SOTD and narrative

• SOTD - Explore how narratives of the films you have studied influence your response to key characters

  Binary opposition - Shaun vs the Zombies - demonstrated through the symbolic symbol of Shaun removing of the prop of the nametag
• SOTD - Explore how narratives of the films you have studied influence your response to key characters 


  Phantom flashforward - Represents Shaun as a classic proppian hero. Dialogue reveals Shaun's plan and ability to adapt. The phantom flashforward acts as a visual aid to spectators and Shaun's ability to visualise solutions. Shaun is now a leader, when before he wasn't, as seen in the TV Shop - dialogue of co-worker "I was munted last night"
• SOTD - Explore how narratives of the films you have studied influence your response to key characters

  Wright's use of a cyclical narrative may again shift spectators response to Shaun - whilst the mise-en-scene of the room has changed, Shaun trades one set of dominant hedgenomic values for another. Shaun and Liz both agree to read the Sundays, and then have lunch at the Winchester, arguably a more middle class state of zombification. Also seen through Shaun playing games with zombified Ed - has he really undergone transformation?
• SOTD and genre 


  The use of homage of the horror genre. For example, when Shaun wakes up there is a camera tilting up from his feet to show his face which fools the spectator into thinking that he is a zombie + diegetic sound of him yawning helps this idea. A classic horror jump scare occurs using music and the classic mirror shot when Pete is revealed as a zombie. Gory aerial shots of David getting eaten by the zombies are all familiar tropes. Wright is commenting on society being monstrous even before the apocalypse.