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Zombie Conventions Research 
Judy Ibelgauptiene
Stereotypical Characters 
• Leader 
• Children 
• Betrayer 
• Human sacrifice 
• Eye candy 
• Nerd 
• Monoric
Conventions 
• Isolation 
• Unaware of disease 
• Apocalyptic world (deserted, dirty, trashed) 
• Contrast between slow and fast editing 
• Urban locations 
• Kill zombies by shooting in the head 
• About survival not going around killing all the zombies 
• Person emotionally attached to one of the zombies and 
doesn’t want to kill them 
• The person that loves killing zombies
Conventional Props: 
• Blood 
• Heavy Gory make up 
• Weapons (eg: guns, knives, baseball bats) 
• Brains 
Conventional Locations: 
• Mall 
• Farmhouse 
• Home 
• Desert 
• Secluded Cabin 
• Desolate suburban
Endings 
- Cliffhangers 
- Everyone dies 
- Zombies killed 
- Zombies cured

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Zombie conventions

  • 1. Zombie Conventions Research Judy Ibelgauptiene
  • 2. Stereotypical Characters • Leader • Children • Betrayer • Human sacrifice • Eye candy • Nerd • Monoric
  • 3. Conventions • Isolation • Unaware of disease • Apocalyptic world (deserted, dirty, trashed) • Contrast between slow and fast editing • Urban locations • Kill zombies by shooting in the head • About survival not going around killing all the zombies • Person emotionally attached to one of the zombies and doesn’t want to kill them • The person that loves killing zombies
  • 4. Conventional Props: • Blood • Heavy Gory make up • Weapons (eg: guns, knives, baseball bats) • Brains Conventional Locations: • Mall • Farmhouse • Home • Desert • Secluded Cabin • Desolate suburban
  • 5. Endings - Cliffhangers - Everyone dies - Zombies killed - Zombies cured