This document analyzes the mise-en-scene elements used in the 2004 zombie comedy film Shaun of the Dead. It discusses the locations, props, costumes, makeup, lighting, shots, angles, and movement used to portray the zombies realistically while still maintaining the film's comedic tone. Locations include normal everyday places like homes, shops, and workplaces. Props include records, bats, and phones used to fight or distract the zombies. Costumes have rips and blood to show damage while still being normal clothes. Lighting and color emphasize the danger and gore while keeping it understandable as a comedy. Shots include establishing shots of locations and various angles and movements to depict the zombies and action scenes

1. More Research into Shaun Of
The Dead

2. Mise-en-scene
Locations:
• A normal house on a
normal street.
• The local corner shop
• The local pub
• His workplace is again
very local at a
washing machine
seller.

3. Props:
• Vinyl records to be
used to defeat the
zombies.
• A bat to hit the
zombies with.
• A mobile phone-used
as a distraction
Mise-en-scene

4. Mise-en-scene
Costume, hair
and makeup:
• Work clothes for his
job.
• Everyone, even
zombies are wearing
normal clothes.
• The zombies clothes
have blood and rips
on them.
• Makeup- scars, blood,
missing limbs, sickly
faces.
• Hair-very messy for
the zombies

5. Mise-en-scene
Facial expressions:
• They look completely dead.
• no facial expressions.
• Stare blankly at everything.
Body Language:
• Limp walking style.
• Their limbs are constantly dragging behind
or beside them.
• The moan/grunt. Their only form of
communication.
Lighting:
• During the day most of the light is
natural.
• At night or on the zombies, it will
be darker to show that the zombies
are dangerous. However, it's not
too dark as this is still a comedy
horror.
Colour:
• The colours red and brown are
used a lot to show danger, death
and rotting.
• Blue highlights in lighting is used to
show the cold bloodedness of the
zombies.

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Shots:
• Establishing shots to show locations.
• Long shots used to show the body language
of the zombies.
• Wide/long shots used in the actions
scenes.
• Mid shots focus more on the costumes of
the zombies
• Close ups on facial expressions and makeup
to show the audience in more detail.
Angles:
• the use of some high angles to show that
the humans are more vulnerable when the
zombies are attacking.
• However, some low angles are used when
there is only one zombie against more
humans.
Movement:
• Tends to be slow during the beginning and
the monotonous parts of his life.
• Also slow when the zombies are walking to
mirror how slow they actually are.
• Movement speeds up when the
actions/attacking scenes come up.