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Emile Maigyte BA 1 Animation
Fear: The character of zombies changes with shifts in popular Western anxieties. Emile Maigyte BA 1 Animation
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Questions How do representations and meanings of zombies change according to shifts in popular imagination/illness/economics etc.? Why are zombies such a popular signifier of these fears and fear more generally?
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Why Zombies? Zombies origin story; Popularity in mass media;
The metaphor of undead; Consumerism in society.
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How im going to answer? Origins; Appearance in pop culture;
Popularity; Societies view now.
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What will i gain?
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Who will i use? (Reads) The History of Zombies
"The Unknown Painter" (1838) The Magic Island by William Seabrook League of Zombies Powers of Horror by Julia Kristeva A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism
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(Films) White Zombie (1932) I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) Night of the Living Dead (1990) Dawn of the Dead (2004) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) The Walking Dead (TV Series 2010– )
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Where will i go for info? Library; Film libraries; Internet (Blogs)
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When will i do the work?
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Theeeeeeenks
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