Apocalypse

In the opening sequence of the 1979 film, Apocalypse Now, the technique of double exposing film is used repeatedly. The origins of the technique date back to early photographers in the late 1800’s and the technique was translated into filmmaking very soon after the birth of cinema. The first use of the double exposure in film was in The Great Train Robbery, which was released in 1903, but the technique exploded in the 1920’s when cinema became a more well-known art form. The double exposure…

Obama’s Rhetoric: Post-9/11, Post-Zombie Apocalypse and Foreign Policy Apologia”, written by Olivia Miller from Colorado State University. The paper was an attempt to identify and explain the relationship between Post-zombie apocalypse narrative structure found in zombie media text like The Walking Dead, and president Obama’s foreign policy apologia speeches. The reason that post-zombie apocalypse was chosen over the zombie apocalypse is because post-zombie apocalypse is concern more with…

“World War Z” is made up completely by the word of the people surviving first hand the zombie apocalypse. With our trust in the narrator and interviewer, we trust that the information we’re getting is truthful and honest, but still some of the information may be expanded or pulled way out of proportion that it’s not reasonable anymore. A good example…

and situations shoved inside an imaginary folder in his mind. The apocalypse was the first thing filed in "this", and it had only really begun three or so years ago - Elias couldn't remember exactly when. The brunette never really had a calendar or a watch, as that was what his phone was for. Unfortunately, said phone had been dead, without a charger, and lost in God knows where for a good few months. Phones aside, the apocalypse was still crap. It was nothing like the shows Eli had watched at…

first must find an adequate water source. The easiest and safest form of water is bottled water, should there be any unopened bottles left to find. It has already been purified and does not require the following steps. Unfortunately, in the zombie apocalypse there are many other scavengers looking for supplies, so the chances of finding enough, if any, to keep a steady supply are very slim. The only choice left is to find water from other sources. When choosing water sources, those inside the…

our post-modern civilisation and what it has become; through a dramatic cinematic view. Adapting a textual analysis of George Ramiro’s Dawn of the dead (1978), and Jonathan Levine’s Warm bodies (2013); these films use ideas of consumerism, Zombie Apocalypse, and discrimination which reflects the social anxieties which the non-infected characters within the film feel in real…

A zombie apocalypse suggests the end of humanity by humanity. Essentially zombies wound turn healthy people into zombies by eating their brains which would lead to a large population decrease. While this is far from reality we are still hardly equipped for this epidemic. Ali Kahn’s “Preparedness 101” and the “How to Survive Zombies” poster demonstrate this. As living human beings we are not prepared for a zombie apocalypse because all we know about zombies is what we learn from entertainment…

Surviving a zombie apocalypse is very terrifying and dangerous. First of all, if you’re going solo then you might have a greater chance of dying. But being alone is also better, when you have a scarce amount of food, then it might be better to be alone. Having more people with you though will decrease the possibility of getting bit or dying. When somebody is bitten by a zombie you are to kill them. Killing them will help you, so when they die they won’t become a zombie and murder you. So anyway,…

great lengths in order to survive when they are in dangerous situations. Making alliances, stealing, killing, and eating other people are some of the things that's the characters of “The Walking Dead” have to endure. The setting of the show is post apocalypse in the United States. Characters like Darryl, Rick, Carl, Michonne, Maggie, Glenn, and others formed an alliance so they can fight off the deadly zombies together. The will power of the group allowed them to keep on fighting and survive.…

to survive a zombie apocalypse if one were to occur without any giving notice? Zombies are defined to be relentlessly aggressive, reanimated human corpse driven by a biological infection (Staff, 2012). With just one bite a zombie could turn a human into one of them. The thought of zombies taking any part in this world may seem odd to some civilians but one can never be to cautious. It is better to be safe than sorry and be completely taken by surprise when a zombie apocalypse does occur. The…