28 days later

The opening scenes from 28 weeks later contain many elements that we will try and use in our production. It has many elements that would make our opening more exciting. The lighting in the opening is very dark, and the lab appears to be almost glowing, an idea that would work well in our film. Dull lighting is used to create a dark and eery atmosphere, a common convention of the zombie/horror genre. The very statrt of the film starts with news bulletins and reports, showing the world rioting and panicing. This shows that something has happened on a worldwide scale, and mixed in with the lab we can assume its some kind of virus. The news reports would be a good thing to contain to make the feel more realistic, since things that happen on a global scale are often reported on the news. Toward the end of the opening when the women is biten and turns into a zombie, she coughs up blood and her eyes turn red. This is a twist on the normal "zombie look" which i think is an interesting development. When the protestors are walking down the corridor they are seen on the CCTV camera from a POV shot, and there are also many close ups. These would be good to incorperate into our piece as I have seen CCTV shots in other films (such as resident evil).