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Shaun of the Dead, image - Coggle Diagram
Shaun of the Dead
Wright's ideologies
General British values
Slacker generation
Following Bloody Mary, Shaun and Ed choose to sit down and watch tv despite being in a time of crisis - clueless
Shaun sunken into the sofa reflects how he's struggling to escape the lifestyle of 30 something student adolescence
stoicism, pretending apocalypse isn't happening
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post modernism
revisionist = interpretation, recasting or questioning of the original genre
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self aware, knows it's a film and references other films with intertextual references
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Narrative Theory
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Vladimir Propp, Proppian character archetypes
Hero, Villain, Princess, Donor, Helper, False hero
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Claude Levi Strauss
Binary opposition
Pete the antithesis to Ed, sloppy vs clean shaven
Twin shot of both Shaun and Pete depicted in the mirror forces audiences to compare them as it swings back (convention of the horror genre). Foreshadows Pete's fate as a zombie and the threat he will pose, his body language and facial expression (stern with arms crossed) signal authority and anger
During the first zombie interaction, Shaun's first reaction is to follow the news advice cementing his position as a lifeless office drone obedient to authority. Ed immediately dismisses this saying 'fuck the man' - rebellious
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