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Genre Essay; Warm Bodies In Jonathan Levine's 2013 film Warm Bodies, adapted from the novel by Isaac arion, the

narrative follo!s a "ombie named # and a h$man %irl named J$lie, star crossed lovers !hose relationship %rad$ally leads to a c$re for both "ombies and h$manity& 'ar%eted to a yo$n% teen a$dience, the film teaches that romantic love is needed in society& 'his film is classified $nder a variety of %enres; horror, "ombie, paranormal romance and comedy& 'his film is considered horror beca$se it, ()reates a sense of fear, panic, alarm and dread for the a$dience,* as sho!n thro$%ho$t the film !hen the "ombies are chasin% h$mans and devo$rin% their brains +(Genre*,& 'he "ombies seen d$rin% the entire film establish the fact that the film is considered to have a "ombie %enre, in !hich films $s$ally incl$de a "ombie invasion follo!ed by the str$%%le bet!een "ombies and h$mans & 'he paranormal romance aspect of this movie is presented to the a$dience !hen a h$man that has risen form the dead +#, and a livin% h$man, +J$lie, fall in love& 'he comedy %enre is !hen a film (aims to scare the a$dience, b$t also provide comical o$tlets that let the a$dience la$%h at their fear,* this happens to the a$dience !hen # teaches J$lie ho! to act li-e a "ombie in order to blend in +(Genre*,& .s seen in #omero's Night of the Living Dead, the str$%%le to stay alive leads the h$mans to separate themselves from the "ombies and the rest of the !orld& /hen h$mans are confronted !ith "ombies, their first instinct is to fi%ht and do everythin% possible to stay alive& 'his "ombie %enre convention is seen !hen # and a %ro$p of "ombies attac- a %ro$p of h$mans !hile they !ere collectin% s$pplies& /hen the h$mans are attac-ed, they be%in to fi%ht and -ill in order to try and s$rvive& 0$rin% this scene the camera foc$ses on J$lie, !hile she is shootin% the "ombies, to really convey ho! serio$s the h$mans are !hen it comes to protectin% themselves& /hile J$lie is shootin% the "ombies, the camera also foc$ses on # and his reaction !hen he sees J$lie for the first time& 'he deep foc$s in this scene allo!s the a$dience to !itness # and J$lie's first enco$nter, b$t it also allo!s them to see the "ombies and h$mans fi%htin% for their lives in the bac-%ro$nd& 'he non1die%etic so$nd $sed in this

scene !hile # and J$lie stare at each other, helps establish a sense of tran2$ility to the a$dience and %ives them the tho$%ht that everythin% is %oin% to be o-ay& . convention that separates this film from any other film is the fact that it has t!o different types of "ombies& # is one of the "ombies that is more h$man li-e, they still have s-in and !ear clothes, and bonies are ("ombies&&&that have shed their s-in to become strai%ht $p vicio$s s-eleton creat$res* +0onnelly, (Early #evie! 3f /arm 4odies 5eems 'o /arm 6p 'o 'he 7om1#om1)om88,& In the be%innin% of the movie, # $ses voice1over narration to e9plain life as a "ombie and he is sho!n !al-in% aro$nd an airport f$ll of "ombies& :e then r$ns into a %ro$p of bonies and contin$es to $se voice1over narration to e9plain that bonies are "ombies that have lost all hope and have be%$n to accept the !ay thin%s have become& 'his scene $ses hi%h contrast to emphasi"e ho! horrific the bonies' conditions are& 0$rin% the scene, there is a short shallo! foc$s on a "ombie that is peelin% off his s-in, becomin% a boney, beca$se he has lost all hope& 'he bonies represent the lost so$ls in society, the people that are too far do!n the road to chan%e bac- and the h$man1li-e "ombies represent the hope that people have in society, the tho$%ht that someday the !orld !ill %et better and everyone !ill %o bac- to bein% (normal&* 'he h$man1li-e "ombies prove that !ith a little bit of hope anythin% is possible, li-e savin% the !orld beca$se a "ombie and h$man fall in love& Warm Bodies is a film that is considered to have a horror, "ombie, paranormal romance and comedy %enre& It shares common characteristics !ith other films of these %enres li-e; Twilight and Night of the Living Dead& Li-e Twilight, a film in !hich a vampire and h$man fall in love, Warm Bodies has a paranormal romance %enre& Night of the Living Dead follo! typical horror and "ombie conventions ;$st li-e Warm Bodies does& 'he fact that this film consists of a "ombie and a h$man fallin% in love and savin% the !orld, %ives the a$dience a ne! perspective on horror and "ombie movies& 'here is no do$bt that this film has started a ne! era for "ombie and horror %enre movies&

