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In Shaun of the Dead geographc and physical settings pertaining to the city in which they live and the individual physical nature of the people involved in the film have a subconcious and very opposite of popular belief characteristics about them. If you were to immagine the kind of people who would survive a zombie apocalipsce, the first ones that come to mind are the athletic military type who setup a fortress of sorts with their massive cashe of various weaponry. Instead this movie takes the very opposite of that, focusing on everyday civilians that go to the pub every night for a pint and some good company. Zero military training at all unless you count video games but surprisingly they rise to the occasion and actually become somewhat sucsessful at surviving. You would imagine these lathargic almost zombeaic civilians would besome of the first to go except they actually manage to survive and do very well at it. The Winchestar is just and everyday pub in a geographically speaking normal town that happens to a refuge for our unlikely heros as they manage to use the london back alleys and tall thick shrubberry to make their way into a safe haven. The director uses the goelogical and physical features to make uncommon people into common heros!!

directors bio http://www.tv.com/edgar-wright/person/117455/biography.html

Recent Role:

REMS operator on Look Around You

Gender:

Male

Born:

4-18-1974

Birthplace:

Dorset, England

Edgar Wright is an English writer/director, most famous for directing the TV show Spaced and the film Shaun of the Dead.

Edgar Wright began making films at age 14 for the amusement of himself and his friends. At 20, he made his first feature, A Fistful of Fingers which had a limited release and was shown on SKY Movies, a UK channel. This led to directing work at the Paramount Comedy Channel, on shows such as Mash & Peas, Six Pairs of Pants and Asylum, where he first worked with Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson.

Wright then worked at the BBC, directing Merry Go Round, Is it Bill Bailey?, Murder Most Horrid, Sir Bernard's Stately Homes and a French & Saunders special. Then came the watershed of his career, Spaced, created by and starring Pegg and Stevenson. A critical and popular hit, Spaced ran for two seasons (1999-2001) and landed Wright BAFTA nominations both years.

2004 saw the release of the film Shaun of the Dead, which Wright directed and co-wrote with Simon Pegg. The zombie-romantic-comedy was a cult-hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The film earned Wright another BAFTA nomination along with a Bram Stoker and a British Independent Film Award.

Wright's next film, Hot Fuzz, also starring and co-written by Simon Pegg, is set for release in early 2007.

character analysis

In the begining of the film shaun is this very laid back, accepting no responsibilities in his life or really caring to progress. He has a girlfriend but doesnt seem to know what to do to try and keep things interesting, totally accepts and lives with a very mondane existance. Shaun doesnt have any inclination or care to grow up and do the things that needed to be done inorder for his life to be put back in order. After the zombie infestation shaun seems to grow up almost over, he accepts responsibility not only for himself but for everyone he knows and keeps most of them alive. Everyone in his life that was responcible and had plans in life suddenly had no idea what to do and followed Shaun who seemed to be the only person with a plan or idea of what needed to be done.

why SHAUN OF THE DEAD???

Why not create a blog about a movie that created its own genre, was the first of its kind, and is overall really freakin funny. Having watched the movie more times than i can remember and still finding it outrageously halarious makes blogging it even more fun. Besides how many movies can you think of that become more funny when you analize them?? I dont know any other than Shaun of the dead!! After thinking of all this choosing to do my blog over Shawn of the dead was easy and very practical.