28 Days Later Film Opening

(Danny Boyle, 2002)


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Box Office

Budget: $8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: £1,500,079 (UK) (3 November 2002) (318 Screens)

Gross: $82,719,885 (Worldwide)   See More Box Office Info Here

Undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.    

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The opening of the film starts with a montage of old footage put together. This is to show a flashback of what has happened to give the audience and viewers some information before the film has started.

The first clip shown starts from a visual effect by fading in through the effect of a fuzzy tv. This is accompanied by a the sound effect of a fuzzy tv as well. The clip is of a people running around going crazy. The shot is a mid angle and jolty to give the effect of been seen through someone else's eyes.



The next clip is of people running around still. The sound effects are of the someone speaking through a radio and also the fuzzy tv sound effect. This gives the impression of something bad is happening like a pandemic etc. The camera is still jolty to replicate being seen through someones eyes.

The clip then is of a high angled close up of a women crying then pans down on people running and fighting. This is to show how something else has power over them all. The camera is very quick while moving to create the effect of rushing and awareness. There is sound of people screaming.


The next clip is a very quick shot and a high/dutch angle to show there is something not right and something bad is or about to happen. It is a high angled shot to show how the horses and police are weak and don't have power. There are sounds of screaming horses and gas canisters going off in the background.

Then the clip is of the police riot teams forcing the people back. This is a mid angle shot, this is to show that have some dominance and power however not all of it. All the clips are old fashioned and look like video tape footage. This adds to the effect of something scary and creepy is going to happen.