Shaun of the Dead Revision

Who directed Shaun of the Dead?

• Edgar Wright

• Ben Wheatley

• Quentin Tarantino

• The Coen Brothers

Which two specialist areas are you examined on in the British Film section of the exam?

• Auteur

• Ideology

• Spectatorship

• Narrative

What key ideology is projected about the occupants of North London in Shaun of the Dead?

• They are all peasants

• They are all 'zombified'

• They are all rich

• They all belong to the working class

Name the theorist who argued that all narratives follow the structure of: Equilibrium - Disequilibrium - Reinstatement/ creation of a new equilibrium?

• Propp

• Todorov

• Syd Field

• Levi-Strauss

The theorist Syd Field argued that all narratives follow a structure that is shaped by...

• Character

• Binary opposition

• Dialogue

• Causality

At the opening to the film Shaun of the Dead, Ed's binary opposition is (a)  

In the 'Rescue Plan' scene, Wright disrupts narrative time through his use of...

• Compressed time

• Whip-pans

• Non-diegetic sound

• Montage Editing

List at least three ways that Shaun of the Dead subverts structuralist notions of the horror genre.

Which of the following are used by Wright to identify Shaun and Ed as archetypal ‘slackers’ at the start of the film?

• The mess in their shared home

• Ed's physical appearance

• Binge drinking in the pub

• No career aspirations

The film argues that we become like ‘zombies’, living a monotonous, repetitive existence in order to attain our ‘desires’. What kind of society does this reflect?

• Dictatorship

• Capitalist

• Feminist

• Monarchist