Title Sequences: Stake Land

When a pandemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts. Large cities are left as tombs and survivors cling together in rural pockets, fearing nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin (Paolo) is taken under the wing of a grizzled, wayward vampire hunter, called Mister (Damici).

In contrast to The Walking Dead, there are no names of actors shown in the titles sequences - only the presenters and the producers. This advertises where the film gained its sponsors (Seeing as it is a low budget film) and the viewers do not need to be drawn in if they've bought or chose to watch this movie. Therefore edgy titles and actors are not necessary to stop the viewer from changing channels.

The film opening starts with the pruction companies such as Dark Sky films, so that the additiona films that the company may make are advertised to the viewers.

It is done with Scarflix as well. The company has its title spray painted on the side of a wall, which indicates that the company do not help produce or create rom coms.

The production companies and sponsors of the film are advertised one after the other due to the fact that this film is low budget and independent, so it needs all the help it can get.

The establishing shot is of a country lane with a sprawling field and trees which frame the shot. The credits appear in the corner of the screen beside the tree. It sticks to the rules of thirds, and thusly draws the eye towards the titles to make them read them.

The titles in question are advertising the labels shown in the first few seconds of the opening titles to makes sure the viewers hadn't tuned out and ignored the production companies. As well as this, the car is coming into view of the camera, being track by the camera as it comes by. This makes the viewer feel like they're spying on the car too, and soon make them want to know more about who'se drivign the car in the middle of no where.

As the car leaves the shot, we are left with a broken sign advertising a small town. The population part of the sign has been shot out. This adds to the theme of desertion, andwe immediately feel like we're in a wasteland rather than a quiet country road.

We soon find out who we've been following in the car with an interior shot over the shoulder of our protagonist and the music ends. His voice over then begins to paint a picture of the world they're in and what he's suffered. However when he turns around, we see he's only a young teenager who looks anxiously to the back seat; to where the growling and scratches are coming from in the trunk.

The man beside him is similar to Zombieland's Talahassee; the quieter, more confident survivor of the duo who seems to be a paternal figure. All we see of him is his tired eyes in the car mirror, but it's all we need to see to figure out what kind of character he is.

Match on action is used here - we see the back of the two and the elder man pulling out a gun before seeing a close up of the gun firing at the back seat. This change in camaera angles adds a sudden change to the initial calm and quiet of the opening.



We see the bullets hit the upholstery of the car sea tand the growling eventually stops. The speaker continues talking throughout this, like he's used to this situation.





A long shot of the car driving is shown, and makes the viewer feel like the characters are always running from something, and the least of their troubles is what the viewer may think of them.





The ending shot is of a parn with its doors open. There are forks of lightening and thunder used for sound effects. The colours are warm inside the barn, and may be seen as a fond memory for the protagonist before the vampires took over. Everything is centred, because it is the centre of attention.