shaun of the dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfDUv3ZjH2k

Shaun of the dead is a horror comedy and it also a spoof. This is a spoof movie which means it makes a serious movie, or takes another storyline and makes it funny. It was released in 2004, and it was written by Simon Pegg and nick Frost who also started init. Simon Pegg and nick Frost are known as two of the best British movie comedians, they have also stared in there one TV show called ‘spaced; and have been in numerous TV and shows. There where many things which made this movie popular including the unique idea, the actors and the humour which is used.

The genre for the movie is horror comedy. Many things in the trailer show that it’s going to be a horror comedy. Such thing as the mise en scene the setting and lighting help suggest the genre, but the 2 main ones are the props and sound.

The lighting in this trailer is very important. The trailer contains more low key lighting then high key lighting these are used for dramatic affect. When there inside such as the apartment at the beginning they have low key lighting which would give the apartment brighter look then it should be, also the shadows are purposely put those places to show they features of the people/zombies faces. In the pub low key lighting is used again, this is more a dramatic affect. The pub is dark but just enough light to see everything, the reason this is done is to give an atmosphere and make the movie a bit spooky so this shows the genre is going to contain horror. There are many outdoor scenes in the trailer and there all contain high key lighting. When the zombies are always in the shadow while the main characters and the other characters are always in the light outside.

There are many things which contain representation in the movie. One thing is the lighting outside. The zombies are in the dark while the humans are in the light, which shows good vs. evil, also because there is more darkness then light this could show that evil is overtaking the light. Other scene is when Shaun is running in the dark with a cricket bat fighting his way trough, this could show the only way to beat the evil is fight you way trough.

The setting for this movie is nothing special; it looks like it has been shot in any regular place. It’s in a posh area, not to posh. Its looks like it shot in London or the area is London defiantly shot in the UK. The flat used in the trailer is a typical flat nothing special about it only it’s a bit dirty. Also outside there nothing really unique it looks like normal outdoor scenery with normal background. All the shops and the pub look normal and there nothing different about it.