Zombieland Analysis

Straight away we know that there is going to be a lot of deaths in this film, and perhaps quite gory ones, as the first scene is someone falling to the ground. A low angle/tilt up shot is used here to get the full affect and it feels like he is going to fall on us as that is where our perspective is. The soundtrack is Metallica, you wouldn't expect this for a zombie film suggesting that it could be a comedy/parody or something that isn't totally serious.
The blood and nudity shown in the opening sequence will make the audience realise that this will probably be echoed in the rest of the film. We know it will be quite gory, risky and maybe even controversial, as some people may get offended by the things shown. This is probably why some gory/nude things are shown in the opening sequence, maybe as a warning what will come up later in the film.

The titles and credits are in a red bold font, the red could suggest death, blood or danger. Also they look quite interactive as when the characters run/fall in them they look as if they are smashing. This could suggest the action that will happen throughout the film as a lot of things will probably get smashed up. In the first scene the title is placed as if it is the sign on the outside of the building too, which is quite clever, but also discrete.
By the time we've seen most of it we will probably establish that the genre is Zombie-Comedy due to the music and the editing mainly; the slow-motion editing looks quite humorous and comedic and the fact that the people are getting chased by the zombies. Due to the slow-motion we can see their facial expressions more which is quite funny.

The film looks as if it is set in an american city as there are lots of features that big cities have; prison at the beginning, fire department, school, strip club etc. The fact that it looks quite bright/sunny/hot there also confirms the location. The fact that it is so bright could contrast with the quite dark main feature; zombies. This could also add to the comedy feel of the film. The film looks quite modern, so it could make audiences imagine if that would be what it would be like if this happened now in real life.
This opening is quite good as raising enigmas as we are only shown clips that are in the peak of action and we don't know how it got to that point or how the zombie virus came about, so will we hence want to watch the rest and find out.