse world to normal world then back again. this fascinating imagery is filmed in a 360 degree pan shot around the character. this clip really gives us a scenes that the character does intact have a brain and an imagination unlike the others. the main character's clothing stays the same through the transition so the audience knows that as an audience we are in his brain and its not real.

Film techniques

 

AS Media Studies- Preliminary Film Task

 

This 30 second long clip is part of my Media preliminary task, our stimulus was "person opening door walking across room and exchanging dialogue with another character" I had to go about this with a task of using the 180 degree rule and reverse shots.

 

180 degree rule

 

 

The 180 degree rule is a way to make perspective in film more effective to the audience, when doing over the shoulder shots you must make sure to use the 180 rule as it makes the shot more realistic and as if you are part of the conversation.

We used the rule during the brief section of dialogue  using a tripod to keep the camera steady and consistent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reverse Shot/ action match

 

 

 

We used a reverse shot/ action match shot for the first few seconds of the film where the character opens a door. we decided to only show the lower half of the character for this shot to create a bit of suspense as to who the character is. as the character reaches for the door handle we see....



 

 

a cut to this shot where we see the perspective from the inside of the door, we edited this using action match so that the handle/ door was at the exact same position so it seems as if its all one event.