Ealing Studios: a film studio established at Ealing, London, in 1931 most famous for series of low-budget, distinctly British comedies in the immediate post-war period.
‘Shaun of the Dead’ was produced in Ealing studios, this links with the institution. It reinforces the low-budget-ness of the film.
Feeding Frenzy: a term derived from the practise of fish or predator animals rushing to the smell of blood in order to partake of a kill.
Feeding frenzy also applies to zombies as they too rush to the smell of blood, or a person who is not yet dead.
Genre Theory: an explanation of the role played by genre in differentiating media texts and aligning audiences.
My question refers to the zombie genre and the genre theory will allow me to see the conventions used in the genre and audiences associated with it.
Horror: describes a film genre which aims to frighten the audience
Horror film narratives work on basic human fears: of the dark, of the alien and unknown, of death and the supernatural, of being alone, of other people, of insanity, of extreme violence, of sexual abuse.
George Romero’s films are considered to be of the horror genre and works on the basic human fear of death, being undead.
Hybrid: a cross between one film genre and another.
My main text is a hybrid of romance, comedy and zombie.
Intertextuality: the practise of deliberately including references to one text in the narrative of another, either as homage to the text referred to or as a device intended to engage the interest of the audience by appealing to their prior knowledge and experience of media texts.
Shaun of the Dead has intertextuality mainly with Romero’s Night, Dawn and Day of the living Dead. Such as 'Foree Electronics', Shaun's workplace, being a reference to Ken Foree, a star of Dawn of the Dead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_of_the_Dead#References
The film uses intertextuality from Spaced as well as the obvious Romero trilogy.
Zombie Movie: a horror subgenre in which the living are plagued by armies of the living dead who usually survive by devouring the living
Both Shaun of the Dead and the Romero trilogy are all considered as zombie movies as they have the living dead.
‘Shaun of the Dead’ was produced in Ealing studios, this links with the institution. It reinforces the low-budget-ness of the film.
Feeding Frenzy: a term derived from the practise of fish or predator animals rushing to the smell of blood in order to partake of a kill.
Feeding frenzy also applies to zombies as they too rush to the smell of blood, or a person who is not yet dead.
Genre Theory: an explanation of the role played by genre in differentiating media texts and aligning audiences.
My question refers to the zombie genre and the genre theory will allow me to see the conventions used in the genre and audiences associated with it.
Horror: describes a film genre which aims to frighten the audience
Horror film narratives work on basic human fears: of the dark, of the alien and unknown, of death and the supernatural, of being alone, of other people, of insanity, of extreme violence, of sexual abuse.
George Romero’s films are considered to be of the horror genre and works on the basic human fear of death, being undead.
Hybrid: a cross between one film genre and another.
My main text is a hybrid of romance, comedy and zombie.
Intertextuality: the practise of deliberately including references to one text in the narrative of another, either as homage to the text referred to or as a device intended to engage the interest of the audience by appealing to their prior knowledge and experience of media texts.
Shaun of the Dead has intertextuality mainly with Romero’s Night, Dawn and Day of the living Dead. Such as 'Foree Electronics', Shaun's workplace, being a reference to Ken Foree, a star of Dawn of the Dead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_of_the_Dead#References
The film uses intertextuality from Spaced as well as the obvious Romero trilogy.
Zombie Movie: a horror subgenre in which the living are plagued by armies of the living dead who usually survive by devouring the living
Both Shaun of the Dead and the Romero trilogy are all considered as zombie movies as they have the living dead.
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