Rise of the zombie
I would put this film into the horror-romance genre, it is a
little gory at times but much of the narrative relates to back to him and his
ex-girlfriend and their love for each other. Some of the soundtracks used are
quite eerie and there are a couple of jump scares too, this could help broaden
out to two audiences at once as romance and horror are two completely different
genres but they work well together.
The production context for this film is Bollywood, this
explains why the narrative is quite romance driven as all Bollywood films are
massively to do with romance and love. The songs in this film are written to
tell the story of the film and they also last a lot longer than they would in
British or Hollywood. The things that were allowed to be shot for this film
were much more strict than it is in British or Hollywood films, this includes
nudity, language used, violence, gore and other things like this too.
The star of this film is Luke Kenny of Italian-Irish descent,
he directed and acted in this film, he is also known for starring in Rock On!!
and Bombay Boys but if you're not a fan of Bollywood films it is unlikely that
you will know this star who may be quite well known in India but outside of
there he probably isn't well known at all.
The soundtracks used sound very typically Asian/Indian in
most of the songs and tunes. The dialog seemed quite simple as only one person
would speak at one time at most. It got pretty confusing when they kept
switching from speaking English to their own language but in India that is
common for people to do so it makes sense why they did it. They only have two
locations throughout the film which is very different compared to World War Z
as they used many different famous locations all over the world.
Some of the equipment used was surprisingly good like the
camera quality but the sound technology was very disappointing and uneven
sounding quite muffled up when it went to different cameras so it seems like
they used external mics on the cameras to get the sound and not any real audio
equipment or if they did they didn't use it consistently. The make-up used for
the zombies was decent but it wasn't to a great standard like Hollywood zombie
films as the make-up used there is much better plus they have CGI which
Bollywood films don't have the budget to create great CGI to make the zombies
look better, this is normal for a Bollywood film.
I think the narrative was fairly decent and a good production
for this region but they could improve on the acting, make-up, locations, sound
equipment and some special effects. The audio when it kept changing in quality
just made it more obvious. The intro contradicts the film as it seems so happy
and colourful with an up-beat soundtrack at the start and by the end there's panic in the streets with
a zombie outbreak.
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ReplyDeleteYou have highlighted you understand the Hollywood production context which is really good James, you just need to work on being more formal with your language and extending your discussions into critical discussions to hit that higher level. Good work James.