An analysis of warm bodies which considers the effect of both macro and micro elements

2. Mise en Scene
 Deserted airport/ places-day/dark
 Bland/black colour/ red
 Basic clothes/ scruffy for zombies
 Zombie performance very stereotypical and reflects on zombie
ideology- slow movement, moaning sounds, deadly, inability to
communicate
 Set in a city, what looks like an airport, house and town
 Costume consists of casual, ragged, damaged clothes
 Make-up and costume on the living is simple to exaggerate dead-
looking zombies
 The colours and lighting is low-key, dark and mysterious
 During time he spends with girl gradual lighting change as he spends
more time with her
 Colours- red and white colour scheme (e.g. red car) to reflect on death
and danger of zombies, and purity and innocence of the love theme

3. Camerawork
 Close up to see facial expressions when attacking
 Establishing shot- set the setting of film –airport
 High angle- show that they are inferior and in danger
 Use of Mid shots, close ups, over the shoulder, extreme close ups, long
shots and establishing shots throughout
 High angle, extreme long shot when passing plane (16 seconds) and
Long shot when walking past evolution poster (20 seconds) to show the
emptiness around him and therefore the extent of his isolation
 Behind shot of girl when taking her clothes off with a bright light
coming from the window, to show that she is idealised in his eyes

4. Editing
 Fast pace at start creating a sense of urgency,
action, adrenaline, excitement and danger
 Slower pace at end to reflect on romantic theme
 Slow motion when fall in love to reflect on
intimate moment
 Montage of clips- best bits
 Pause on frame of wrist watch
 Fade to black when attacking to symbolise
death
 Clips in chronological order
 Strong focus on female character creating a
sense of mystery and suspense

5. Sound Voice over of human leader at the start intensifies the action as it is very deep and
serious
 Old fashioned music when protagonist falls in love and girl is first introduced
 The dark sinister music at the start creates an expectation that the zombies will be
scary, this is later contradicted when we are introduced to the main characters,
adding comedy to the trailer
 Sound quick at start to compliment editing of trailer as it is of a fast pace also
 Voiceover during titles spoken in a low pitch to dramatize
 Dialogue between father and daughter
 Heartbeat sound effect with love song further echoing the theme of romance
 Protagonists conscience voiceover to reflect on his point of view
 Pop music in the middle creates a light-hearted tone
 Gun shots during slow motion clip

6. Credits and titles
 Red background with large white writing could symbolise
love and death
 Release date at the end so it sticks in the viewers memory
 #warm bodies and a Facebook page to generate a larger fan
base
 Basic titles only, release date and title of film so they are
easy to read and remember

7. Genre
 The dramatic sound at the start reflects on the thriller genre
 Then the upbeat, happy music in the middle and end
reflects on the romantic and comedy genre
 Low key lighting is conventional for a horror genre

8. Narrative
 The voiceover of R implies the narrative of the film
 Red and white theme throughout to reflect on danger and
deadliness of narrative but also the purity and innocence of
his true intentions

9. Representation
 Representing relatable and plausible setting of an airport
 Performance of the zombies represents them as stereotypes- slow
movement , however R is represented as being different from the
other through the use of voiceover about his conflicting feelings of
killing the living
 Close-ups in camerawork and close proxemics establishes
romantic relationship between two main characters
 Fast paced editing at start represents the zombies as aggressive
 Shot reverse shot in camerawork implies close relationship
between two protagonists

10. Audience
 A target audience of young people is implied in the use of a
young narrative and modern songs

11. USP (unique selling point)
 Genre- USP- combination of romance, comedy and zombies
is unusual