Monday, 9 December 2019

/// FILM OPENING EG9 World War Z

(CREDITS TO TRIHARD PRODUCTIONS FOR THIS BLOG POST)

SYNOPSIS

World War Z is a post-apocalyptic film, which was directed in 2013, by Marc Foster, known for his previous work on Quantum of Solace and The Kiterunner, both films which fall far from the genre of World War Z. He is a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee.

PLOT

The film follows the life of the immediate family of Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), through the end of the world, where a Zombie outbreak occurs. Gerry is a former employee of the UN, who knows people in the military, and goes to them, seeking solace, whilst trying to find the cure for the outbreak, or at least trying to find a way for humans not to be affected by the undead. We see Brad Pitt's character go through many countries, in search of someone who knows something about something. He eventually finds the cure in Cardiff, Wales. Which he finds out is a cure, by injecting himself with it, it's some kind of pathogen which he didn't really know was a pathogen. He could have died or something, but he risked his life to find the cure and from then on he was hailed as an American hero!

IDENTS

World War Z follows an unusual pattern in regards to idents, not following the typical rule of using between 3-4 idents. 

World War Z uses 5 idents, which are as follows (in order): 


Paramount Pictures



Plan B



Skydance Productions



Hemisphere


GK films


SHOT TYPES

In the opening of World War Z, we are presented with a long title sequence, which shows clips of the news presenting multiple natural disasters, as well as strange occurrences. We are also presented by short clips of large groups of people walking.

The first shot, is an establishing shot, focussing on the house of the main protagonistWe then experience narrative enigma, as a door into a bedroom is opened. Two children then run into the bedroom of the main protagonist and his wife, sleeping. The mise-en-scene, contains very dim, and boring colours, with various shades of brown, grey and blue, colours associated with conservative.

CHARACTERS

Brad Pitt's character and his wife, are both wearing blue items of clothing, Brad Pitt, wearing a dark blue v-neck pullover, and holding a light blue mug.
The actress playing his wife is wearing a light blue, wool, sweater. She is holding a turquoise/green mug.

ZOMBIES

The Zombie's in World War Z, are not similar to the usual portrayal of the undead, which are typically slow moving and take a while to turn from human to zombie. The zombie's in World War Z are fast moving, and take seconds to turn from human to zombie. They act similarly to Danny Boyle's 28 days later zombies.

1 comment:

  1. We've gone over elements to include (+ exclude) today in lesson
    In general, look at the 'GC' posts list for guidance on key themes, key things to pick out.
    You're still lacking a top links list - with the others' blogs + all your social media
    When sharing a post, put the creator's INITIALS at the START of the post title

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