Today in class we explored a website called
Art of the Title. The opening sequence that I chose to investigate was the opening to The Walking Dead Season 3 (2012).
- The genre of this TV show is many things. I would class it as a mix between horror, thriller and drama it's has a hybrid genre. The title sequence is very dark and gritty so it fits the genre of the show perfectly. As it is a TV show about the zombie apocalypse each credit in this title sequence is displayed in different cuts that denote solitude and devastation. The very first credit is of the production company next to a highway full of abandoned vehicles.
- The lighting and colours used help to convey the dark and gritty genre because the whole title sequence is very dark and reasonably colourless. None are of the colours used are very bright. They are all very dark. The lack of colour and the different settings used help to show the genre of the show because they help to convey a zombie apocalypse.
- The camera movement is very slow and steady. I think the reason that they move the camera so slowly is to connote the vigilance and caution you would need to have to survive a zombie apocalypse. The camera isn't always slow. There is one point in the opening sequence when the camera is rushing through an abandoned house. This links to the slow movement as it also show that to survive the zombie apocalypse you need speed and power.
'Hybrid' genre is the term that you are looking for. You have started to use appropriate media language to analyse film (such as denote) and you make some thoughtful observations on how mise-en-scene constructs an emotional response. However, you need to write in a great deal more detail!
ReplyDeletePick out specific details such as the CU of the centipede crawling through abandoned things. Does this make your flesh creep? Shell casings, discarded badge, crossbow arrows, graveyard, walker's eye... How do these disturb and create tension? Aim for details to reach higher level marks for analysis.
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