zombie film presentation

1. Zombie films

2. Narrative -
• White zombie (1932) - is about a women who on her wedding night is
turned into a zombie by a voodoo master, and after finding out she isn’t
dead her husband sets out to find her.
• Zombies on Broadway (1945)– two agents, search for a zombie after
being ordered to by their old gangsta boss’ new club.
• Night of the zombies (1981) – Investigators look into the disappearance of
soldiers bodies. Two men are found dead by the CIA and rumours of
zombies begin to appear.
• Zombie diaries(2006's) – A deadly virus is spreading over the population,
the population starts turning into zombies, includes documentaries of the
last days of the apocalypse.

3. Iconography –
• white zombie (1932) - uses props such as a coffin, guns and a knife,
and also the setting of a grave yard.
• Zombies on Broadway (1945)- All white outfits, suits and hat. Mist
and dark setting. Shovel, graveyard and science lab equipment.
• Night of the zombies (1981) –Guns, smoke bombs, helmets, ripped
clothes, blood.
• Zombie diaries (2006) – normal people documentaries, modern,
cars, trucks, spotlights, guns.

4. Characters -
• White zombie (1932) - There is a protagonist and an antagonist, one
of which is a victim. There are 5 main characters.
• Zombies on Broadway (1945) - Two press agents, a boss who would
be the antagonist and a zombie.
• Night of the zombies (1981) – The investigators, the missing soldiers
who would be the victims, and the zombies who would be the
antagonists.
• Zombie diaries (2006) – As the whole planet becomes infected with
this virus they become the victims of this films. However there are
some survivors and some more survivors who are then attacked.

5. Setting -
• white zombie (1932) - this film is set in America, during the night
time. the scenes are set in spooky buildings such as the vampires
house, a church and outside in the graveyard.
• Zombies on Broadway (1945)- Is set in America, at a night club and
then they head to a Caribbean island.
• Night of the zombies (1981) – the film starts of being set in a small
native village and then they move through New Guinea jungle.
• Zombie diaries (2006) – this film is set in England, more specifically
the city of London, and then they move into the countryside.

6. Style -
• White zombie (1932) – This film is in black and white. It includes non
diegetic and diegetic sounds, the non diegetic sound includes a male
voice over, with the occasional eerie music. The diegetic sound is
screaming of the characters and sounds of objects.
• Zombies on Broadway (1945)-This film is in black and white.
• Night of the zombies (1981) – This film is in colour.
• Zombie diaries (2006) –This film is in colour. It is in the style of a
documentary and the camera is constantly cutting from
documentary to shots of the zombies attacking.