28 days Later

The first film we looked at was 28 days later. This was a very interesting film to watch as it had a lot of good techniques. The first technique which I picked up which I thought was very good and usable, was the complete silence that started the film. I thought this was a great idea as it draws the audience in straight away, this also adds to the suspense as to where he is etc.

Another technique they use is after the original silence, they bring in a soundtrack. The soundtrack gradually gets faster as he starts to find things, this makes the audiences heart increase, the will had to the tension once again.

The film begins and straight away it seems very eerie, they make this possible by having everything deserted which is normally packed with people. As this is the start of the film we do not know why everything is so deserted, however we are able to find out without any words being said. We find out by the “Jim” picking up a newspaper and reading the headline, I thought this was a very good a believable way of finding out what has happened.

The last technique I liked was the fast cutting between different angles, this adds to the pace of the film very well.