Summary Shaun of the Dead Flashcards - Film Studies A Level Eduqas Revision

Shaun of the Dead - Flashcards

Who directed Shaun of the Dead and in Edgar Wright, 2004
what year?
Who plays Shaun? Simon Pegg
Who plays Ed? Nick Frost
Who plays Liz? Kate Ashfield
Who was the cinematographer? Dunlap
Who was the editor? Dickens
Is Wright more focused on story or style? Style
What are some of Wright’s other works? - Mint Royale music video
- Baby Driver (2017)
- Spaced
- Scot Pilgrim
- Last Night in Soho
How can Baby Driver’s style link to Shaun It’s opening sequence is in time with the
of the Dead? music
Which episode of Spaced served as Season 1, episode 3 (Simon Pegg and Nick
inspiration for Shaun of the Dead? Frost, includes video games, zombies,
word play, crash zooms, whip pans,
comedy from ‘British-ness’
Who is the classic zombie film director and George Romero
what are his zombie films? - Night of the living dead (1968)
- Dawn of the dead (1978)
- The day of the dead (1985)
What film is Shaun of the Dead’s title Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978)
inspired by?
What are some typical zombie film - Cannibalism
conventions? - Dead people coming back to life
- Low budget
- Gory special effects
- The audience never knows why the
apocalypse began
- Band of survivors forced together (a
microcosm of society that clashes,
heroes and villains)
- Zombies are slow, mindless
- Criticism of society?
What are some references to zombie - Dawn of the dead title inspiration
films?
- Music at the start if from dawn of
the dead