World war Z -
This is a film that focuses on one family but focusing more on Brad Pitt. It all starts off in a traffic jam mayhem where it is surrounded by police and helicopters etc. Then a loud bang and the area surrounded by zombies and then civilians run left, right and center and Brad Pitt finds away of dodging the zombies and with Brads previous job he has contacts that helps get out of trouble and in to a safe area with the sole task of finding an antidote. When the zombies bite a human the human turns into a zombie.
This will relate to us for the look of the zombies. We will try to create a zombie that looks like them as or as close as possible to them because they can be easily reconstructed with make-up. An example-
The crazies -
This is a film about the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. With Family, friends and neighbors killing each other.
This could relate to us because are thinking of using contaminated water supply of spreading the disease, with slightly changing the focus on bottled water.
Characters
From the research i have done, i have found that there are certain types of characters that are found in zombie films. In all zombie films there is always 1 group of people who survive and work together to escape the zombies, In this group there is always at least one male and one female and usually a couple of kids. The dominant leader of the group is always the male character and he usually leads to being the main character, which means he is the one that protects the group the best. The female character is usually who scares very easy and is the one always standing near the children, like the kids first line of protection.
Mise-en-scene
Settings - In all the zombie films the settings are usually ends up as a deserted town, which has been smashed up and riddled by zombies, Usually there are forests and places that are usually packed with people.
Lighting - Lighting is mainly dark which adds suspense are increases the scariness feeling. There is always flashes of light which gives you better view of the zombies, this makes the viewers jump and again add to the suspense.
Clothing - This is always just casual every day cloths because it needs to look natural and not pre-meditated. All clothing will usually have blood on the clothing.
Make up - In zombie films this is the biggest factor of making the film successful. This makes the zombies seem very realistic because it makes the faces of the zombies distorted, pale and with blood all over them.
Props - In every zombie film there is always guns, axes, knives, helicopters and cars.
Iconography
This includes blood, guns, detached body parts, living dead (zombies), a killer virus and a 'safe haven' where all the survivors are trying to get to.
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