In the 'Dead Zone' opening title sequence, we picked every second shot. From these 9 screen shots, it shows us that the 'Dead Zone' is set in the country-side of America.
Shot 1: The beginning of the title sequence opens with a house seen in screen shot 1. This is a mid-shot. This would automatically make the audience presume that this house is important and that something could potentially take place, for example, the protagonist's house or possibly where a death may take place as the title is 'Dead Zone'
Shot 2: This is a deep focus still, in the foreground, you can see clearly the barley, and in the background we can see unfocused trees and mist. The mist is there to create an eerie atmosphere.
Shot 3: This is a long shot of a countryside road with either sunset or dawn as you can see one side of the road is lighter than the other because of the sun. On our right side of the road it has sunshine on it and on our left side it has shadow possibly suggesting that one side is good and one is bad.
Shot 4: This is an Establishing Shot in the countryside on a small hill slope that is in a shadow, and the high trees have got sun shine on them so it is sunset or dawn. This could suggest that dark things could happen in dark places and maybe representing good and bad in the light and shadow. The shadows can foreshadow future events.
Shot 5: This shot is a mid-shot. Again this is on a dark road with the idea of corruption and destructive ideas.
Shot 6: This shot has a long view as the road and the trees make it look like a tunnel and an 'on-going' road, this could represent eternity of evil.
Shot 7: This shot is a title shot with the background saying 'Dead Zone' and the foreground saying the director of photography.
Shot 8: This is a shot of the title again saying 'Dead Zone' with the trees in the background of the words and then darkness on the boarders of the title.
Shot 9: This is a mid-shot of an elementary school. As it is the opening of the film without the title it would make the audience know that the story lies here.
Throughout this opening title sequence, there is a build-up of the letters spelling 'Dead Zone' with each shot there are more parts of the letters, this adds a dramatic effect that there is a build-up of letters which you figure out what it is saying throughout the opening title sequence
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