Shaun of the Dead poster

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Shaun of the Dead a British zombie horror comedy, Directed by Edgar White and written by the stars in the film, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, released  in 2004 in the first instalment of the three flavours cornetto trilogy with films hot fuzz (2007) and the worlds end, this film was going to have a sequel but decided to stay stand alone because so many characters where killed off. About a 30 year old man who is having a midlife crisis with what he’s doing/not doing with his life, but that is soon forgotten when a zombie apocalypse invades a little rural village in northern England

Jump cuts linier editing – hand held cameras – long or wide shots- leading to close up/extreme close up shows what is happening without the character knowing then showing his reaction, the audience already know about the zombies but the character is oblivious this is making a joke at horror- zombie films – point of view – tracking shows what the character’s doing but concentrating on what happening in the background as well giving watchers a incite to what happening creating suspense and a sense of laughing at the character because they don’t know.

This film is a parody of many other similar zombie films it references many of George A. Romeo’s ‘dead’ films with even the films name parodying the films “Shaun” of the dead’ and “Dawn” of the dead’ the same music from the original films are used in this one for comedic reasons people who are fans of the genre will recognise this. In addition famous actors in A. Romemos films are featured as zombies in this film, i think that this would have helped other countries to get the jokes for example, Americans might not understand the British comedy but everyone can recognise the references to other films. This is the films teaser and main poster advertising what genre the film is and the basic information, I have chosen this film as an example because I think that its references to similar films and its clever use of subgenre in this British film industry are represented in these posters and trailers.