500 work horror essay

I am legend -


The opening scene to 'I am legend' is held on for a long time, there is also little to no sound apart from a few faint noises of birds, the lighting used throughout this scene is natural lighting, these both suggest that it is dawn. The long stills in the opening are all extreme long shots and all focus on easy recognisable areas, showing that the setting is the well-known city of New York. The shots slowly pan and also tilt upon certain buildings, as well as this there are multiple shots used such as high angles, birds eye angles and lows angles all of which show a more in depth shot of the surrounding. All of this gives the viewer a sense of loneliness and abandonment, and therefore makes them feel on edge and possibly venerable.  
An Ariel shot begins to roll over the buildings, and also shows a single ford mustang in shot, shortly after you begin to hear as well as see the car the shot then cuts to the inside of the car, firstly showing a close up of a gun this then pans over to the man holding the gun and his dog. The state of both the main character and his dog will begin to create an uneasiness in the viewer, they both appear to be clean and well maintained this contrasts with the state of the city and also the fact that he is holding a gun. This suggests that the city is not really abandoned and there is something sinister out there. This caused me confusion however it also made me want to watch the rest of the film.
While using mostly mid shots and long shots to show the movement and path of the car, the camera then changes and pans to the side of the road and zooms onto a poster which reads 'god still loves us, Do we still love god?' to me this gave the sense that something may have happened which could be seen as messing with nature and gods will. And maybe the reason why the city is abandoned is because something deemed 'unnatural' has taken place there.
On the other hand, it could mean simply that the use of violence in the situation is frowned upon, I get this feeling as the posters are covering an army tank. And the picture  shown on the poster are those of two hands reaching out to each other disturbed by a weapon. 
The sound used throughout the opening creates suspense and nervousness, it does this by only giving you sounds of birds and wind. The complete silence of the city covered with the roar of an engine being echoed within the streets made me feel scared of what is to come next. The sudden burst of sound from the running deer's as well as the braking and screeching sound from the car shocks the audience and will begin to increase the pace of the film. The only sound used in the opening sequence is diegetic, it does not use any added sound in order to show the eeriness or in fact the pace this is all portrayed using natural sounds.