Task 2.1. World War Z

World War Z opening Scene.

At the start of World War Z we start with a high angle view looking down at the car’s which are on the road by this we know that they are stuck in a traffic jam as none of the cars are moving which also tells us that this may have been done for a reason.

After that we get questions of the mother to the child which is done non-diegetic this is because by when the first speech we see “does it life in the jungle” this can be ironic to later on in the film because on how we then see on that there is a zombie’s in the film which we know that it could be ironic to this. Also when this is happening we see the mother happy when she says it then we go onto the child which we get a close up of her to see the facial expressions of her which is possibly to show on how scared she is and maybe that she possibly knows something on what the other’s don’t know.

While this is all going on we can hear on that there is a non-diegetic  sound of a helicopter going on which you can hear as if there are multiple which then immediately signal’s danger in the film and we know this because on how we get a medium shot of inside of the car which then we can see all the family and how confused they are because on how many helicopters they are which we can tell that they might already assume that they are in danger. 

After this we then start to here a non-diegetic sound of a siren happening and at this point we get the character’s point of sight by this we see what the character is seeing and in this case scenario we see on that we see the taxi pulling out however we can hear the siren’s going at the same time.

Also at this point we can see on that people seem to be in a hurry even though it is blocked which could represent on how much people are in danger to come however just don’t realise it.

After this we can see
on that a close up of the man in the car who has not yet been identified however we have a close-up shot of him which he looks like he is worrying and by this in the background we can almost see the shadow of a helmet which I have circled which show’s that people are in a rush and something bad is going to happen.

After this when see the window-mirror of the car which has a mirror inside of it however by this what we see is that there is something in the reflection however at this point we don’t know what the it is however we assume something is going to happen to the window-mirror which then gets smashed up and we get a close up of that.

We then get the same picture as the start with the traffic jam however this time we see on that people are starting to manic and all walk one way this is a bird’s eye shot and is used to show the surroundings of the area of which they are in.

After this we then see the man in the car get out and by this we get a long shot of him coming out of the car we then see on that he is then confused on what is happening and that he is possibly starting to panic about the situation of what is happening because it isn’t an everyday thing on which this then happens. Meanwhile while this is all happening we can hear that there is more and more siren’s and helicopter’s going on which is non-diagetic sound because we cannot hear it.

After this when he walk’s about and see’s nothing wrong we then see and hear an explosion happen which we then know on that there is danger and we see this by the long distance shot of the explosion happening which we know that something is happening.  At this point we can also see on what is happening around and we can see on that the sky is going dark which is normally used by director’s to show something bad is going to happen and maybe to represent that a evil horde is coming.

By this time we then see on that people start to panic and we can start to hear people scream and the camera pan’s to the left to see the people running on which we can see their facial expressions on their face and which we can also see that they are running from the danger.

This could of also be done by the director to show the facial expressions on the actor’s and on how people want to just do anything they can to stay alive by just running.

We then get another police officer telling them to stay in their car which we then know that something maybe possibly coming towards them however at this point we get a over the shoulder shot and by this we can see on that the expression of the police officer and how scared he is however we also know at this point on the view on what they are feeling in the car as if we are in the car with them and feel the tension and danger on what is about to happen.  While this is also happening we also hear on that there is a truck moving pretty fast and also in the direction on what they are moving which we then know by the next scene when we get a close up of the man then flying through the air when getting hit by the truck.

We then get the closeup of the truck while is pans to show on a path on which they can follow with the truck however we also get a glimpse of a shadow on the truck which look’s  as if it is a person.

Later on in the film we then get a backwards track by this we know that they are moving pretty quick and that they are also getting followed also by this we can then see the people who are chasing them which we can see that they are being chased by other humans however we don’t know what they are.