Thursday, 3 March 2011
What is a Zombie?
A zombie is traditionally an undead person in the Caribbean spiritual belief system of voodoo. Essentially a dead body re-animated by unnatural means, the zombie creates dread among the living. Zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they usually engage in the consumption of human flesh. The term "zombism" is sometimes used to refer to the condition or disease associated with being a zombie.
n 1937, while researching folklore in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor, who had died and been buried in 1907 at the age of 29. Villagers believed they saw her wandering the streets in a daze thirty years later [1] (although this was subsequently found to be false). Hurston pursued rumours that the affected persons were given powerful psychoactive drugs, but was unable to locate anyone willing to offer much information. She wrote:
"What is more, if science ever gets to the bottom of Voodoo in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets, still unknown to medical science, give it its power, rather than gestures of ceremony."
This is an interesting discovery and could prove useful if zombies ever invade..
n 1937, while researching folklore in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor, who had died and been buried in 1907 at the age of 29. Villagers believed they saw her wandering the streets in a daze thirty years later [1] (although this was subsequently found to be false). Hurston pursued rumours that the affected persons were given powerful psychoactive drugs, but was unable to locate anyone willing to offer much information. She wrote:
"What is more, if science ever gets to the bottom of Voodoo in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets, still unknown to medical science, give it its power, rather than gestures of ceremony."
This is an interesting discovery and could prove useful if zombies ever invade..
ZOMBIES
All modern horror films bar none have plots that are based around family melodrama. There is always a family with a problem, it's basically Eastenders, but the problem manifests itself in the form of the KILLER DOG or KILLER GRAN etc. But this was later, around the seventies, with the roar of Hollywood and big American pictures, than the first zombie movies.The first zombie movie, THE WHITE ZOMBIE 1932, was about exploitation, slavery and power. It was about a man who brought the dead back to be his slaves. Zombie movies are not totally isolated from the modern family melodrama seen in horrors though as most zombie movies contain romance. I like to call these ROM-ZOMS. And sometimes ROM-ZOM-COM For example in white zombie he brings a woman back to life-ish to perform his every desire, as the poster says.
Now I want to look at a film made by the Germans, and no its not Dead Snow and contains no Nazi zombies. This film is called Nosferatu. It was made in 1921, published 1922, and may be the first ever horror film to be seen in cinemas being born in a period of German Expressionism. This was the benchmark for all later horrors and one of the key elements was its lighting and cinematography. It was silent and in black and white so the heavy shadows and smokey atmosphere played a crucial part in setting the scene. The same kind of cinematography can be seen today in Bladerunner which inherited it off film noir which inherited it off old horrors and voila we are back to Nosferatu and our German friends. I send thanks to you F. W. Murnau and Max Schreck and the producers and everyone else involved in the film for you planted one of the seeds that would later grow into zombie beauty. We would not have 28 Days Later if it wasn't for you lot.
Now I want to look at a film made by the Germans, and no its not Dead Snow and contains no Nazi zombies. This film is called Nosferatu. It was made in 1921, published 1922, and may be the first ever horror film to be seen in cinemas being born in a period of German Expressionism. This was the benchmark for all later horrors and one of the key elements was its lighting and cinematography. It was silent and in black and white so the heavy shadows and smokey atmosphere played a crucial part in setting the scene. The same kind of cinematography can be seen today in Bladerunner which inherited it off film noir which inherited it off old horrors and voila we are back to Nosferatu and our German friends. I send thanks to you F. W. Murnau and Max Schreck and the producers and everyone else involved in the film for you planted one of the seeds that would later grow into zombie beauty. We would not have 28 Days Later if it wasn't for you lot.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Top ten zombie films
There are alot of zombie films out there, so this was hard to do but, me and a friend have decided that these are the top ten zombie films:
1. 28 days later
2. 28 weeks later
3. Dawn of the dead
4. Shaun of the dead
5. Dead snow
6. NIght of the living dead
7. Resident evil-extinction
8. Zombieland
9. The crazies
10. Zombie 2
Some of the best zombie films ever!
1. 28 days later
2. 28 weeks later
3. Dawn of the dead
4. Shaun of the dead
5. Dead snow
6. NIght of the living dead
7. Resident evil-extinction
8. Zombieland
9. The crazies
10. Zombie 2
Some of the best zombie films ever!
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Sunday, 23 January 2011
JWT technology of the future
For homework we were told to have a look at some slides from the technology department of the company JWT. I have seen two slides that have caught my attention the most and they are:
1. slide number 8. Banks branch out.
2. slide number 14. breaking the book.
Slide number 8 interested me because it would advance our way of living drastically. if we can pay our bills and payments over a phone app then we could nearly do everything from home.
Slide number 14 also interested me because, even though I don't want it to happen, the book may well disappear, and this slide gives us an opportunity to quickly order the new system and to make easy profit out of it.
1. slide number 8. Banks branch out.
2. slide number 14. breaking the book.
Slide number 8 interested me because it would advance our way of living drastically. if we can pay our bills and payments over a phone app then we could nearly do everything from home.
Slide number 14 also interested me because, even though I don't want it to happen, the book may well disappear, and this slide gives us an opportunity to quickly order the new system and to make easy profit out of it.
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