Zombieland Opening Sequence

When it comes to the opening title sequence of films i think that one of the most memorable has to be the opening sequence to the film 'Zombieland'. The sequence is very unique and has a very specific style and theme to it and i think that what makes it most memorable is the way in which it is edited and put together. 

The decision in which to make the entire sequence in slow motion is a simplistic but effective way of making it stand out. When looking at zombie films you expect everything to be fast paced and to be full of action and high adrenaline. In reality the situations shown within the sequence would be all of these things and when the scenes were originally filmed they would have been running and acting in the way that you would expect in any zombie film. However, i think that with it being in slow motion it makes it for one thing more humours and comic as this is the genre of the film but it also gives the viewer time to look at and anyalse what they are seeing. The fact that the scene where there is blood pouring out of one of the zombie's mouth shows the true horror and goriness of zombies and it gives the viewer time to take this in and to realise the true situation and world that the main character within the film, Columbus, is living within. 

Within a short amount of time the sequence manages to show to audience numerous different situations in which zombies are involved. For example, we see a man jumping off a building to escape a zombie, police fighting zombies, a zombie bride attacking her husband, men running away from zombie prostitutes and many more. It is showing the various different situations and realities that would happen if there ever was a zombie apocalypse but is doing so within a comical way. So all though it is comical it is setting up the background to the film very well and is done so within a small number of shots which is down to the editing of the sequence. 

Another interesting factor of this opening sequence in regards to editing is how the characters on screen interact with the title by smashing through them or falling through them and the lettering reacts to the character. For example, at the start of the sequence when a man is jumping from a building he falls into the lettering that says "columbia pictures presents" and as he falls into it the lettering of these words reacts and moves. This again shows great skill within editing to ensure that the point in which the the letters move matches the point in which the character falls in the lettering and ensure that the character and the lettering work together as this happens.