Film opening research # 2-I am legend

 

My second horror movie thriller intro is I am legend by Richard Matheson

And here is the YouTube link where you can find the intro.

https://youtu.be/B3xY6Ffy_wE?si=ZVXTEFg0gKuT44lP

1. how many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

No title are being shown in the beginning clip of the film.

2.what images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

In the beginning scene, you first see a woman talking on TV presenting the current info of the world, explaining a pandemic of a new virus that would make p0eople act like zombies and have weird ways of acting that are inhuman. The people attacked by the virus would have no more self manners and way of speaking nor acting. After a couple of seconds, the screen switched to 3 years later, where you see an empty and chaotic looking city. 

3.what connotations do the images carry?

In the start of the scene the woman speaking has so9me kind of glitchy filter on her letting us know we are watching her from Tv screen. There is a blue background behind her which is the same background town in most info channel. The city shown after this clip has very tall and large yours letting us know that it may be happening in New York.

4. how is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

The first info's showing seem a bit dramatic let6ting us someth8ing bad is happening. The next clip, the city, as previously said, looks empty and chaotic, the kind of city streets you would rarely see unless it got evacuated or a big problem has happened

5. How does the film establish an enigma [mystery] from the outset?

The transition between the tv channel ands the empty city lets us guess what could've happened during this time period where everything was start5ing to where complete chaos has occurred.

6. what strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?