Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombieland/
Rating: 7.7/10 IMDB 89%
Rotten Tomatoes
Release Date: 2 October
2009 (USA)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy,
Horror
Age Rating: R
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul
Wernick
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg,
Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Budget: $23,600,000
Gross: 102,391,540
Production Co: Columbia
Pictures, Relativity Media, Pariah
Synopsis: A shy student
trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the
last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join
forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.
Length of title sequence:
1:44 min
Idents:
Columbia – Normal
Text: In
order (starts 3:10 in)(3D text, interacts with the clip)
COLUMBIA PICTIRES PRESENTS – Red
text, low angle zombie throws man off tower.
IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA – Red text, Medium shot of zombie.
A PARIAH PRODUCTION – Red Text, Woman running from zombie.
WOODY HARRELSON – Red text,
homeless man being eaten.
JESSE EISENBERG – Red text,
long shot man running from zombies.
EMMA STONE – Red text, same
shot as Jesse Eisenberg.
AND ABIGAIL BRESLIN – Red text, medium shot riot police
fighting zombies.
ZOMIELAND – Red text,
Italic, medium shot of many breaking glass along with the.
CASTING BY JOHN PAPSIDERA CSA – Red text, Long
shot man running from zombie,
COSTUME DESIGNER MAGALIGUIDASCI – Red text, same shot,
MUSIC BY DAVID SARDY – Red text, same shot,
EDITED BY PETER AMUNDSON ALAN BAUMGARTEN, ACE – Red Text, zombie
tackling worker,
PRODUCTION DESIGNER MAHER AHMAD – Red text, father and son running from
zombies,
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MICHAEL BONVILLAIN, ACS
– Red text, fireman running from zombie,
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS EZRA SWERDLOW PAUL WERNICK RHETT REESE RYAN KAVANAUGH –
Red text, same shot as before,
PRODUCED BY GAVIN POLONE – Red text, Man shooting AK-47 at zombies.
WRITTEN BY RHETT REESE & PAUL WERNICK – Red text, same shot as
before.
DIRECTED BY RUBEN FLEISCHER – Red text, low angle of zombie hitting
window.
Editing:
After the ident it fades to
black, then it fades in to the American flag. It slowly zooms out to a POV handheld
camera of the congress. This is when you see the first zombie, which
establishes the genre. The next transition zooms out so you see the world on
fire and it zooms back in. In the opening scene there is only cuts used except
at the end where it fades out. In the title sequence there are only fades used
which looks smooth along with the slow motion of zombies running.
Mise-en-scene:
Throughout the title
sequence you see zombies. The slow motion captious the horror made from the
costumes and well done make up. The props used also back up the genre such as
the AK-47, and burning car. All the zombies have blood dripping from their
mouths and have cuts and bruises.
Sound:
At the start you hear a VO
establishing the narrative. The American national anthem is played put sounds
rusty. This suggest the end of the world as well as the diegetic on-screen
sound of zombies grunting and screaming. When the zombie burbs it emphasises
the comedy genre of the movie. The VO also says the name of the movie
Zombieland. When the title sequence is playing rock music is playing as people
fight zombies in slow motion. There is no diegetic sound as the only thing you
hear is the music. At the end a zombie crashes into a car window when this
happens you hear the diegetic sound of the glass breaking as well as a church
bell.
Conclusion
Having looked at the order of the titles I expected the idents and company names to appear first (which they did) followed up by the names of the actors. I expect the title of the movie to appear least but here it appears in the middle with the caster, musician, costume designer, etc after the title. I think I will follow the same order I think, bar having the movie title appear in the middle
Conclusion
Having looked at the order of the titles I expected the idents and company names to appear first (which they did) followed up by the names of the actors. I expect the title of the movie to appear least but here it appears in the middle with the caster, musician, costume designer, etc after the title. I think I will follow the same order I think, bar having the movie title appear in the middle
Good work, but note:
ReplyDelete1: Post titles: ZombieEG1 Zombieland' (etc)
2: Split the titles notes into a separate post. Look at how you can combine this detail with the idents vodcast and the titles research post. You must make sure you provide a clear SUMMARY of what you've learned - what titles do you expect, in what order (etc)
3: If editing any of your writing, look especially for chances to use semiotic terms!
4: Try to highlight at the top of each post like this what influences YOU might take