2. Zombie Land
• 1 – flag symbolizes normality and regular society. A medium shot.
• 2- we see guns, foreshadowing violence and provides connotations of
genre, action.
• 3- ELS lady flying through air, comical, adds to what the genre is
• 4- the way in which the writing is written in tire tracks is clever as its on
the road. The red of the font is the same as blood.
• 5- close up of a zombies face, horror, zombie film.
• 6- a shot looking at the earth, allows the audience to know what is going
on, on a large scale.
• 7- shows comedy in an ironic way, as weddings are a time of getting close
together, and the zombie wife is attacking her spouse. This foreshadows
the apparent deterioration of society.
4. Shaun of the Dead
• 1- shot of his feet, we hear zombie noises. This is comedic as it is just him
waking up slowly. Foreshadows the zombie theme
• 2- we see the second character, we can assume they are friends as they
live with each other
• 3- extreme long shot, we see a suburb village.
• 4- lots of common people, showing a normal town. Which gives a sense of
normalness when the film is about zombies, “the calm before the storm.”
• 5- a group of people walking like zombies, foreshadows zombies. With the
writing on the floor draws the audiences eyes towards it.
6. Lesbian vampire killers
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1- smoky scene, mysterious. Establishing shot provides connotations of what
the film may be about.
2- spooky medium shot of a man using which craft, vials in background
symbolize magic and creates an eerie shot setting us up for a ghostly and
paranormal film.
3- this is prologue of the film, providing the audience of extra information
before the film starts, so we can remember back to this later on in the film.
4- we see the main character in a medium shot for the first time. He is just
sitting on a sofa, showing he is a normal guy. An unbuttoned shirt, he way
have just come from work.
5- red rwriting connotes blood death and horror.
6- I like the way in which the characters and actors are shown, in a still of them
from further on in the film which a block colour background, the sketchy
writing follows the rest of the titles, but as they are charaters name they are
only white.
8. safe
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1- establishing shot, ms of train station that shows the protagionist, which is a little girl.
Introducing the main character without seeing her face adds a sense of mystery and
ambiguity.
2- This screenshot shows the main title being in a bold captial writing. The colours being
black and white could suggest the idea of crime.
3- The close up a man picking up the little girl and still without the protagionist face
continues to add a sense of mystery.
4- close up of face, grey hair shows he is old and wise. He is sitting behind a desk we get a
stereotype of a mafia boss.
5- he has lots of tattoos on his fingers, this shows he is in a gang and a bad character.
6- In this close up shot you can see only half of the protagionist’s face which continues to add
to the sense of mystery. Also seeing maths on the board gvies the audience the first clue that
she is good with numbers. Also the titles show a event that happened in the past giving to
audience some more knowledge and background information about the main girl character.
7- In the long shot we can see the little girl in class with her peers and it also shows the
height difference her and her teacher showing that he is older and clearly a authority figure.
However, with her speech it is clear that she is very clever and clearly a genius in maths and
therefore showing again about her ability.
8- This medium shot of the ‘hero’ shows him a fit state of health and suggesting that he is a
strong character.
10. Pineapple Express
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1- establishing shot in black & white connotes the idea of it being an event in the
past and the old fashioned car also adds to this effect.
2- This long shot of people getting into the unground lab adds a sense of mystery
and makes the audience what they are doing
3- this medium shot shows the lab coat showing that he is a doctor and
authoritative figure.
4- the close up of the guy smoking shows his facial expression after he has taken
the drugs.
5- the medium shot of the man in the arm coat and the eye match connotes the
idea of a ‘bad guy’ but also authoritative figure as well, even more than the doctor.
6- It is the first suggested of the genre which is comedy
7- the long establishing shot where the study is taking place reminds the audience
that they are underground.
8- in this shot we can again seeing a character is smoking a joint and the title is
written in a bubbly and yellow font. The yellow has common connations of
happiness which is a side effect of the drug they are taking so this adds to the
genre of comedy. We have also gone to colour suggesting this is present day.
9 & 10- The titles in this screenshot also are written in yellow font which again
connotes happiness.
