Research: Studying Zombie Films

While doing more research on zombies, I came across this PowePoint online which I found very useful and informative. 

It is about zombie representations in films, media and society.

I found it really interesting as it explored different theories about zombies and what their overall meaning is.

I learnt that there are four stages in the Genre Cycle...

1. Experimental/ Primitive Stage - a form is passed through an experimental  stage and its conventions are established.
2. Classical Stage - conventions reach the equilibrium and are understood by the creator and the audience.
3. Revisionist Stage - new forms are used and some of the classical stage is questionned.
4. Self Reflective Stage - where the forms become the substance or content of the work.

I also learnt about Derrida. He said that zombies "blur the distinction between the living and the dead rather than making it clear." I found this point very important because it challenges the stereotype that zombies are brainless. 

I will definitely keep this point in mind while creating our next draft.