1. Film title: This is the End
Director: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan
Year: 2013
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
Area of Analysis
Codes and conventions
Setting
Character
Themes
Narrative
Example
Technical feature (Camera/sound/mise en scene/
editing)
Conforms to genre? Y/N
Breaks conformity? Y/N
If yes, how?
Props: - Guns
Axe
Alcohol
Drugs
Food
Water
Mise en scene
Yes
In a survival film, there aren’t
drugs or alcohol.
James Franco’s house
Posh, rich house.
L.A
Mise en scene/Camera
Yes
Actors playing themselves:
_ James Franco
_ Seth Rogan
- Jonah Hill
- Danny McBride
- Craig Robinson
Mise en scene/Sound/Editing/Camera
No
Actors don’t usually play
themselves in films.
Survival.
Being responsible for their
mistakes in the past.
Satire – taking the mick out of
films they’ve been in, and of
other apocalypse films
Mise en scene/Editing/Camera/Sound
Yes
Mentioning other films in a film
isn’t usually expected in
thriller/horror films.
Conventional linear Narrative –
Straight forward story,
‘Beginning, middle and end’
Fragmented Narrative
Mise en scene/Editing
Yes
Mise en scene/Editing
No
No
No
Go’s to filming a video camera
when they do a short film based

2. on a sequel to one of their films.
Iconography
Ideological message
Final Girl – Emma Watson
Props – Guns
Knives
Food
Drink
Drugs
Alcohol
Crucifix
Mise en scene
Being responsible for their
mistakes in the past.
Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Alcohol and drugs aren’t usually
shown in horror/thriller films