Comparing Film Introduxtions - Analysis

The Introductions of Green Street, Run Fat Boy Run and Shaun of the Dead have many of the same characteristics yet are contrasted in different areas. All of these Introductions have a pessimistic inception. Green Street commences with the lead character being in a rut which is also the case in Run Fat Boy Run and Shaun of the Dead. Yet in Green Street the Lead character Matt (Elijah Wood) is expelled wrongfully from Harvard for apparent stash of cocaine in his possession. However in Run Fat Boy Run and Shaun of the Dead lead characters Dennis and Shaun (Simon Pegg) are in furrow due to the collapse of their love lives and the drive to win them back. Green Street genre is also different being a crime and drama where as the other two movies are comedies in their own settings respectively.
Green Street starts off exceptionally powerfully as Matt moves to England and experiences a vastly different class and culture compared to his previous life endeavors. It depicts a sense of pity for the character which the audience sympathizes with. However in Run Fat Boy Run and in Shaun of the Dead, the main characters both played by Simon Pegg are in situations which they created themselves fitting Pegg in to his now stereotypical roles. In Run Fat Boy Run Dennis (Simon Pegg) leaves his fiancée at the altar as he acquires cold feet. In Shaun of the Dead similarly Shaun treats his long term girlfriend awfully and is subsequently dumped. Both films are a tale of winning back their loves in very different acts showing their worth, either by running a marathon or destroying all the zombies.
The sound in all three films is very emphatic and adds to the drama of the position of the individual in a rut which each character experiences and tries to conquer in various different ways. The cinematography conveys this image on top of complementing the sound. Despite the mis-en-scene of the different films there is a certain trend of escaping and recovering from a disturbing place. Matt starts a new life and tries to recreate his image, whereas Shaun and Dennis have a distinct purpose. They have a point to prove, not to themselves but to their significant others. The editing for Green Street causes a lot of suspends and adds to the dramatic qualities of the film. Yet the editing in Shaun of the Dead and Run Fat Boy Run has less of an impact. The role of the best friend has more importance and effect, Ed (Nick Frost) in Shaun of the Dead and Gordon (Dylan Moran) in Run Fat Boy Run.