Zombieland Analysis

The title sequence begins with a police officer being hurled off a building, this could lead the audience to believe that the film they are about to see is about anarchy. But the second shot is off a blood spitting zombie this is an establishing shot to show the audience that zombies have taken over every aspect of life as we the audience know it. The credits and titles throughout this picture symbolise the panic and terror of the movie, with them being a reddish, black colour (symbolism of blood). They disappear off of the screen by being torn apart, almost as if when a zombie has captured and human and then proceeds to rip them limb from limb.
The objective of the titles in Zombieland being portrayed as they are is to show that zombies have taken over the whole world. Previous to the beginning of the titles the audience see the hero of the movie kill more zombies but this may lead them to believe that the zombie virus is a selected case. But the titles show them that it is affecting every way of life. This is shown through slow motion impact footage of the zombies chasing people in the street, at a wedding day, school zombiefied kids chasing a fleeing teacher fireman on fire etc. The way that it is shot is very significant because the portrayal of the terror is all over the actors face and this kind of cinematography matches in with the rock vibe that Metallica help give the sequence.
The soundtrack behind this title sequence is rock “gods” Metallica, recognizable from a mile away. It is a heavy metal track which portrays the zombies wrath perfectly, and the whole zombie / rock themes seems to go hand in hand with such other artists as “rob zombie”, and allot of other evil themed heavy metal bands such as iron maiden (monsters). The music matches in perfectly to the destruction that the audn3ice are seeing on the screen bring in a nice complete cinema viewing experience for the audience. The climax of the title sequence is very important because it portrays what’s going to happening the film a where some people fight back against the countless zombies
We know this when a man in a white tuxedo is firing a machine gun and shooting zombies showing them if they want their dinner there going to have to work pretty hard for it. The final shot of the sequence is of in slow motion a zombie flies towards the camera and his head smashes into a car windscreen this poses the audience to ask who threw him and makes them realise that they can be killed. In conclusion this is a fantastic title scene from the cinematography to the gory titles and perfectly suited soundtrack makes the film set up to be a brilliant film which I can say is due to me seeing it already.