...opening sequences of "28 Days Later"? The film starts with a montage of violent images captured by CCTV and steadicam cameras. CCTV and steadicam cameras are used to show realism that the audience can relate to. Danny Boyle started the film with violent images to set the tone of the film and to get the audience on their toes immediately. The editing of the montage is very fast adding to the sense of panic that the images already supply. The images cut from place to place showing that the violence is wide spread. Knowing that this film is about a zombie outbreak, you would assume that the images relate to the zombies. However they do not. Despite the images not linking to the zombies in the plot the images give a clear idea of carnage and chaos to the viewer from the offset. Orange smoke is shown early on in the montage. Boyle has used this color to symbolize the danger and bloodshed that is to follow in the rest of the film. The first few images are of the police having the upper hand on the rioters; however the following images show the police being overthrown. This images being in this order has particular importance as it shows the audience as being powerful and then being beaten. Police are known to the audience as being the strongest force there is, however the fact that the rioters overthrow the police shows how powerful the movement or people are. A few of the images are reused to emphasize their symbolism. An example of one of the images repeated is the one of a burning man being hit with a pole. This image is reused because again it symbolizes the chaos that ensues. Following the montage the camera pans out to show that there are numerous television screens displaying these images. As the camera zooms you see a chimpanzee is tied down watching these screens. The way the chimpanzee is laying down has some biblical symbolism as the way the chimp is laying resembles the way Jesus laid on the cross. Danny Boyle has used this pose to show the chimp or primate as being powerful or as powerful as Jesus. The power is the power to wipe out the human race; this theory, relates to evolution and the circle of life. This theory shows that primates evolved to create humans and now they are going to destroy them. The following sequences start with a group of animal activists trying to release the chimpanzees from their captivity. The room that the chimpanzees are held in is very dark but for the light that is shining down on the chimps. Boyle has used this lighting to emphasis the chimpanzees' importance to the human race's survival. There is also a small flashing red light that can be seen in the corner of the room. Boyle uses the color red to slowly prepare the audience in their subconscious mind for the violence that is to come in the rest of the film. In the conversation with the scientist the flashing red light is still visible throughout the dialogue. The animal activists when shown are shown through the glass of the cages. This distorts their faces to make them look almost like the zombies. These subtle hints of blood and zombies build tension for the viewer which makes for much more intense viewing. The distortion from the glass also symbolizes the activists confusion as to whether they should open the cages or not. At the start of this scene the animal activists are wearing black balaclavas and an all black costume. The scientist is wearing predominantly white. The two colors represent two choices. The 'black' choice is the choice to let the chimpanzees out of their cages. The 'white' is to keep them in their cages. When the activists get to see the chimpanzees showing their rage they remove their balaclava. Once the balaclava has been removed the lighting on the activists only lights one side of their face. Danny Boyle has used this to show that the activists are unsure of which choice they should make; whether to let the chimpanzees out of their cages or not.