Dawn of the Dead remake

Dawn of the dead remake review

- Characters

Sarah Polley as Ana

Ving Rhames as Kenneth

Jake Weber as Michael

Mekhi Phifer as Andre

Ty Burrell as Steve

Michael Kelly as C.J.

Kevin Zegers as Terry

Michael Barry as Bart

Lindy Booth as Nicole

Jayne Eastwood as Norma

Boyd Banks as Tucker

Inna Korobkina as Luda

R. D. Reid as Glen

Kim Poirier as Monica

Matt Frewer as Frank

Bruce Bohne as Andy

- Settings

Bedroom- shows the vast enormity of the attack

Suburban area-shows the enormity of the infection area

Hospital-shows career introduces main character

Shopping mall-  This connotes the fall of civilisation

Lighting

Lots of key lighting is used to express the time of day

Low key lighting is used indoors to show the inevitability of a downfall

- Sound

Tense and gripping music used to show the horror aspect

Although the genre is a horror, music that could resemble thriller like qualities are used for effect

The Non Diegetic sound is the music playing in the background is Johnny cash, the soundtrack is not fitting and does not reflect the scene itself, the song was chosen for dramatic irony.

The screams show the chaos and inhumanity that the movie is based around

- Mise en scene

Shots of the zombies are altered and fit in-between the broadcasts to show the chaos as its happening

The titles are written in red to symbolise blood shed

Some of the titles get splattered on screen to show the brutality of the film

There are shots of people trying to sedate the zombies earlier in the scene to show that civilization was crumbled over time

There are shots of heart rate monitors, which are iconography for death and injury caused by the outbreak

Blood and flesh is used in an abundance because it is playing on the natural instinct to be scared of blood

- Edits

Straight cuts are used between shots of broadcasters and zombie attacks because they wanted there to be a sense of realism

The shots get edited through fuzziness and TV channels

Fade to black cuts are used after a scene of a zombie attacking to show the perspective that it’s too late for action

- Camera movement

Tracking is used because a handheld camera is used to follow a zombie  during a riot

The shakiness of the handheld camera connotes the tension in the scene