The Right Topic

Over the past two classes, we have discussed the possible topics and components that should be thought about when selecting a topic. After our discussion, I have began to think that I would be better off writing about the lighting, setting and how the editors decided to use dark blue tint throughout the movie. There seems to be a lot of ways to find quality evidence to support this topic.

The main reason that stood out to be, as far as the choice of lighting, was because the editors did not want the viewer to be able to notice the makeup of the zombies. This also includes the details when they feast upon human bodies. Obviously, they are not using actual human corpses and creating cannibals out of the actors. It would be much more obvious that these fake details are in place is the lighting was bright and it was easy to depict details.

Another interesting detail was how the electricity was only on at the Coffman's building. I realize that he was a rich man before the zombies decided to invade, but why would that make his electricity work better than others? There is a very small value placed on currency and the fact that Coffman has a lot would seem irrelevant. There are many other things that would fall under the same category of how the producers wanted to portray the city. These include the setting that Chiwawa owned in terms of light because he appeared to have some power over the place and even the lighting that the regular citizens used. I realize I am only scratching the surface but I do feel like I will be able to find more details when I research into why producers say they use specific lighting and what people believe the dark tint means.