Dawn of the Dead - Title Analysis
How is the genre of the film constructed? The genre of the film the dawn of the dead is shown through the characters and the iconography. Iconography such as blood which relates to the horror genre, virus killing people can show the survivors as a victim. In horror there are always a victim in this case it is the human survivors. In the film the zombie are recognisable this also indicates a genre which is the zombie genre. The typography in this film is red and when it disappears its like blood being washed out with water, this also indicates a horror genre.
What do the opening titles show visually? The opening title in dawn of the dead shows zombies creating havoc and making people lives hell. It bring the question to the audience why are the zombies there?
How is the narrative enigma created here? The enigma is created through the audience’s curiosity of why/how the zombies are here and also what the final outcome is going to be?
Why has Kyle Cooper chosen to use news footage? Kyle cooper has decided to use news footage to involve the audience so they can relate themselves to the situation. Also it has been used to create tension for the audience.
Where do there shot position viewers? Due to the news footage being used it encourages the audience to empathise and take into consideration what it would be like to be in that situation and actual watching news footage as the zombies were present.
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