The document analyzes and summarizes elements from the opening credits of "The Walking Dead" television show. It discusses how a sheriff's badge found on the ground foreshadows the loss of social order due to zombies. An image of an actor known for using crossbows and arrows hints at his weapon of choice. An extreme close-up of a zombie's eye conveys that they are no longer human but primitive beasts. A build-up of abandoned cars implies something terrible occurred that people were trying to flee from in a panic, resulting in a loss of control.

1. The Walking Dead Intro
By Will Yeates

3. • This Sheriff Badge on the ground foreshadows
a loss of order in society in the show due to
the zombies. But by using a sheriff’s badge it
implies that while it may seem hopeless there
are still those who are trying to keep order.

5. • In this image we see the name of an actor and
two arrows. In the show this actors character
is famous for using a cross bow and arrows as
such this is foreshadowing his use of this
weapon in the show foreshadowing their fight
for survival.

7. • This extreme close up shot of one of what we
assume to be one of the zombie’s eyes. The
colorless effect and the almost wild look it has
implies to us that these zombies are definitely
no longer human or have any humanlike
characteristics and as such have become little
more than primitive beasts.

9. • This mass build up of cars is one of the first
images seen in the opening credits of the
show implying to us that something terrible
happened and shows us the attempts of many
to try and flee whatever it was that happened
which so far in the credits could be seen as
unclear. This show of the cars piled up also
implies a loss of control in the show as well as
the panic from trying to escape.

10. • Although the Walking Dead is a television
show it uses many of the cinematic
techniques, which we are more regularly
seeing in television shows, to create the best
effect of a world in which zombies have taken
over and people must fight to survive.