Using the notes you have made in class, the blog resources and your own research and ideas, complete an analysis of the genre conventions of the zombie horror genre , using examples from at least two full-length films and one short film.
This analysis should give a detailed explanation of how your chosen films have created and follow genre conventions, use conventions and features from other genres , and subvert, change or add to the conventions and elements of the zombie horror genre. For instance , you should make clear that Shaun of the Dead is a hybrid genre film , because it combines conventions from romantic comedy and zombie horror. In the films you have seen there are also conventions from action, war movies, teen comedy and road movies.
This can be in the form of a word document, a blog report with links to videos , or an audiovisual presentation using video and voice recording.
Make sure you closely analyse specific moments and scenes from your chosen films to support the points you make.
Your work must include detailed analysis of how your films use, follow or subvert ( change) the following conventions :
Setting initial location, initial situation , past/present/future, urban/rural/, other locations
Narrative main story elements ( zombie outbreak, chaos and social breakdown, survivors team up, place of refuge, new family formed)
linear or non linear narrative ( linear= story of film is unbroken , nonlinear=line of narrative broken up by flashbacks, flashforwards etc.)
open or closed ending ( can be combination of both )
Narrative main story elements ( zombie outbreak, chaos and social breakdown, survivors team up, place of refuge, new family formed)
linear or non linear narrative ( linear= story of film is unbroken , nonlinear=line of narrative broken up by flashbacks, flashforwards etc.)
open or closed ending ( can be combination of both )
Characters ( Human/non-human) Human character roles : hero,heroine,false hero, villain , expert etc.
Zombies : traditional features such as undead, limited intelligence , eating human flesh, killed by destroying brain, spread by biting etc.
Technical conventions : Mise-en-scene Props and costume, use of camera and editing, colour and lighting, music and sound . ( e.g guns, uniform, closeups, establishing shots, fast cuts, zooms and fades, use of colour red, sound effects, soundtrack etc. )
Themes
Emotional themes and social issues raised , dealt with and referred to in the films.
e.g family relationships , the breakdown of society, trust, the failure of authority, friendship,love, the role of women in society, human greed, survival of the fittest , the morality of murder, attitudes to death etc.
Emotional themes and social issues raised , dealt with and referred to in the films.
e.g family relationships , the breakdown of society, trust, the failure of authority, friendship,love, the role of women in society, human greed, survival of the fittest , the morality of murder, attitudes to death etc.
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