What is an OTS

ASSIGNMENT 2: OTS ANALYSIS

Aiden Foster, Josh Trood, Luke Dreelan and Tom Brown.

Our film choices

Evil Dead Zombieland

EVIL DEAD

ZOMBIELAND

the POV camera shot shows the character

running from a zombie showing the

horror from the characters point of

view

the turned over cars and the smoke

billowing from the white house shows

the magnitude of the crisis at hand. this is done by props and

special effects

Temporal extension during the montage scene whilst people

are being killed non-diegetic music in

the background

Special effects are used to create the

text, and the movements it makes

when characters come into contact

with it

the on screen text shows us the opening

credits and also shows some of what

the narrator/character is saying "rule number 1 for

surviving zombieland; cardio..."

Special effects are used to add the words

and make them pulsate on screen

make up is used to alter the zombies

looks and fake blood is used on screen to show the zombie has

eaten something.

cars on the road going one way, fleeing from the

horrors that have occurred. give small amount of narrative

conclusionthe OTS for zombieland has common conventions form the horror genre such as

• blood, and other ascetic altering makeup• temporal extension to slow the passage of time and create an effect

depending on the framing• But unlike most horror film it has comedy as a sub-genre, this is shown by

the humor in his list. The audience now expect this to be funny as well as a horror.

• This now adds the conventions of taboo jokes about the dead, as this is now essentially a dark comedy.

similarities differences

makeup e.g. fake blood Zombieland is a more lighthearted opening, but evil dead is much more dark.

props e.g. finger, gore the music is contrapuntal in zombieland, but is fitting for evil dead

onscreen text, edited in zombieland has a voice ov er

essence of violence evil dead is not as linear as zombieland

conclusionIn an OTS we expect to see• names of the companies that work on the

production of the film• if the film is based on a true story or book

ect.• context for the film, setting, approximate

date, given circumstances • opening credits• introduction to characters