We studied the opening of films in our genre that we have chosen, here is my technical codes of 'The Night Of The Living Dead'

Technical Codes

'Night of the living Dead'

Camera shots

The opening 2 minutes show a car driving through a rural area. Every time the car leaves the shot it suddenly cuts to the next shot of the car. The car eventually turns into a cemetery and the camera pans to show the car turning into it. The next shot is a closer shot of the car going into the cemetery. This shot includes a sign, which says “ Cemetery Entrance” which shows that they are going in a cemetery. When they enter the cemetery there is a shot, which includes an American flag, which shows that it is set in America, and the cemetery could be for soldiers.

Sound

The music in this sequence is eerie and suspenseful which gives an unnatural feeling to the scene. It slowly builds up to when they enter the cemetery, which gives the feeling that something is going to happen

Lighting

As the film is in black and white, lighting isn’t prominent in the scene