https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om Key Features/Micro Elements - Sound, Cinematography, Editing, Performance and Mise-en-Scene - Narrative and Ideology en-us 2018-05-10 13:49:16 UTC 2025-04-24 07:05:36 UTC hello@padlet.com miarhodes12 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259621755 Shaun's feet are shown in the morning in pjs, stepping very robotically and slowly, which is a direct reference to zombies. His general morning state is very zombified and effectively brings in the comedy aspect of the film. ]]> 2018-05-10 14:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259621755 miarhodes12 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259623152 Shaun and  Liz are talking whilst Ed is seen in the background swearing. She is trying to connect with him but it's clear they have no privacy and they repeat " yeah its not that we don't like you Ed" which shows already that Ed is indirectly involved in their relationship, almost as a symbol of the fact that everything has to be repeated to Shaun because he doesn't get how to properly cooperate with Liz in a relationship. Also that Shaun's world revolves more around his mates and the pub than his girlfriend, and sitting in the pub to discuss their issues demonstrates how disorderly his priorities are. The positioning of the characters a few frames on also shows Dianne and David in the middle, they are yet another obstacle standing between them.  ]]> 2018-05-10 14:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259623152 krobbo1031 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259624295 we first see shaun in a close up looking directly at us and breaking the 4th wall. this gives us an instant connection to shaun. this mixed with the shallow focus of the shot signifies to us that the character we are looking at is essential to the plot. ]]> 2018-05-10 14:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259624295 shakirahjelley https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259624299 The location of the opening sequence is in a traditional parochial pub. We see this in the bar's counter and glasses in shallow focus, setting the tone and nationality of the film. The opening shot is of Shaun looking at the camera, which is a demonstration of breaking the 4th wall and is an element of postmodernity. He is smoking as well as drinking which sets the time period for the entire film. When considering the time period and place, we could expect to see British values, ideologies and identities represented in the rest of the narrative]]> 2018-05-10 14:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259624299 abbigail_byrne https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259628455 within opening sequence we see liz and Shaun and how each character is within the relationship. Liz is the active role within the relationship because she actively seeks to alter the relationship to make it more exiting and so they can exclusively spend time together. Shaun is the passive role because he is quite happy to do the same thing over and over. this changes dramatically throughout the film because Shaun becomes the active one by trying to rekindle there relationship and leading the group of them into safety ]]> 2018-05-10 14:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259628455 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259628516 2018-05-10 14:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259628516 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259629339 2018-05-10 14:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259629339 nicole_shaw1 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259630797 Whilst Shaun and Liz are discussing the state of their relationship, the frame solely focuses on them however a whip pan is then used to show either one on each side of the table with Ed placed in the middle playing a game. This can reference to the fact that during their entire relationship, Ed is always in between the two; getting in the way which is also highlighted through the use of Ed's dialogue, constantly interrupting their conversation by swearing in between each their sentences. We can infer that although Shaun and Ed are supposedly best friends, Ed shows no remorse about how his actions may be interfering in Shaun's relationship thus only caring about himself and what he wants to do. Regardless, because of their friendship, Shaun is also reluctant to stop hanging out with him despite Liz's request for more privacy, defending the situation by revealing that Ed doesn't have many friends therefore showing that he cares more for him than Liz.]]> 2018-05-10 14:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259630797 krobbo1031 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259632275 during the opening pub scene when shaun and liz are talking ed throws pork snack at shaun and it expectantly hits shaun in the side of the face. this shows an audience is unaware and unready for surprises painting the picture that shaun is immature and is not the typical protagonist, this becomes even more clear later on in the film with the contrast of how me catches the pork snakes super hero style after we see his development into a strong leader. ]]> 2018-05-10 14:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259632275 shakirahjelley https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259633525 Shaun is dressed in his work clothes. It appears that he has traveled from his work place and gone straight to the pub to perhaps drink away his stress. He wears the same clothes in a vast proportion of the film apart from the morning scene and alternations to his work uniform, which emphasizes the mundane routine that people go through. His dress code also conveys his social class being working class, which juxtaposes with David and Dianne's dress codes as signifying them as middle class. They are not in their work uniforms like Shaun is, them and Liz all seem like they have made an effort. More of an effort than Shaun and Ed. This sets up a binary opposition between the characters from the beginning of the film, as Shaun of the Dead follows a lot of Shaun and Ed VS Liz and her friends as a narrative structure]]> 2018-05-10 14:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259633525 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259635133 2018-05-10 14:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259635133 krobbo1031 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259635156 in one of the opening shots when we are introduced to shauns best friend ed, ed is shown stood between shaun and liz in the fram. this is a subtle hint that ed stands between shaun and liz being a successful couple the fact that the character is stood facing the direction of shauns position in the frame shows he doesn't care for liz and is trying to be the centre of shauns attention ]]> 2018-05-10 14:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259635156 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259636590 2018-05-10 14:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259636590 krobbo1031 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259636832 during the opening scene the background characters such as the cashiers and the shopping trolly guy are shown as being slow and mindless just going about there meaningless jobs without thinking about the task at hand. this links the living with the dead and when the zombies are shown later on in the film they dont actually act that much different to their human counterparts. the binary opposition between living and dead is blured in this film as we see that the directors ideology is that there isnt that much of a difference 
  ]]> 2018-05-10 14:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259636832 abbigail_byrne https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259639747 the dong Ghost town was made in the early 80's. the music video depicts scenes of a empty London which is similar to later in the film when the characters try to navigate there way to the Winchester (minus the zombies)  The song lyrics warn the audience of urban decay, unemployment and violence. which are all aspects we see in the film ed is unemployed and Shaun doesn't have the greatest job we see this when he finds out he is doing the same job as a 17 year old, we see constant violence through out like when the characters fight off zombies and urban decay is an inevitable if the whole world is over run with zombies. Also during the time the song was released young people were under a lot of scrutiny for being "aimless" and "vacant". this is relevant because the characters would have been teenagers in the 80's and now they will have grown up with all these characteristics. we also see a large group of hooded teenagers walking as if they were already zombies ]]> 2018-05-10 14:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259639747 krobbo1031 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259640016 when shuan wakes up in the morning the first thing he does is pick up a controller and start playing a game with ed. he does this despite the fact that he has work, this shows the order of shauns priorities, he went for a controller before he even considered if he had work that day or not. due to shauns expression when ed asks if he has work we can see that Shaun doesn't enjoy what he does for a living and he would rather stay home with ed

