Analysis of film: The Crazies

This film is set in a typical tight-knit town, which have characters which are in a close community. There is equilibrium at the beginning as it is the first day of Spring and there is a traditional baseball game to mark the occasion. The main character, who is a Sherrif, has to unfortunately kill one of his friends, due to him acting suspiciously and bringing a gun to the game. This is where the drama and the thrill begins, not long after that event, more characters appear to be acting suspicously and mentally insane. The whole town is invaded and evacuated due to the citizens being infected by contaminated water, although that is not apparent to the characters as of yet.
As the characters which are infected become to act more psychotic, the thrill of the film is at it's best. The whole population of the town are put into concentration camps, although that is not for long because the characters start a riot. There is a lot of action in this thriller movie, but the killings which occur definatly put a shiver down the audiences spines.
The costumes used in this film are typical everyday clothing, although the Sherrif, who is portrayed as the hero in this film as he does not become infected and is the first to realise that there is something wrong, this character wears a police uniform, this is a typical costume for the hero of a film to wear because the police are typically associated with safety, this reassures the audience.
This film is realistic, because what happened to the characters could possibly happen in real life, this is what also scares the audience, that this situation could possibly happen to them, although it is unlikely.
Throughout the majority of the film, medium shots are used.
A pan shot is used very effectively in this film where the sherrifs wife is admiring a baby mobile in a deserted house, and as the camera pans, is it obvious to the audience that there is a scary infected woman behind her, this immediately scares the audience in the case of the woman, because throughout films, the audience connect and understand characters, and when they are put in danger, this interests and scares the characters also.