In the first two minutes of the hit movie Warm Bodies, we
see a zombie who is walking through an abandoned airport which is filled with
reanimated corpses, otherwise known as zombies. We hear the main Zombie, in a
ragged red hoodie and jeans, talking about what he should do better with his
life in a sarcastic tone as he is a zombie. ‘Why can’t I connect with people?
Oh right, it’s because I’m dead.’ Is one of the lines that gives it away that
he is speaking with sarcasm. He also describes the other zombie’s jobs but we
only hear the voice in his head as his lips do not move during the whole of the
audio. ‘Sometimes I like to look at others (other zombies) and imagine what
they were.’ The main zombie never reveals his name in the first two minutes.
The title is written in an orange, cursive font as well as
the actors, producers and directors names being in that colour and font also. This
gives off the effect of the film may be a romantic film also as well as a
horror and comedy. Writing in cursive relates back to when women and men would
write love letters to each other. The words are in orange because the word ‘Warm’
is in the title and orange is a secondary warm colour.
The Genre of this film would be a comedy or a horror because
we can hear the main zombie sarcastically talking about life improvements but
it could also be a horror film due to it being about zombies which eat humans. There
is also a slight jump scare in the opening where the ‘personal trainer’ zombie
runs and hits the glass wall which is very sudden which causes our reactions to
be slightly delayed, causing a jump scare.. The target audience for this film is around
the ages of thirteen and over. I do not believe that this film would be
entirely suitable for younger children without an adult present.
The opening scene is set in an abandoned airport with
zombies everywhere which is can also be associated with being a horror as it
shows that the zombies have taken over and have all the power. There is another
character introduced which the main character calls Boneys. They seem to have
all of the power over both the humans and the zombies.
The music of the opening scene is quite jolly and sounds
like it may belong in an elevator. It’s quite old fashioned and is also an
acoustic type track. The music may also relate to one of the characters’ lives.
It could represent the main zombies past life as a human before he was bitten
and turned in to the zombie he is.
The monologue by the main zombie sounds as though he may
have a dry throat. You can hear his voice cracking places and the rasp of his
voice clearly as he is the only one speaking and the music for the scene is not
too loud that you cannot hear the main character’s voice. Although, it is
slightly unusual to hear a zombie talking in a film even if it is just his mind
talking. You only usually hear the sounds of zombies groaning and zombies are
always associated with having to brain or intelligence to actually talk or
produce understandable words. This also shows that it may be a comedy as it is
something unusual and he may have different thoughts on different subjects.
The camera angles used in the opening scene are an
establishing shot, where you can see everything that is around, a tracking
shot, where the camera follows the character around, and also close up shots,
where the camera is very close to the characters face and you can see their
face clearly. The main shot that is used is an establishing shot where you can
see everything in the scene around the main character. The first shot we see is
an extreme close up of the main characters eyes as he begins the voice over
where he tells the audience about himself and his life.
The clothing that the main character is wearing is very
ragged and dirty as we would assume it was from his time of being a zombie whilst
eating human’s brains. It is evident that some humans may have tried to kill
the main character at some point as we can see different tears in his hoodie
and jeans. There is also dried blood and
mould around each tear and is also smeared over his shirt, hoodie and jeans. His
eyes are a light blue/ grey and are slightly blood-shot, he also had a red rim
around his eyes which shows he his distressed, weak and one of the living dead.
His lips are chapped and have a black rim inside of his mouth with a medium
grey covering his lips which blends in to his skin tone which is a lighter grey
as he is a member of the living dead. The zombies that surround the main character
in the abandoned airport have a similar attire to him, ripped and bloody
clothes.
