Independetn Research Script

1.Research Topic- The evolution of the Zombie genre in film Question- What where the different phases of the zombie genre that created the now known zombie comedy genre?

2.Dawn of the Dead (1978)- George A. Romero

Shaun of the Dead (2004)- Edgar Wright

28 Days Later (2002)- Danny Boyle

Zombieland (2009)- Ruben Fleischer

3.Three areas that i will mainly focus on is the narrative of each film, because they all change and further develop as the genre itself also developed. Furthermore I will also compare the costume design, because a big part of a zombie movie is how real they appear. The cinematoghraphy is also relevant because it reveals the realistic aspect of a zombie apocalypse.

Shaun of the Dead- Scene were they are throwing the disc at the two Zombie's, in Shaun's house Zombieland- The opening sequence

Independent Research Critique

Political thriller-Carmen 1. How true are political thrillers? 2. The psychological effect that each film has on the audience, also the connection between the different perspectives in each film. 3. Primary- The film itself, talked about it shot by shot and how that particular shot reveals the major theme of political thrillers Secondary- Online sources

Power That Pops- Jason 1. The portrayal of individual and hegemonic power, in international cinema? 2. Chose to focus on the display of power through color and lighting 3. Primary- Film Tsotsi and Sin City Secondary- online sources

Sound Design Treatment

Log Line- The sound of a guy scratching his arm gets a student paranoid, to the point where he goes insane.

A guy working on his homework in the library, hears the sound of a guy scratching his arm and progressively starts to annoy him. He looks back to see that the guy is constantly scratching and its interrupting him from finishing his work. He turns away, and when he looks back at the guy again, he then sees that the guy is now scratching his arm with a brush. This annoys the student even, and he slowly starts to loose it.

The guy starts to tiwch and gets irritated by the sound, he then turns back again to see that the guy who was scratching his arm no longer has an arm, but little does the student know that he is only dreaming, he freaks out even more.

He then tires to run out of the library because he is freaked out but he turns back and sees that the guy does have his arm, the student realizes that he was only imagining things. He then sits calmly and resumes with his homework.

A he is doing his homework he turns to look at his arm, and then he begins to sacratch himself. He freaks out a little but tries to to put much attention to it. He again turns to look at his own arm and notices that he is scratching even more. He looks up to see that the same brush that the guy was using to scratch himslef is on the table. He freaks out, he looks at his arm again to find that it missing as well. He completly freaks out and runs out of the library.

On his way out he cant focus on wats in front of him and crashes against the wall. The crash wakes him up and we see that he was simply dreaming in the library.

We then see the student go into a store trying to buy an anti-itch cream.

Narrative:
1. The sound of the guy scratching will develope the character of the student
2. The subtext of the narrative will not be expressed through the dialogue but rather in the actions of the characters.

Production Elemetns:
1.Scratching noise will be foleyed by using sand paper
2.Rhythmic matching will be used in the montage of the guy interacting with the student
3.Sound bridge will be used to switch into the final scene
4. The sound montage will be used to understand the character a bit more