Research

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/06/30/dawn-of-the-dead/

For research on creating our opening to a film, we looked on www.artofthetitle.com (Above), for inspiration by looking at opening to films that have inspired our ideas. Above is a link to the opening sequence of, Dawn of the Dead, (2004 Snyder) The opening sequence is disturbing and gripping which is exactly what I want from my short film. The jump cuts from image to image of chaos creates tension and along with the diegetic sounds of screaming connote the end of an equilibrium, juxtaposed with the non-diegetic song of Johnny Cash-Man Comes Around, (A song about the apocalypse) Signify the end of days.

The religious connotations of the opening sequence are quite powerful in the sequence as it was made post-9/11 and the use of islamic prayer before the apocalypse is threatening the western state of equilibrium. The portrayal of authority's