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Zombie Horror Films

Presented by Teri C. and Becca C . . Zombie Horror Films. Common Settings . Desolate towns  Medical Buildings  City streets  Science Exploratory Buildings  Condemned Sites  Rural areas: woods, farms Nighttime or during storms. Characters. The Undead  Surviors

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Zombie Horror Films

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  1. Presented by Teri C. and Becca C. Zombie Horror Films

  2. Common Settings • Desolate towns  • Medical Buildings  • City streets  • Science Exploratory Buildings  • Condemned Sites  • Rural areas: woods, farms • Nighttime or during storms

  3. Characters • The Undead  • Surviors • Leader of the group/ hero that tries to keep everybody alive  • Government Organizations • Scientists • Voodoo priest/priestess (Only in certain types of zombie films)

  4. Notable Actors • Bela Lugosi  • Madge Bellamy  • Duane Jones • Judith O'Dea  • Sarah Polley • MekhiPhifer

  5. Story Lines • Zombie Attacks  • The Apocalypse • Viral Outbreak that causes people to become infected and causes them to be quarantined. Quarantine is always broken. • Often follow a group of survivors as they attempt to make it through what is left of their world

  6. Common Scenes • Chases • Fights • Gore  • Attacks/ Invasions  • Anticipation (Survivors waiting for the next attack, generally cued by dramatic music)

  7. Iconography • Brains  • Shovels  • Cemeteries • Blood • Severed limbs  • Weapons  • Dirt  • Dilapidated Buildings  • And of course, Zombies!

  8. Visual Style • Grungy, dark lighting and filters • Claustrophobic Shots  • Apocalyptic (High angles of decimated cities, shots of deserted streets, etc.)  • Low angle power shots of heroes, especially the Leader  

  9. Soundtrack • Generally the soundtrack is parallel to the mood of the movie; if the zombies are about to attack the music picks up to increase a feeling of creepiness or dread • If there is a fight scene between two parties then the music gets the audience pumped by upping the tempo  • Instrumental sections beat parallel to the action of the scene

  10. Notable Films • Classic Films: Night of the Living Dead, White Zombie  • Modern Films: Dawn of the Dead (2004), Resident Evil, Doom, Silent Hill, and many others.

  11. Film Clips  White Zombie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoGrPDP-aAQ Night of the Living Dead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxME9TeoxyQ Dawn of the Dead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LUzJAsa-gg

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