jack c, cameron and sami (Research) Assign 1: Genres and Subgenres

2. One generic convention of the Monster: Zombie genre is
the plot which is normally a group of people trying to
survive or finding a cure for an outbreak. As you can see the
group of survivors can be large or small.

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Another generic convention of the Monster: Zombie genre
is the character types such as eye candy which you can see
from the Zombieland screenshot. Also you can see the
dominant male in the top left as he has the key light on
him. This is commonly seen in this genre. Finally, there is
often someone in the group who manages to mess
everything up. There are also many other character
stereotypes.

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Another generic convention of the Monster: Zombie
genre are the themes such as headshots are normally a
zombies weakness. This theme is used in all 3 films.

5. Another generic convention of the Monster: Zombie
genre is the setting/location. This is usually a deserted
town or city overrun by zombies.