RESEARCH: ANALYSING ZOMBIELAND TITLE SEQUENCE

Art of the Title 2  - Zombieland (2009)

This film is about a universe (starts off in America) which gradually increases of zombie population throughout the whole country. One of the main actors finds this out at a petrol station and his quest begins from there… He meets people along the way around the country to survive as long as possible. He describes to the viewers how to survive step by step E.G. Double tap (makes sure the zombie is dead).

In the credits at the beginning of the film, as well as having the credits of the actors, there is also step by step instructions of how to survive the zombie apocalypse such as ‘#2 Double Tap’. The producer’s names are presented first as they created the film and then follows the name of the actors. The credits physically move in the short slow motion clips as the people hit the letters which is a very clever edit.

•      Director: Ruben Fleischer

•      Studio: Columbia Pictures

•      Producer: Ben Conrad

The Mise En Scene of the film displays a very wide spread of as it varies location from buildings, to open land, to streets etc… The use of spitting blood and eating people in the opening scene gives the viewers an insight of how gory the film. In this case, Zombieland is 10/10 gore – couldn’t be gorier although it is also very comedic. The way the characters throughout the movie survive is very comedic as half of them aren't very good at it which results in them relying on one person... the country guy.

The background music is strong and bold which makes the viewer understand it is a very serious film from the start despite the comedic parts to it. Moreover, the colours in the opening scenes – too many different colours, shades and locations – already interprets how chaotic the film is and the lacking of structure due to the disruption by the zombie apocalypse.

The audience is drawn in by the famous actors (especially Jesse Eisenberg) which will get many fans of this actor to watch the film. The use of ‘Rules’ which are presented step by step attracts the audience to remain watching as it is addressing the viewer on what to do in the situation.