Significant Context

Question 1

Who is the director of Shaun of the Dead?

Answer 1

Edgar Wright (1971 - present)

Question 2

What is the context behind Ghost Town (by The Specials) which is played during the opening sequence?

Answer 2

• Evokes themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment, and violence in inner cities.
• Remembered as being a hit at the same time riots were occurring in British cities during the 1980s.
• A major piece of popular social commentary (protest against capitalism and an angry elegy for lost youth and the loss of community)
• An impending sense of doom created by diminished chord.
• Could hint at the oppression of the working class and the rise of capitalism are equally damaging for society