Shaun of the Dead

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

video games was at 2nd highest revenue in 2004
people worked over 48 hours a week in 2003

Question 2

who made the film

Answer 2

Edgar Wright

Question 3

When was the film made

Answer 3

2004

Question 4

where was the film made

Answer 4

london around muswell hill, finsbury park

Question 5

Opening scene mise en scene

Answer 5

shot reverse shot at the pub
slow zoom out
pleonastic crunching
shallow focus behind Liz
‘things will change, i promise’
montage of the credit scene of working class workers
everyone is synchronised- zombie like
tilt up of Shaun walking through the door
red herring of shaun yawning
shauns hair is childish
shirt unbottoned
living room is messy: cans and pizza boxes, dull lighting, ill looking
shaun cannot climb the window
shauns walk to the shops and everything is normal

Question 6

awakening and the plan mise en scene

Answer 6

montage of the plan- too idealistic
flash forward of the plan
pete is dead ‘next time i see him he’s dead’ -Ed
bloody mary in the garden from the credit scene
oblivious
throwing the record players
bat shows strength as it is a close range weapon
shovel for Ed
Shaun and Ed close proximity on the sofa after Bloody mary
shauns walk to the shops and the town is slightly infested by zombies

Question 7

to the winchester mise en scene

Answer 7

philip is not dead yet
‘coming to get you barbara’ intertextuality from night of the living dead
hero’s journey
shaun can climb the window
shaun diverts zombies away
Yvonne and her group are the same as Ed and his group
Yvonne has a golf club
Ed takes a phone call- immaturity

Question 8

shauns last stand mise en scene

Answer 8

dont stop me now- queen, comedic
barbara is bitten
dont shoot my mum- intertextuality resevoir dogs
‘for a hero youre quite a hypocrite’ - David
Chekov’s gun for the model gun on the wall- it really works
david dies- intertextuality day of the dead