'Dawn of the Dead' opening title sequence by Kyle Cooper

The opening title sequence to 'Dawn of the Dead' is very clever in that from the start it shows something very sinister and gruesome. For example, the titles are bright red against a black background and shown for time enough to be read. The words then run off the screen as if it is blood washing away in water. After each name has appeared there is an incredibly short cut to a rabid, bloody face that is presumably of the zombies that we see later. This is clever of Cooper as it informs the audience of the type of things that are coming. The remainder of the sequence shows POV and amateur footage of the chaos that we can assume took place before the virus to hold. Now this is visually appealing to an audience because it is showing them a number of different, curious and eye catching things. Cooper is intelligent in the sound bridge that he uses here also as he uses quite a calm and famous song called 'A Man Comes Around' by Jonny Cash. This is quite comedic in a way as the song is completely the wrong thing to play if you are summing up a devastating virus that has 'zombified' the globe, yet it works.