Research into Comedy Action films

I am going to create an opening to a comedy action film so I have chosen to research into films like these. One which I like is Shawn of the dead. Shawn of the dead has an age certificate of 15 which will be the rating which I maybe use. The opening of Shawn of the dead first sets of telling the audience who the distribution company are which in this case is universal studios. Then it cuts to the name of the company which produced the film which in this case is working title. They used a non-diegetic sound in the background as a sound bridge to link the scene in the pub to the black screen to start the film of. This also shows this film will be action packed but also have a touch of comedy in the mean time. The first shot you see is a close up of Shawn suggesting that his one of the main characters and that this film will be about him and his life. There is a focus pull on Shawn showing the audience where to concentrate their eyes on Shawn as with the same close up shot of Liz which also has a focus pull which also shows that she is another main character of the film.
The next shot is an over the shoulder shot of Shawn from Liz’s view. This has been cut from the previous shot which ended off with a zoom out. This is also a focus pull because the writer wants the audience to know that Liz is another main character. Then it goes to an over the shoulder shot of Shawn which is also a focus pull which shows you what you are supposed to look at. I will use focus pulls in my final piece to show what you are supposed to look at in the shot. Then it pans over to the left which is of Ed on the fruit machine. You can see that Ed is poor because of the way he dresses and the way he speaks, because of the use of language he uses. Then it zooms out so you can see Liz and Shawn talking but there is a focus pull so you are more interested in Liz and Shawn’s conversation than Ed on the fruit machine. Shawn asks what does ableak mean, which shows you that he is not the cleverest  person in the world where as Liz knows what this means which shows that she is more clever than him because she knows what it means. They use a lot of shot reverse shots to share dialogue because you see both of the people talking. I will use shot reverse shots when sharing dialogue. The barman knows Shawn’s name and that he like hobnobs which shows that Shawn goes to that pub quite often.
To conclude I have learned that when I use speech I will use shot reverse shots because these shots work well with conversation. I have also learned that when I need to move the attention of the audience to another part of the shot I will use a focus pull.