Genre: Edgar Wright's Shaun Of The Dead

Shaun Of The Dead is constructed like a horror movie postmodernism as a combination of two of the opposition - the horror and comedy genres. It can be seen to the postmodern also turned against structured and rigid thinking of the horror movies. Shaun Of The Dead is a postmodern because it consists of all the elements of a horror movie, but in fact is a comedy, Shaun of the Dead was written by Edgar Wright and co-author Simon Page, the film is a hybrid romantic, coma, and comedy, and this type contradict thus each other than the film led to be seen as a comedy, as traditionally is not a combination of these types usually opposed to each other. Shaun of the Dead is a contemporary version of the horror film because it still follows the laws and conventions of the horror film, which consists of blood and gore, zombies and isolation this whole iconography of popular horror movies. Another way Shaun Of The Dead contrasts with the horror and the theory of character Propp films is by replacing the main character to lead the male cool and strong ordinary boy who works in a shop selling electronic devices with slacker him from a friend who adds initially Another element of humor in the film due to lack of The presence of the typical characteristics of a hero.

In this close viewing I will be using the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, directed by Edgar Wright, to show significant aspects/techniques of different scenes used in both films. I will be focusing on the features of sound effects, dialogue and comparing near same scenes within two different films and the aspects that Edgar Wright was trying to cover.

The film is centered around the use of a hand held camera as the family use the camera to investigate the supernatural forces. This helps the audience to feel more connected with the film as we are in the characters viewpoint. When the characters within the movie uses the hand held camera their movements are shaky showing inexperience but it is also a convention of horror films as it helps build tension and also causes the audience to be anxious as they wonder what will happen

In 1968, in a cemetery about 30 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh, a movie that would change cinematic history forever was being created. George Romero’s classic film Night of the Living Dead, was being filmed. Up until 1968, the word “zombie” had a completely different meaning than it does today. George A. Romero created the horror movie antagonist that many audiences know and fear. The Pre-Romero zombie has many notable differences from the modern zombie. Most notably, it is alive and simply under a voodoo curse. These zombies did not crave flesh or brains, and there were no large-scale outbreaks. Night of the Living Dead changed this all, and paved the way for the zombie to evolve into what it is today.

Night of the Living Dead is a breakout movie created and directed by George A. Romero released in 1968. The movie launched Romero’s career and a subset genre of film. Romero has used his movies as a form of social commentary. In Night of the Living Dead you see a black male hero trying to lead in a small group setting. In 2014 this would not be a big deal however, in 1968 with the civil rights movement and the death of Martian Luther King being in the headlines this is significant and the movie is still relevant in portraying race and interactions with law enforcement.

From the start of the movie, I knew I was going to enjoy it because I always love myself a good Sci-Fi / Supernatural movie. Going into the movie I had no idea what it was about other than the description Netflix gave me. I did not even know what genre it was until freaky stuff started happening at the start. I was told that I could not talk to anyone before I watched this film, so I came into this movie knowing something was up with it. I knew Bruce Willis was a ghost as soon as the wife started cheating on him because a wife that loves her husband that much would never even get that close to another man like she was. I was already anticipating something to happen so that affected the way I watched the movie to where I was trying to always be one step ahead of the movie so it would not blindside me because I hate being out smarted in a way that I couldn’t predict or see coming.

In one of the episodes we see a bus full of students pass a small gas station as it runs over a zombie but the person inside the gas station made some zombie fans laugh and rejoice. The cashier is actually Shaun from the horror comedy, Shaun Of The Dead. Shaun is casually looking at the tv as it talks about the zombie outbreak. In the manga you get a better picture of Shaun standing at his register and says "oh" as he looks at the tv screen with a cricket bat next to him. He's probably thinking , " Shit, here we go

The movie is very realistic and maybe can leave some people scared. The reason that I liked the movie is because of how the movie is unfolded and how things start to

‘I Zombie’ give us an unusual story about zombie . It takes the setting in modern living. This movie tells about a young and smart doctor who gets infected by a virus that turning her into a zombie. Fortunately, she can control herself

Scary movies are only scary if I deem the images scary. The same as romance movies. It is only romantic if I deem it to be. If I did not agree with Jeffery’s reaction, I might not think what the woman was doing was erratic. And by me not falling into that generalized viewer, the film could have a whole different meaning to me. I think it is funny that we as filmmakers depend so much on our viewers falling into this generalized viewer category so that our films make sense. We never bank on the fact that maybe the viewer will not interpret the images the way they “should”. I think we just hope that the viewer that does not is the minority; when in reality every film is just a collection of images we hope the viewer can interpret a certain way to create our story. “Just as the mirror assembles the fragmented body in a sort of imaginary integration of the self.” (Bauadry

On the other, it has sustained instances of a horror movie. The healthy sprinkling of undesirable creepy faces, Cup-a-Soup, ominous tomcats and close ups of hooded creatures do not do anything to alleviate the plot. The brash background score by Roque Baños is a rather corny and unsubtle affair. The few flourishes of psychological thrill in the movie are purely visual.

Out of all the genres in the video game industry, survival horror is an oddball in itself; and one near and dear to my heart. It places emphasis on resource management and careful planning instead of going gung-ho in a series of combat arenas. It encourages you to flee normal enemies instead of fighting them because of a deliberately gimped control scheme and since the beasties you fought are nastier and more aggressive than you... you get the idea. But of importance is how effortless it is at building tension and scaring you until you're stiff as a statue. In an age of gaming that emphasized shooting and beating up everything in the room until all the enemies are dead, Survival Horror served and still serves as the

George A. Romero’s gory film Land of the Dead was released June 2005. Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies on the other hand has a scientific fiction undertone, and was released February 2013. Lately pop culture has had an interest in zombies. Both films chosen have a set contemporary standard of what a typical zombie is imagined to be. Whether created by supernatural sources or acquired by a virus, zombies are dead humans that now have the reincarnated mindset of instinctively hunting down and devouring the living. Those wounded by a zombie, become zombies themselves. Warm Bodies leans more towards the romance and comedy rather than horror. Whilst remaining true to the ideal zombie, the envelope is pushed with the unexpected direction that

In my opinion, there are many popular zombie movies, but the most famous movies are The Walking Dead which was and World War Z. The Walking Dead is a television series, which is produced by AMC company and is created by Frank Darabont, depict a group of people trying to survive after the world has been infested by a zombie virus. On the other hand, World War Z, directed by Marc Forster and produced by Paramount Pictures, revolves around a former United Nations investigator who has to find a way to stop the zombie pandemic by traveling around the world. Though they share the same settings, The Walking Dead have an interesting and engaging plot twist with extraordinary and realistic zombies along with fantastic describing the transformation of human’s mental than World War Z.

In modern times, zombies saturate popular culture and have become a mainstay in the cinematic world. Many people view zombies as a purely fictional creation with little purpose beyond merely providing entertainment for the duration of the movie. However, this view of zombies misses their true original purpose, a purpose which they still serve today. Zombies were not created as arbitrary fictional characters, but rather as “monsters with meaning” (Blumberg). Zombies serve as an outlet for people to process their biggest fears in the world around them. Zombies and the horror genre have become a modern cinematic expression of people’s deepest fears, fears that evolve over time as people change.