Dawn of the dead title sequence

1) How is the genre of the film constructed? What do the opening titles show visually?

The genre is firstly constructed by taking a natural, warm, friendly image such as the green tree and in the next several shots after manipulating the image and creating the opposite (evilness) therefore constructing a horror. iconography is used of red connoting blood against a dark background showing the contrast but how well darkness and murder work together through the meanings. Also the sound of people screaming show a sense of fear which is also constructing a horror.

2) How is narrative enigma created?

Normally with a enigma it is you asking yourself the questions but in this case you hear the questions being asked such as ''What caused it''. Fast cuts are used so the audience can not see exactly what is happening therefore creating a enigma as they wonder what they just saw without having time to think about it as several more cuts would have already passed. There is also imagery of cells appearing on the screen causing another enigma as the audience wonder what the cells are there for and are they connected to the disaster.

3) Why has kyle cooper chosen to use news footage?

Kyle Cooper has used news footage to make it as if you are actually looking at your news on the TV and this puts your in a real life perspective as if it is actually happening. He has also done this to make it look more realistic as some people may not take zombies seriously as they look at them as too much of a myth and are no longer scared.

4) Where do these shots position the viewer?

The shots place the viewer as if they were a person holding the handheld camera and part of the event, or a TV watcher at home. This can be related to the previous questions as they are both involving cinematography.

EXTRA NOTES

The contrapuntal sound creates a sense of comedy as the lyrics are talking about hell but the pace and rhythm of the song makes it more up beat and western like therefore manipulating the horror genre.