Final Draft
Genre .nalysis of Warm Bodies In Jonathan Levine's 2013 film Warm Bodies, adapted from the novel by Isaac arion, the <G1

13 narrative follo!s a "ombie named # and a h$man %irl named J$lie, star crossed lovers !hose relationship %rad$ally leads to a c$re for both "ombies and h$manity& 'ar%eted to a yo$n% teen a$dience, the film teaches that romantic love is needed in society& 'his film is classified $nder a variety of %enres= horror, "ombie, paranormal romance and comedy& >irst, it is s2$arely in the horror %enre beca$se scenes in !hich the ?boneys? attac- ()reates a sense of fear, panic, alarm and dread for the a$dience,* as sho!n thro$%ho$t the film !hen the "ombies are chasin% h$mans and devo$rin% their brains +(Genre*,& 'he "ombies seen d$rin% the entire film establish the fact that the film is considered to have a "ombie %enre, in !hich films $s$ally incl$de a "ombie invasion follo!ed by the str$%%le bet!een "ombies and h$mans & 'he paranormal romance aspect of this movie is presented to the a$dience !hen a "ombie +?#?, and a livin% h$man +J$lie, fall in love& 'he "ombie comedy %enre is !hen a film (aims to scare the a$dience, b$t also provide comical o$tlets that let the a$dience la$%h at their fear,* this happens to the a$dience !hen # teaches J$lie ho! to act li-e a "ombie in order to blend in +(Genre*,& .s seen in #omero's Night of the Living Dead, the foc$s on a cast of h$man characters !ho bond to%ether and find a safe haven to protect themselves& /hen h$mans are confronted !ith "ombies, their first instinct is to fi%ht and do everythin% possible to stay alive& Warm Bodies follo!s this convention faithf$lly !hen # and a %ro$p of "ombies attac- a %ro$p of h$mans !hile they !ere collectin% s$pplies& /hen the h$mans are attac-ed, they be%in to fi%ht and -ill in order to try and s$rvive& 0$rin% this scene the camera foc$ses on J$lie, !hile she is shootin% the "ombies, to really convey ho! serio$s the h$mans are !hen it comes to protectin% themselves& /hile J$lie is shootin% the "ombies, the camera also foc$ses on # !hile he eats <erry's, J$lie's boyfriend, brain& 'he deep

foc$s in this scene allo!s the a$dience to !itness J$lie's fear of "ombies and allo!s them to see the "ombies and h$mans fi%htin% for their lives in the bac-%ro$nd& . convention that separates this film from others in the "ombie %enre is the fact that it has t!o different types of "ombies& 3ne type is represented by ?#? and ? ?11more normal1type "ombies !ho still have s-in and !ho !ear clothes& 'he second type is the ?4onies?11they ("ombies&&&that have shed their s-in to become strai%ht $p vicio$s s-eleton creat$res* +0onnelly,& In the be%innin% of the

movie, # $ses voice1over narration to e9plain life as a "ombie and he is sho!n !al-in% aro$nd an airport f$ll of "ombies& :e then r$ns into a %ro$p of bonies and contin$es to $se voice1over narration to e9plain that bonies are "ombies that have lost all hope and have be%$n to accept the !ay thin%s have become& 'his scene $ses hi%h contrast to emphasi"e ho! horrific the bonies' conditions are& 0$rin% the scene, there is a short shallo! foc$s on a "ombie that is peelin% off his s-in, becomin% a boney, beca$se he has lost all hope& Introd$cin% t!o types of "ombies is important to the film beca$se the t!o types symboli"e an important theme& 'he bonies represent the lost so$ls in society, those !ho are too far do!n the road to chan%e bac- and the h$man1li-e "ombies represent the hope that people have in society, the tho$%ht that someday the !orld !ill %et better and everyone !ill %o bac- to bein% (normal&* 'he h$man1li-e "ombies prove that !ith a little bit of hope anythin% is possible, li-e savin% the !orld beca$se a "ombie and h$man fall in love& Warm Bodies is a film that is considered to have a horror, "ombie, paranormal romance and comedy %enre& It shares common characteristics !ith other films of these %enres li-e; Twilight and Night of the Living Dead& Li-e Twilight, a film in !hich a vampire and h$man fall in love, Warm Bodies has a paranormal romance %enre& Night of the Living Dead follo! typical horror and "ombie conventions ;$st li-e Warm Bodies does& 'he fact that this film consists of a "ombie and a h$man fallin% in love and savin% the !orld, %ives the a$dience a ne! perspective on horror and "ombie movies& 'here is no do$bt that this film has started a ne! era for "ombie and horror %enre movies&

Changes from the second draft to the final draft

.dded more information on the rhetorical sit$ation& )orrected L. format&