Shaun Of The Dead Satire

“Shaun of The Dead”

“Shaun of The Dead” is a zom-rom-com film directed by Edgar Wright and is set in a city in London. “Shaun of The Dead” is a ‘spoof’ of “Dawn of The Dead”. Wright uses lots of different techniques to make it humorous, such as stereotypical gags, classic British satires, subtle humour and many more.

Edgar Wright conveys a sense of humour through the characters. The main character, Shaun, is not the typical character you would expect to try and save the world. Shaun is a complete anti-hero from the beginning because of what happened in the pub and how he interacts with others. Shaun is first introduced looking clueless to everything around him, shaun appears to be old due to the point that he has various wrinkles
When at the start ed is being very immature by swearing, gambling, smoking and drinking. Ed, in the record scene, was confused on how to kill the zombies and decides to try and throw one of Shaun’s records. The record then smashes of the zombie and looks like it did damage. Ed and Shaun are then arguing over which records to keep and which to throw as the zombies get closer. It is funny because of the pop music and the fact we don’t see too much done. The record scene explains how stupid and immature Ed and Shaun are. Shaun and Ed are shown outside with two zombies in front of them, the camera then does a quick movement to a record lying on the ground, Ed then picks up the record and throws it at the zombies. Ed and Shaun then look at each other.The camera fast forwards then pans with a spin to a close up on a box of records outside with Shaun and Ed hunched over them choosing what tracks are worth throwing, when this is happening a comical song comes on to build fun tension in the watchers mind. The camera switches between a close up on the records being chosen, a long shot on the slowly forthcoming zombies, a mid shot of Shaun and Ed throwing a record, then a close up on the impact on the zombies, lastly a close up on Shaun and Ed’s reaction to it. It repeats again and again to show how they are not doing anything to damage the zombies. The scene is made hilarious by Shaun and Ed arguing over what music is good and whether or not the record should be thrown at the zombies or