]]> 2018-05-10 14:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259640016 nicole_shaw1 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259641237 When the opening scene begins, the audience hears a bell ring for final call therefore is one of the give away's that this scene is set within a pub. In addition, we can infer that this final call for orders is foreshadowing Shaun's final call with Liz - the already expected end of their relationship.]]> 2018-05-10 14:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259641237 krobbo1031 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259644042 in shauns from room the mise en scene is very busy. the room is crowded with empty bottles and food rappers. the director has tried to make shauns home look like a uni flat reflecting shaun and eds immaturity. the digetic sounds coming from the game console also support this representation of both shaun and ed. ]]> 2018-05-10 14:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259644042 nicole_shaw1 https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259646488 Liz is shown to be dressed in a dark blue top with dark blue eye make up which gives the audience connotations of sadness and despair. Due to this we can therefore imply that this is how she feels about her relationship with Shaun, linking to her complete dissatisfaction ]]> 2018-05-10 14:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259646488 shakirahjelley https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259649241 2018-05-10 14:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259649241 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259652890 It’s no secret that Shaun of the Dead owes a debt to the classic zombie films of George A. Romero. According to co-writer/director Edgar Wright, he and co-writer/star Simon Pegg first bonded while making the British TV series Asylum, when they discovered a mutual love for Dawn of the Dead. In crafting the tone of the film, Wright also drew inspiration from John Landis’ 1981 horror-comedy An American Werewolf in London, and Philip Kaufman’s 1978 production of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

]]> 2018-05-10 15:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259652890 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259653721 After they won over Romero with Shaun of the Dead, Pegg and Wright were both invited to cameo as zombies in Romero’s fourth Dead film, 2005’s Land of the Dead. They are both credited as “Photo Booth Zombie,” and can be glimpsed during a scene in which rich humans get their photos taken next to chained up zombies.]]> 2018-05-10 15:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259653721 shakirahjelley https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259653924 The fluid camera captures the mundane tasks of the individuals. As the shots smoothly transition into each other, we see "Mary" shot in a mid shot doing a boring store clerk job. This is the same woman who attacks Shaun and Ed in the garden and explicitly states that the film is self aware, nodding towards postmodernism]]> 2018-05-10 15:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259653924 stuartgrenvilleprice https://padlet.com/stuartgrenvilleprice/pbfg3vyuy3om/wish/259654183

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