WORLD WAR Z - Research

Shot number - 3

Camera shot – Long, establishing shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Sound from wind (diegetic)

Content – A shot of what presumably looks like a third world country’s housing.

Shot number - 2

Camera shot – Wide, establishing shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Sound from waves crashing onto beach (diegetic)

Content – View of the beach with waves crashing inwards.

Shot number - 1

Camera shot – Introductory shots to the initial credits and institutions in association with the film.

Sound – The soundtrack, Philadelphia, begins to play (Non diegetic)

Content – Institutions and opening credits

Film Opening: World War Z First two minutes

Shot number - 8

Camera shot – High angle, mid shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Escalators at a supposed train station showing commuters rushing to get to places they want to be.

Shot number - 7

Camera shot – Mid, wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content- A dry, hot possibly third world county.

Shot number – 6

Camera shot – Long shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Sounds from train arriving (diegetic) Initial female voiceover (Non diegetic)

Content – Train station busy with commuters travelling from and to.

Shot number - 5

Camera shot – Mid, wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) quieter chirping from the birds in the background (Diegetic)

Content- A simplistic frame only including the shot of a working/middle class home.

Shot number - 4

Camera shot – Low angle, mid shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Chirping from the birds in the sky (diegetic)

Content –Flock of birds in the skiy.

Shot number - 13

Camera shot – Wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Female presenters singular voiceover (Non diegetic)

Content – A news broadcast has been interjected into the shots

Shot number - 12

Camera shot – High angle, mid/long shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Traffic in a poorer country, somewhere possibly like India.

Shot number - 11

Camera shot – Wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – A flock of birds flying in the sky all in the same direction.

Shot number - 10

Camera shot – Low angle, close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Basic shot looking upwards towards the sky through the branches of a tree with the reflection of the light being the main focus.

Shot number - 9

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Train times on display in station.

Shot number - 18

Camera shot – Mid shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Two women off of a reality TV programme called ‘The housewives of Miami’ which is based in America.

Shot number - 17

Camera shot – Long shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Traffic during daylight.

Shot number -

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Clicking from the tapping of phones etc (Diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Young adults infatuated with their mobile phones and electrical devices.

Shot number - 15

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – A shot primarily focusing on a singular wolf (Wildlife)

Shot number - 14

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Piers Morgan’s speaking (Diegetic)

Content – Piers Morgan, TV presenter, talking with a serious tone and almost worried facial expression

Shot number - 23

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Male presenter speaking (Diegetic)

Content – A male spokesman talking ith a serious but worried tone.

Shot number - 22

Camera shot –

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Cheering from the crowd (Diegetic)

Content – Crowd of people at a festival.

Shot number - 21

Camera shot – Mid shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – A couple walking with masks to protect themselves from disease.

Shot number - 20

Camera shot – Long, wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Slight sound from traffic in background also (Diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Cars queuing at what presumably is the crossing of a boarder.

Shot number - 19

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Females presenter speaking (Diegetic)

Content – A TV presenter speaking with a serious tone and a bewildered facial expression.

Shot number - 11

Shot number - 27

Camera shot – Wide shot

Sound – Backing music, the sound effects and all the voiceovers come to a complete halt altogether bringing silence when the title stabilises itself on the screen.(Non diegetic)

Content- Title sequence appears.

Shot number - 26

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – Tracking of the back of a mans head walking.

Shot number - 25

Camera shot – Extreme close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Man’s voice (Diegetic)

Content – A male spokesman speaking quite angrily and with a low pitch.

Shot number - 24

Camera shot – High angle shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Singular female presenter’s voice over the broadcast (Non diegetic)

Content – Another interjection from a live news broadcast.

Camera shot – Wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) multiple voiceovers overlapping with one another (Non diegetic)

Content – A flock of birds flying in the sky all in the same direction

Shot number - 13

Camera shot – Wide shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Female presenters singular voiceover (Non diegetic)

Content – A news broadcast has been interjected into the shots

Shot number - 14

Camera shot – Close up shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Piers Morgan’s speaking (Diegetic)

This shot highlights the idea that a group of the same species (birds) are all heading in the same direction as if fleeing away from something. With this, the birds could be posing as the humans on earth who are trying to get away from such zombies that are invading the world and hence all relying on each other to stay safe. The light orange block background highlights the shapes of the birds and thus how they are all travelling as a group. The calm and collected melody from the soundtrack of Philadelphia, contrasts with the implicated sense of panic from the looks of their disjointed and messy formation.

This image juxtaposes one of its previous shots in terms of their content. In the previous shots, for example the shot above, in one way or another, the concept of life is projected. The white snow taking up the background of this shot is very subtle and thus highlights the foreground which includes a very graphic and distinctive image of dead dolphins. Additionally, the prominent red colour from the blood on the ground becomes a focal point of the shot and stresses the thoughts on harm/danger/death. The colour red has two typical connotations, both love and danger, in this case we predominantly being presented with this idea of sheer danger. The bottom perimeter of the shot includes the heading ‘DOLPHINS STRANDED’, the initial set up of these headings give the impression of a news report, therefore further inferring that this issue must be very important and that it is vital for a broad audience to see. Over the top of this shot there is a non-diegetic voiceover, presumably a female news reporter, talking about this ordeal.

