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..........

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.

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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