Deconstruction of '28 Days Later' Opening Scene as a Monster Horror.

For me, the opening scene of 28 Days Later clearly demonstrates many of the key conventions that are expected from a monster horror. At this point the only backstory we have is a rage virus being released and after 28 days, a carrier patient (Jim) wakes up from a coma. I chose to deconstruct and break this film opening down to illustrate the concepts used when making a monster horror (in this case, the monster being zombies).
Sound:
In the background throughout this scene, there is a low and quiet soundtrack playing which helps to build suspense and give the film an ominous theme to it, this ties in with the genre as horror films need tension/suspense to foreshadow what is to come.
Jim's desperation is shown when he calls out and the echo that follows shows his loneliness from the world as there is no contact with anyone else at this point, this builds tension as no one would want to be in a situation where you are on your own.
Location:
Another technique of note is the location that has been used. In the vast majority of zombie horror films, the location will be either an isolated and empty cottage house/outback forest area where human activity is at a complete minimum. In this scene, Central London has been portrayed as trashed and abandoned. The contrast from a city filled with life and constantly being kept clean going to empty streets covered in litter. To carry this out, streets were blocked off and collected bags of trash were used to cover the streets.
Camera Shots:
A lot of the shots in this scene are extreme long shots apart from those used to show Jim's facial expression, which are all medium shots. By using the extreme long shots, thereby making Jim appear small and insignificant, the weight of the situation is expressed. By showing a now empty city, an ominous atmosphere is created and tense as we wait to see some other sign of life that we are deprived from in this scene.