A genre is used to
categories the film type in such a way that allow the audiences to recognise
the kind of the movie that they going to watch. So that audiences able to
choose what type of movie they wanted to watch by understand the genre. This is
because different kind of genres conveys certain plot elements that can be
identify with the genre. For an example, audiences might expect for a future
technology that beyond the scope of contemporary science in a science fiction
movie. In another perspective, filmmakers use genre to revise the conventions
elements that associated with the genre so that audiences will have a pathway
into film and allow the movie to communicate with them. Genre was seldom remain
it’s oneself in a film in the past. Due to the conventional of the filmmakers,
the contemporary films mixes difference genre in a film to create a new
possibilities surprisingly results in the film industry, this is also known as
cross-genre or hybrid genre.
Zombieland by Ruben
Fleischer is seen like an adventure, horror-comedy genres of film. But we
notice that there is more aspect of different genre that can be found in the
film itself. Besides than the genres above, there is also a romance, action, road-film,
science-fiction kind of genres that can be found in the film.
Horror genre is the
most obvious and major aspect that can be recognize in the film Zombieland. It
is about a mutated strain of mad cow disease that mutated into “mad person
disease” that transform human into zombie. A zombie is an aspect of unnatural
subgenres that can recognise in a Horror genre. These zombies will chase after
human and eat their flesh which creating an emotional effect of disgust and
terrify to the audiences. The reason zombies horrifies us in such way because
it goes against the laws of nature
that we portray in our life, zombie is not part of the nature and it attacks
human, this terrifies the audiences’ emotion. Besides than zombie, the setting
of the scene can be recognize easily as there is mostly happen in a low key
lighting environment such as night time. For an instance, at the final plot of
the film where the Wichita active all the ride and lights and begin to enjoy
the park at Pacific Playland. This scene was happened in night which makes
audiences feel creepy because of the abandon park in the middle of the night.
The audiences believe there is something possibly happen at the park soon because
of the setting and during the night time as they recognize the elements for a
common horror genre film which usually happen in this kind of setting location.
Besides, heavy makeup is used for the zombie and the artificial blood and flesh
to increase the realistic for the film to make audiences feel more disgust and
terrify. These are the common element in the iconography of the horror film.
Moreover, the characters in the film will usually divided into feel characteristic
which is an idea generator man, a heroism person or maybe a weak character but
learned to be strong in that environment and these peoples are trying to stay
alive from the zombies things. For an instance, Columbus is the one who live
with the rules and stay smart to ensure his survival; Tallahassee is the one
who is strong and muscular and he is the one who portrays the heroism
characteristic; Wichita will be the one who looks weak in appearance but strong
inside and she only trusts on Little Rock in order to keep safe from the others
peoples and zombies. There will usually work together in order to stay alive
and the trust game will be played among them in order to stay alive from
zombies and humans. For an instance, Wichita leave them second times with the
Hummer because she believe that the only way to keep them safe is to trust no
one except her sister, so she leaves Columbus and Tallahassee even though they
feel get along very well. But in the end, Columbus and Tallahassee gain their
trust by saving their life.
Next, genre of comedy can be acknowledged in the film
as there are some few humor interactions between the character and character
itself. One of the elements of comedy that found in the film is slapstick.
Slapstick is a type of physical comedy that characterized by silly situation or
violent action. For an instance, when Columbus going to find Wichita with
Bill’s big bike, he fall from the bike just a second after he rides the bike
and he crashes into the underbrush. The falling action highlighted the
audiences’ humor sense which makes audiences feel funny toward the part. Besides,
dark comedy also recognizable in the movie as it is a sub-genre of comedy. Dark
comedy is an event that treated in an ironic manner or negative events that are
not usually be treated in real life events. For an example, the moment when
Tallahassee finds out his only problem is the lacks of Twinkies create the dark
humor in the movie as he still cares about his Twinkies even though the world
is doomed.
There is some romance fiction in the film which
happens between Columbus and Wichita. A romance genre film is usually centers
around the characters falling in love with each other and obstacles faced in
making the relationship work. Another element of romance can be explained as an
emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending such as how the character willing
to risk his/her life to save the lover. For an instance, Columbus in love with
Wichita but Wichita decided to leave him as she believes that the only method
to keep her sister and Wichita alive is to trust no one but Little Rock. In the
end, Columbus proves his love by rescuing Wichita and her sister from the
zombies attack even though Wichita had abandoned him.
Action genre of film is a physical action takes place
in the storytelling and oftenly have a continuous action and motion such as
chases, fight, races, battles and physical stunts. In an action film, the story
will usually involve a heroism character in the film to overcome the obstacle.
For an instance, the action hero of the film is Tallahassee due to his strong
body figures, superb action in killing the Zombies.
Road film genre can be recognized in Zombieland as
they have an journey on the open road with a transportation and usually a
bonding relationship happen between the characters in the road trip. They can
be engage to some kind of goal or quest or any distinct destination in order to
discover something. It is also the part where the character establishing occurs
in the movie. For an example, Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock
travels together in the H2 Hummer and they started to have some bonding within
each other to understand each other better and changing their perception toward
each other, from negative to positive.
Zombieland is considers as a Science-Fiction genre of
film because it has some relationship with the principles of science within the
story. A Sci-Fi film is often talking about science and technology the go
beyond the contemporary science. It can be a hypothesis for the future or
involve in partially fictitious laws or theories of science. For an instance,
the zombies is caused by a mutation virus known as mad cow disease which
mutated to mad person disease that turn human to become zombie once they get
injured by zombies. Besides than the virus, this movie also talks about the
apocalypse of the human being. Most of the places are doomed and human being
might face extinction due to the virus diseases. This is also part of the
hypothesis that made by the scientist that judge the possibility happened in
the future world if the world is continuing polluted and causes virus or living
organism mutation (Cracked, 2009).
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