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Shaun of the Dead Context Flashcards

1
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Essence of postmodern text

What is intertextuality

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referencing other cultural products, such as film

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Essence of postmodern text

What is self-referential

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referencing the filmmaking process through such techniques as breaking the 4th wall

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Essence of postmodern text

What is randomness

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abrupt juxtaposition or non-sequiturs

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Essence of postmodern text

What is artifice or style over substance

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depth of meaning is lost beneath technique

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Essence of postmodern text

What is playfulness or surfaces over depth

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a reluctance to treat the project seriously

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Essence of postmodern text

What is fragmentation of time and space and personal identity

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people and places become transferrable or unhinged from temporary notions of concrete identity. Making the film ahistorical, almost existing beyond any specific cultural context

social realist films are the opposite

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Essence of postmodern text

What are copying, pastiche or homage

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explicit recreation of cultural products such as scenes or lines from a film

a parody forms when this is at its extreme form

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Essence of postmodern text

What is pastiche

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copying style to a different effect

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Essence of postmodern text

What is a homage

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paying respect to a film

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Essence of postmodern text

What is irony

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tongue-in-cheek approach to the narrative and character and theme

tongue-in-cheek= something intended to be understood as a joke but can appear serious

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11
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Institutional

Who distributed SotD

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Universal

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Institutional

Who produced SotD

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Big Talk Productions

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13
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Institutional

What else did BigTalk Productions produce

3 points

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Spaced; Black Books; the Cornetto Trilogy

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14
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Institutional

What was the budget

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$6 million

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15
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Institutional

What was the worldwide Box Office

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$30 million

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16
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Institutional

Why was there controversey around the 15 certificate rating by the BBFC

4 points

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gore; violence; fuck said 70 times; cunt said at 01:59

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17
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Historical

What is SotD a homage to

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George Romero’s zombie films

i.e. Dawn of the Dead

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18
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Historical

What did Italian zombie films inspire

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sound design

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Historical

What movies are referenced

2 points

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The Deer Hunter (1979, Michael Cimino); Every Which Way But Loose (1978, James Fargo)

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20
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Political

What is reflected through the films anarchic tone

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aftermath of 9/11

21
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Political

What is the significance of the phrase “Wait for the whole thing to blow over”

Shaun said this

A

Many in the Western World wanted to return to the status quo

22
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Political

How is 9/11 shown

4 points

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London is apocalyptic; anarchy; individual cooperation required first; late arrival of government

23
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Social

What can the film be seen as

A

a satire of modern UK life

24
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Social

What is the significance of Yvonne

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Played by Spaced co-writer Jessica Stevenson

25
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what could Shaun of the Dead be studied for instead of an ideological critical approach

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  1. genre
  2. narrative (character arc)
  3. screenplay
26
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how is setting used in SotD’s narrative to reinforce the ideology

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  1. live in a typical student accommodation (no financial means for independence)
  2. always in the Winchester (unable to grow up)
27
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how is décor used in SotD to suggest that Shaun’s masculinity is in crisis

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surrounded by sweet wrappers, cans, soft drug paraphernalia

28
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how is Shaun’s crisis in masculinity reinforced through costume

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work clothes draw attention to his low paid job (sales assistant)(metaphor for lack of ambition and career aspiration)

29
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what props are used in SotD to bring humour to the narrative

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mug tree, records, and linen basket to deal with zombies in the garden

30
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what is significant about Wright’s editing style

A

dramatic sense of pace is employed using
1. flashbacks/forwards
2. montage
3. cross-cutting
4. elliptical editing

31
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How is Shaun’s masculinity initially represented as weak

A

he is unaware of the crisis and doesn’t act like other zombie movie action heroes

32
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how is Shaun’s masculinity in a crisis

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  1. he is unambitious
  2. Liz leaves him
  3. no special qualities or abilities
33
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what does Philip say that metaphorically passes the role of traditional masculinity onto Shaun

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  1. “just take care of your mum”
  2. “I always loved you”
34
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what does Shaun say to Ed which demonstrates a representation of traditional masculinity in the Arrival to the Winchester scene

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“You stupid moron” after slapping his phone out of his hand

35
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what style of narrative is employed in SotD

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linear narrative focusing on Shaun’s maturity

36
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how does the narrative begin in a state of equilibrium in SotD (expositon)

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Shaun is complacent with his mundane life in the Winchester

37
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how is the narrative disrupted in SotD (conflict)

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Liz dumps him and the zombie apocalypse begins

38
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when does recognition take place in SotD

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during the Girl in the Garden scene

39
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how is there an attempt to restore equilibrium in SotD (rising action)

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through his quest to save Mum and Liz and get to the Winchester

40
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how does the narrative return to a new state of equilibrium (falling action and resolution)

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Shaun and Liz live together and have a complacent life

41
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where is the climax in SotD

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When the zombies break into the Winchester and the military intervene

42
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who are the villains (evil character that creates struggle) in SotD

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  1. zombies
  2. Shaun (internally)
  3. Ed (through immaturity)
  4. David
43
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who are the dispatchers (illustrates the need for the hero’s quest and send the hero off) in SotD

A
  1. Mary
  2. TV/news
  3. Philip when he dies
  4. Shaun and Ed (motivation)
44
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who are the helpers (magical entity that comes to help the hero in their quest) in SotD

A

Ed and Liz

45
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who are the donors (prepares the hero or gives the hero a magical object, may test them) in SotD

A

Ed and Philip

46
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who are the heroes (reacts to the dispatcher and donor, defeating the villain, wedding the princess) in SotD

A

Shaun and the military

47
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who are the false heroes (takes credit for the heroes’ actions or tries to marry the princess) in SotD

A

David, the military and Shaun’s false conciousness

48
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how is Shaun’s masculinity in crisis shown

A
  1. stuck in a dead end job
  2. living in a shared home
  3. failing relationship with Liz

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