I Am Legend Opening

PLOT
A virus created to cure cancer, made by Doctor Krippin, has had a strange wide spread side effect and has caused the people who had the vaccine to mutate into zombies.

SETTING

• Desertion 
• Dark ominous lighting
• Even though there are clear skies there is no blinding sun.

SOUND

• Sound bridge over opening credits, keeping audience engaged and gives them context.
• Booming sounds connoting disaster and dystopia
• Sound effects- diagetic  needed for added effect and to draw attention to those areas of importance.
• Dear, car engine and birds- sound effects Almost a visual representation of how the doctor explained the way the vaccine reacts with the body, The dear being the complication that allowed the body cells mutate resulting in the human race 'zombiefying' 

CAMERA

• Establishing shots, to show the destruction and death that the world has come to, also showing the audience where in the world we are.
• Mid and Long shots of new York, showing Christmas lights, depicting the time period this has taken place in.

CHARACTER

• Doctor- Dr Krppin, name suggests untrustworthy, evidently shown by the actual doctor Krippin who was one of the first criminals caught by a telegram. She blinks a lot showing uncertainty and that she is hesitant. she gives a simplistic visual story to explain how they 'cured' cancer, something that seems unprofessional and too simple otherwise others would have found this cure way before them. 
• Main character- In all black, absorbs heat, showing that it is possibly cold and that he needs to hide in the shadows often. Still has a dog for a pet and wants to feed it, showing his humanity and compassion hasn't died out like it may have for others. Carries a shotgun showing he needs to protect himself. makes the audience ask the question " what is he hiding from that is more dangerous than him?"

GENDER

• Main character- holding a gun- depicting powerful, converges with the protagonist stereotype. Fast car, symbolic of stereotypical male hobbies and interests. The car is clean unlike all the others, which proves that it is used a lot and he takes care of it, suggesting he enjoys the little things in life.