Shaun Of The Dead Genre Analysis

In an interview with Chris Dickens (Editor of Shaun Of The Dead) Dickens states that when an editor is choosing shots they are choosing the shots they like. It is a matter of taste, but what creates that taste is the understanding of the meaning and purpose of that film in such detail that your choices are made with purpose that aids the film effectively (HDFilmtools, 2009). Dickens statement summarizes the importance of the knowledge behind filmmaking and how the editor needs to do research on the conventions of their genre as well as analyzing an editing pattern that they would like to use in order for the film to have a greater effect and drive the narrative within the film.

This essay will introduce the summary of our narrative of our term three project Brace Yourself, followed by an analysis of narrative, stylistic and thematic conventions used in zombie comedies, which is the genre that our third term …show more content…
In the beginning scenes of Shaun Of The Dead (2004) you are not thrown straight into the zombie apocalypse but instead you are thrown into a personal crisis or conflict (Fowler, 2015). This is used to create an understanding of the character as well as to create a slow build up to of tension.

The general driving force in the narrative of zombie comedy movies is the zombies, and either trying to wipe them out, finding a cure, trying to accomplish a task or just trying to survive. Characters are often trying to reunite with family or friends, or just something material, which has symbolic value to them. With in Brace Yourself, Annabelle’s drive is to get her braces taken off and this drive is caused by her lack of self-confidence and conformity towards societal norms. The zombie apocalypse causes conflict within Annabelle’s world prevented her from getting to her orthodontist appointment to get her braces taken