Zombieland Title Sequence Analysis

• Typography is in red to suggest a gory film, bold capitals are used in a large font (at the beginning) to connote aggression and violence. They also often fall apart, like when the man is being thrown over the banister, to emphasis the movement happening and the forcefulness of it, as if her were falling through the words like a wall or window - typical action/horror stunts.
• The slow motion is of course to show that it will be a film with a lot of action, but it is also used for a comic affect. The slow motion is actually overused so that when we see the man throwing up his blood and guts, something that would not typically be slowed down in a serious film, we can see the humour an be completely cringed out by it.
• we can tell this film will be a comedy by the characters, costume and facial expressions all used in the title seuqence - for example - there is a woman getting married that attacks her husband, a woman throwing her milkshake everywhere. They are very minor details that would take a lot away from the sequence if they weren't there!
• the metal music used shows the film will be aggressive and always full of action, a film that will keep the tension up throughout!
• a naked zombie woman running down the road, though not exactly sexy, could perhaps connote that this is more aimed at a male audience as they will enjoy the gore and humour more
• from the set used and all of the flames and destroyed parts of the roads we can see that this has been happening for a while and has had time to destruct and ruin the world. This gives the audience the enigma of how long into this zombie take over are we? it also prepares the audience with the necessary previous knowledge to watch the rest of the film
• the fact that at points everything is completely turned around from normality shows the comic element and also the element of reality being turned upside down. An inmate from a prison is pushing the police officer over the railings, connoting havoc and chaos along with the irony of it. Women are often attacking the men - and winning - showing the typical balance of things being thrown completely off which works to alienate the audience slightly and make them understand just how different things are.