Zombie Title Sequence Analysis

At the beginning of the title sequence you see a man  wearing an orange suit, we presume he is a prisoner as there is also barbed wire and fencing in the background. He throws a security guard over the railing I think this shows there is a large disobedience order in this film or something along the lines of mayhem or anarchy. Also the credits are all in colour red, which could represent blood and danger.

The general theme of this film is horror/comedy, even though the film seems to have all the iconography to make this scary, this is not what the producers were aiming for during the making of this title sequence.  The slow motion makes the film less intense and ensures you capture funny moments of the title sequence, for example, a half naked zombie chasing a rich man for what looks like his money and so this makes it more laughable. The choice of music resembles the film a lot in the sense that the music sounds like mayhem and anarchy, which suits the circumstances. Although you can clearly guess this isn’t meant to be frightening, as if it they were aiming for it to be a scary film they would of filmed it differently and would of played creepy music.

The key indicators that suggest that the zombieland is horror yet also comedy are:

The significant amount of blood

The Zombies

Sheer Violence

Gory images used

Comedy: There isn’t actually a clear aspect that suggests that this film is of the comedy genre, except for the way the title sequence is shot. Additionally,  I think the way everything is turned around you see abnormal behaviour made for comical reasons.

What also is being portrayed in the title sequence is how, in the film, the world’s community has been completely turned upside-down with everyone who originally had power have now lost it.

Furthermore, the title sequence shows everything in reverse order. A clear example of this is when a stripper is chasing a rich man holding money, Instead of the typical idea of a rich man chasing after the stripper.

To conclude, we see an ordinary woman wearing a pink top, who appears to be spilling some sort of pink liquid. I think the fact that the directors have decided to put her in pink clothes rather than any other colour is because pink symbolises innocence, and the idea of the helpless, inferior woman Behind her you see a disturbing, bloody zombie chasing after her. I think this reveals that zombies are targeting anyone there is no exception, they have no sensitivity or emotions, but are purely barbaric. This is also demonstrated when you witness the zombies attacking fireman and policeman which clearly shows no respect for important members of society.