Movie Season - Clarification

Okay, so off to a slow start as usual. I think it's time I clarified exactly what I'm going to do in this module, hopefully you'll be able to see where I'm coming from if you check my contextual blog. So firstly, I think the tone of this zombie apocalypse season is key to deciding the overall graphic style. I was very much torn between a dead serious approach, and a more lighthearted, comical feel as a lot of the modern zombie hits out there have a comical edge. Upon hearing that about 20% of the class had also picked a horror genre, and a lot of those had picked zombies as an area of focus, I started to think about a different approach... something that would not get lost in the crowd of what is starting to look like a lot of similar animations. So, even after the results of my presentation - where the general consensus was to stay away from a humorous approach - I've decided comedy is the best way to sell this thing.


Visual Material - 
 - newspapers 
 - government files 
 - medical equipment 
 - blood ( use sparingly! ) 
 - weaponry ( keep it lighthearted and comical... eg. A spade )
 - Info Graphics - emergency information - protect and survive cold war booklet.

Zombie Season - Concept presentation

Movie Season - Initial ideas

I have considered the subject of this brief with great intensity, racking my brain for a genre of film that is both funny, exciting, with a good array of visual material for me to work with and something that I enjoy enough to not get bored with after 2 minutes in After Effects. 

There is only one answer really, and that answer is zombies.

Or more precisely, A history of zombie films.

Potential films include - 

• Shaun of the dead (obviously) - 2004
• 28 Days Later - 2002
• 28 Weeks Later - 2007
• Night of the Living Dead - 1968
• Evil Dead - 1981
• Dawn of the Dead (original) 1978
• Day of the Dead - 1989
• Night of the Living Dead - 1990
• Resident Evil - 2001

There are also a series of cult spoofs that go by such names as:

"Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead"


These could fit well if I decide to take this down a comedy route.