CINEMATOGRAPHY - ZOMBIELAND

KAITLIN LODGE

THIS LONG SHOT OF THE BUILDING AND CAR SUGGESTS THAT CONTROL HAS BEEN LOST OF THE CITY, BY THE CAR BEING ON FIRE AND THE HISTORIC MONUMENT IN THE BACKGROUND ALSO ON FIRE. THIS MAKES THE AUDIENCE FEEL SUSPENSE.

• THIS CUT IN OF THE GUN SUGGESTS LOTS OF VIOLENCE WITHIN THE FILM, MOREOVER IT IS A CLOSE UP WHICH MAKES THE VIEWER FEEL AN ACTUAL PART OF THE FILM BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT CLOSE UP TO THE SCENE

THIS EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE ZOMBIE SHOWS THAT HE HAS NO EMOTION AND NO REMORSE, HE HAS NO FEELINGS AS HE JUST ATE A HUMAN AND SHOWS NO FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, ALSO THE BLOOD AND CUTS ON HIS FACE IS VERY DISTURBING AND MAKES THE VIEWER DISLIKE THIS CHARACTER.

THIS TRANSITION MAKES YOU FEEL SYMPATHY FOR THE CHARACTER MOST CLOSE TO THE FRONT DUE TO THE FACT HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS SHOW PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION AND THAT HE IS FRIGHTENED, THE CAMERA HAS HIS EYELINE HIGHER THAN THE ZOMBIES WHICH SHOWS THAT HE IS MORE SIGNIFICANT, MOREOVER HE IS PLACED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO SHOW HE IS HE MOST IMPORTANT. AS THIS IS A MEDIUM CLOSE UP SHOT IT IS TO JUST CAPTURE THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE TWO MEN.

• THIS LOW ANGLE SHOT OF THE FEMALE MAKES HER LOOK BIGGER AND MORE POWERFUL, ALSO HER EYELINE IS HIGH ON THE SCREEN TO SUPPORT THIS, EVENT HOUGH HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE OF HER LOOKING TERRIFIED SHE IS PORTRAYED AS POWERFUL FOR SHOOTING THE ZOMBIE.

• THIS LONG SHOT OF THE HOUSING ESTATE AND CHILDRENS PARTY IS TO SHOW THAT THE LOCATION IS A MIDDLE CLASS AREA WHICH IS PORTRAYED BY THE EXPENSIVE HOUSES AND CARS. THIS IS A SLOW PANNING SHOT TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE LOCATION BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE NEXT SCENE OF THE ZOMBIES.