Dawn Of The Dead Textual Analysis Essay

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Textual Analysis Trailer: Linda’s Film Title: Dawn of the Dead Year of Release: 2004 Director: Zack Snyder Production/ Financing Company: Universal pictures/ Strike entertainment/ New Amsterdam entertainment Principle Cast: Sarah Polley Ving Rhames Jake Weber Mekhi Phifer Films Origin: Dawn of the Dead 1978- remake Synopsis: After a long shift at work Ana returns home to her husband Luis. They miss the news about people being attacked. Vivian their neighbour’s child who is already a zombie attacks Luis. Luis then turns into a zombie and attacks his wife. Ana then gets away in her car which crashes and falls unconscious. She wakes up to an armed police…show more content…
the film advertised has been rated restricted under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.” This connotes that the director is saying that it is not suitable for young children; however it could also mean that he’s trying to make the trailer seem scarier that supposed. The production company “universal” the font and colour is the same as the original logo. The caption “strike” comes on straight after. The font being used is impact and the colour is green writing on a red background. A memorable caption in the trailer would be “when there is no more room in hell the dead will walk the earth.” The colour of the font is white on a black background; the white is so that the font can stand out on the black background. The bottom bit of the caption “the dead will walk the earth” has a shadow of yellow and orange coming out. This connotes the assumption of the zombies down on to earth like the assumption of Jesus into heaven. The title of the film is shown “Dawn of the Dead” which is red coloured font on a black background. The red connotes blood and evil whilst the black connotes death and mystery. The final caption that is shown is “coming soon”, the font colour is white on a reddish, yellow, orange background. The red could connote danger, yellow energy and orange

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