Content – Piers Morgan, TV presenter, talking with a serious tone and almost worried facial expression

Shot number - 24

Camera shot – High angle shot

Sound – Backing music continues (Non diegetic) Singular female presenter’s voice over the broadcast (Non diegetic)

Content – Another interjection from a live news broadcast.

Sound:

There is a lot of synchronous sound used within the shots, meaning sound that matches what is presented in the film. However there is also asynchronous sound used when the TV and Radio News vocals are being played over the top of irrelevant shots that do not match and the sounds don’t have a visible source.

Diegetic sound – Waves crashing, birds chirping, noises from train station, aeroplane taking off, presenters speaking, noise from traffic

Non- diegetic sound – Voiceover from TV and radio news, backing music throughout entire opening (Philadelphia)

This shot links with this concept of something being unknown, like the shot of the dead dolphins. This is because only half of this shot actually has any physical content, being the left side with Piers Morgan and the other side being completely blank. This shot gives the sense that something is hidden/unknown and that there is another side to whatever the story. In watching the complete film you understand that the narrative includes this idea of something unknown causing a possible apocalypse. Therefore this shot subtly hints to viewers about the forthcoming narrative. Both the subject’s facial expressions and tone of voice are considerably uneasy and come across as anxious and concerned, hence promoting the fact that something

The foreground title – ‘CALLER: …ON TOP OF THE MAN, BEATING HIM, THE MAN IS BLEEDING’, holds as the focal point of this shot as it is most defined and clear in comparison to the behind blurred image of a man being beaten to death. The lighter focus on the man being attacked focuses viewer’s eyes on what is happening.

MIRCO ANALYSIS

Both have been used to create verisimilitude.

Music used: Philadelphia – Marco Beltrami The music being played continuously throughout the opening two minutes of the film is

The voiceovers interjected within these first two minutes consist of both male and female, presumably news reporters. The input of news reporters suggest that there is importance in what they are saying and possibly that something ‘news breaking’ has occurred. Additionally, adding a sense of formality and authority, this is because news reporters are renowned for their knowledge of current affairs and news, thus worldwide audiences watch their programmes in order to gain such information. From shot 7 onwards overlaps of different news reporters begin to talk coinciding with each other, making it difficult to understand. This gives an impression of panic and confusion hence subtly hinting parts of the narrative.

Nearly all of the sounds used bridge across the shots of the different areas. This suggests the coming together of these vastly different communities that are being shown and the joint desire in overcoming this apocalypse and how it is affecting everyone.

Camera Shots:

Close up shots – These are used to focus in on the subject of each different shot. Mid shot – This has been used to clearly show the subjects' facial expressions in the

context of their body language Low/High angle shot- Long shot - This has been used to typically show the entire subject of the frame and

intends to show some relation to the surroundings.

Editing:

Montage editing has been used to give the audience a diverse range of views from different locations within the world and thus demonstrate juxtaposition. The variety of images evoke different emotions in the viewer and hence allows viewers to begin to think of the possibly narrative/ storylines to the film.

Straight cuts have been used to allow a professional, clean cut look.

Cross cutting has also been incorporated to simultaneously show different shots.

MIRCO ANALYSIS

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Mis-en-scene:

The costume and make up is very 21st century and modern immediately implying the time period of the film – 2013.

Within all frames there is a constant aspect of ‘lifestyle’ and every day, common things that we all do, suggesting that the narrative of the film vitally affects the entire world almost.

High key lighting is used throughout the first two minutes of the opening scene

MACRO ANALYSIS

Genre: Action/Thriller

Within the first two minutes of the film we aren’t presented with many common conventions that action and thriller films are renowned for and are instead reassured on the genre through the type of backing music

Representation: Throughout the first two minutes of World War Z we, as viewers, are bombarded with images that solely involve the simple concept of life. This instantly suggests the main focus of the film – the world and its population inhabiting it. There are multiple images shown that concentrate on the small things that go unrecognised in everyday life, for instance the shot of the crawling ants and insects, again implying that there is something in the narrative that affects absolutely everything, big and small. The purpose of this is to engage the viewers and hence get them curious and thinking on what the film is about as a whole.

Genre: Action/Thriller

Within the first two minutes of the film we aren’t presented with many common conventions that action and thriller films are renowned for and are instead reassured on the genre through the type of backing music

What genre of film is it and how do you know?By looking at the poster we can see buildings crashing down and on fire which makes it look like a dystopian movie where the world is ending and people are dying. We can also see helicopters and guns which tells us that it is a action/apocalyptic movie. Also the ‘War’ in ‘World War Z’ tells us clearly that it’s a movie which will include all sorts of world ending genres.

What can you say about the layout design?The colours mainly used are blue, grey and black, which portrays the genre of the film. We can see destruction of buildings and skyscrapers which shows the audience where the action is taking place, The title of the movie is at the bottom of the page in bold and stands out from any other text on the poster. The main image is on the right side so we get a clear view of the destruction. At the very bottom is the blurb which has all the casts name (etc) which is a basic convention of a movie poster.

WORLD WAR FRONT DVD COVER & POSTER

Who is the target audience and why?At the bottom of the page is shows us that the film will be in 3d, this appeals to people who enjoy watching movies in 3d also this is becoming the revolutionary technology for films and is a good way to draw in the audience. This mainly appeals to boys because it’s an action movie as we can see brad Pitt holding gun, it will also appeal to people who enjoy watching dystopian movies. This could also attract female audience by knowing that Brad Pitt is in the movie as most of his fans are females.