28 weeks later review

 The genre of this film is a horror, we can tell this from the first 2 minutes as there is a lot of blood, gore and screaming going on.

There are two main characters, Don and Alice, who are married to each other. We learn from the film that Don is a bit of a coward as he does not stay with his wife during the attack from the zombie like people, instead he decides to jump out of a window and run away. As he is running away he is also being chased by the infected people, he sees a boat and jumps into it and manages to avoid being bitten. Meanwhile the wife, Alice, is at home with a child that she let in after they knocked at the door, they lock themselves in a room so that hopefully the zombies do not get them. Alice may come across as a brave character as she stayed at home trying to save her and this child from being attacked. But in the end Don looks over his shoulder whilst he is running away and he sees his wife up against the window shouting his name and then the next minute she is being dragged away from the window and being infected with the disease.

 

During the opening 2 minutes of the film there was many different camera shots used.
One significant moment would be where Don runs away from the infected people and is shown in a field, as seen in a picture below,

This is a medium shot as you can see his head as well as his body from the waist up. This is effective because it shows that the character, Don, is running and is in a panic to make sure he out runs the infected humans. It also puts the audience into a state of panic because you really want him to out run the infected humans but then you also know that he shouldn't of left his wife like that, it was selfish of him.

Another significant moment is when Dons wife, Alice, looks out the window and sees him running away, as seen in the picture below,

This is a close up as you can only see her face and the upper part of her body. this is effective because it shows the real emotion that she is feeling at that stage and can make you empathise with what Alice is feeling that current moment. When we see Don running away and leaving his wife the audience must feel sorry for Alice and think what a coward, who would just leave their wife like that?

A third iconic moment would be when Don jumps into the boat and tries to escape being infected by the humans, as seen in the picture below,

This is a long shot as there are multiple people in the picture. this is effective because it shows everything that is going on around Don and how it is not focused on one thing. It shows us that Don has more than one obstacle to tackle at once and makes the audience question will he make it out alive? In this shot we see Don being brave and fighting off the infected humans so it makes us question even more whether he has made the right decision to leave his wife or not.