More Research into Shaun Of The Dead
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.
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
Mise-en-sceneCostume, 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
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.
CAM SAMShots:
• 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.