To answer this question I will be focusing on one film, (2004) Shaun of the Dead, written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright. A comedy horror zombie film where we follow Shaun, a salesman as he grows up and starts to put his life in the right direction during a zombie apocalypse. The main ethnicity represented in this film are all white british people with one or two exceptions. The film opens with Shaun and his girlfriend Liz discussing Ed, (Shaun’s friend who gets in the way of their relationship), Liz doesn’t want to be rid of Ed but rather a balance between her and Ed. One of the first shots of the film is Shaun and Liz talking about Ed with Ed in the background between them which quickly establishes one of the main plot point of the film, then next shot also introduces us to Liz’s flatmates Dianne and David, these opening shots also quickly establish the character dynamic of the group. In this film we see a lot of Edgar Wright’s unique cinematography and editing, using up close shots, quick zooms and quick cuts he can turn a mundane task such as making breakfast into an action packed sequence. In these rapid scenes he also uses sound effects to give each action such as grabbing a knife, spreading jam and putting milk in the fridge a level of intensity and speed. Because of the staging and sound design of this film we continually see and hear things that hint at zombies or danger but due to the staging and mise-en-scene Shaun never picks up on these things or never has a chance to properly look at what is going on. Throughout the film we see Shaun finally grow up and start to point his life in some sort of direction as he makes plans to combat the zombie apocalypse, he goes from a lazy slob coasting through life to a selfless hero who disregards his own safety to try and keep the people he loves safe and is selfless enough to shoot his own mother to protect his friends. Later in the film Shaun and his friends and mum are inside a pub after evading the zombies and after turning the power on they are confronted by a zombie and Don’t Stop me now by Queen begins to play and they whack the zombie in time to the song as the camera does constant arc shots around the chaos which makes this scene excellent. As the film reaches its climax Shaun’s mum, Dianne and David all die in gory and gruesome fashions and Liz Shaun and Ed hide in the basement, luckily they are saved in the nick of time by the military. We then cut to 6 months later where zombies are being used for entertainment on TV and we see Shaun with Liz in Shaun’s house, we see him go to the garden shed where Ed as a zombie is chained up playing video games and Shaun joins him, then the film closes with another Queen track “You’re my Best Friend” showing how the two are still close friends even though one is a zombie.