Analysis Of Opening Titles
The Walking Dead - Season 3 (2012)
At the beginning of the opening, we see a police sheriffs badge being unearthed under some leaves on the ground. It is a long angle shot to emphasize upon its position and the fact that it has been at some point discarded in some woodland or other similar rural area's. Editing is heavily present as the titles use de-saturated and has a sinister feel and look to them to emphasize the undead plaque that has ravaged the world. The sound and music also heavily emphasizes upon this during the whole sequence due to its unsettling tone and dramatic beats, almost as if danger is approaching.
This shows an abandoned house or barn. This also shows some Flowers at the bottom left hand side of the shot. It is a long-shot to show the full mise-en-scene. The editing is made to unsettling,eerie and almost haunted, due to its state of deteriation. It is edited to show the skies that look almost black due to the clouds, this is effective for the series survival-horror genre due to it looking almost like the hell on earth on which the show is based on. The mise-en-scene also looks post-apocalyptic due to it being unkempt and overgrown by nature.
This shot shows zombies trying to break open a door that is chained shut and has "DONT OPEN, DEAD INSIDE" scribbled on it in a dramatic fashion. The mise-en-scene is purely just the door and the zombies hands reaching through them in an evil and satanic fashion, almost as if there one hive mind and do it in unison, making all the more disturbing and evil to the audience. The camera is at a low-angle position to emphasize that they are the dominate enemies and there is little to no hope left for the survivors. It is edited so the only things visible are the door and the zombies so the audience gets the full picture of the horror in front of them.
This shot shows abandoned cars, some with their doors still open. The mise-en-scene shows the carnage and sheer destruction of the apocalypse even to the point than people abandoned their vehicles. The editing is made so its slightly blurred around the edges, a sort of depth of field effect to make it look as if someone's eyes are focused on one set of cars whilst leaving the ones in the background obscured. The camera is at a long-shot to emphasize the sheer amounts of cars that have been left on the highway.
This shot shows an old hut with a truck outside. the mise-en-scene is just them with some forestry in the background to reinforce the feeling of the place being isolated. it is a long-shot to show the full side of the hut and its yard, which gives an impression of the place being lonely. It is edited to make the place look slightly sinister and that the place has something hidden within it or cannot be trusted somehow.
Overall the Walking Dead's title sequence is an excellent example of a thriller introduction sequence. This is because our audience demographics is C2, which is students. Our thriller and The Walking Dead's opening appeal's to them because they want a good drama/story plus a sinister, depression world to escape into after a hard days study. In addition, The Walking Dead's opening follows thriller conventions due to the fact it uses degraded, dark environments that give the impression that something is hiding in the shadows whilst obscuring the audiences view. Also, its use of background editing is similar to many other thriller films like Seven and Silence Of The Lambs.
This shot shows abandoned cars, some with their doors still open. The mise-en-scene shows the carnage and sheer destruction of the apocalypse even to the point than people abandoned their vehicles. The editing is made so its slightly blurred around the edges, a sort of depth of field effect to make it look as if someone's eyes are focused on one set of cars whilst leaving the ones in the background obscured. The camera is at a long-shot to emphasize the sheer amounts of cars that have been left on the highway.
This shot shows an old hut with a truck outside. the mise-en-scene is just them with some forestry in the background to reinforce the feeling of the place being isolated. it is a long-shot to show the full side of the hut and its yard, which gives an impression of the place being lonely. It is edited to make the place look slightly sinister and that the place has something hidden within it or cannot be trusted somehow.
Overall the Walking Dead's title sequence is an excellent example of a thriller introduction sequence. This is because our audience demographics is C2, which is students. Our thriller and The Walking Dead's opening appeal's to them because they want a good drama/story plus a sinister, depression world to escape into after a hard days study. In addition, The Walking Dead's opening follows thriller conventions due to the fact it uses degraded, dark environments that give the impression that something is hiding in the shadows whilst obscuring the audiences view. Also, its use of background editing is similar to many other thriller films like Seven and Silence Of The Lambs.
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