The establishing shot is a close-up where the camera is on it's side with what seems to be a flag in focus whereas the background is blurred. This initially confuses the viewer because we usually view films upright and not on their side. This shot slowly zooms outwards gradually giving the audience more information as they watch the shot, we soon recognise the shot has an upturned car as the main focus.
The camera quickly turns upright and zooms out more this shows a car which is upside down, which we recognise as a car the President of the USA may use - this is further proved by it panning over to the United States Capitol Building which is in Washington, D. C. As the camera pans we realize that it is a POV shot.
The shot then pans down to a gun on the floor another thing the viewer isn't used to seeing because guns are normally handled with care and are locked up but seeing it on the floor shows something bad has happened to the world.
The shot then pans over to some vehicles and suddenly moves to a medium shot of a creature jumping on top of the 'camera man' this is unexpected so it makes the audience jump and be afraid because we believed ourselves to be in the camera man's position.
The creature then proceeds to chase the camera man and then eats him. At this point we see the creature in a close-up shot so we can be disgusted at the once human being. This is all a sequence shot.
The shot then proceeds to an image of where the first shots were taken on a map, that then zooms out to view the whole world in complete and utter chaos, the camera then slowly spins down so we view the bottom of the world which looks destroyed, the camera then zooms in to see a wide shot of a football field.
The shot we then see is a medium, low angle shot of a two pairs of feet running this then pans up to see a fat person running from a zombie, this causing the audience to feel humour because we weren't expecting to see this scene.
The camera angle then changes to a wide shot where we see the person running again, this gives the audience different view points to see the action. This is a title in the shot called "Rule #1 Cardio" this provides humour the audience. The shot then changes to see the fat person again but this time it's mid shot of the person's face, this is also funny because it is in slow motion and you can see the man emotion's which provide humour to the audience.
We then see a long shot of the duo running again, this then quickly changes to a close-up of the man's face; this creates comedic tension and makes the audience wait.
The zombie then over powers him, we see this from a low angle with a long shot.
By analysing this opening sequence it has helped me learn the importance of interesting shots, and that opening sequences use titles that are edited in.
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