Dawn of the Dead, Take 1

Over the next three days I am going to be publishing three different videos dealing with George Romero’s genius horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978). The first of the three (this post) is a six-minute, edited “argument” of scenes that I think frame the power and importance of this film as both horror and social/political commentary. The next post (take 2) will be my recorded commentary upon the edited argument presented here. And the final take will be a mashed up version of these clips. This is really just an experiment to trace how we might take various approaches to media for analysis, critique, and the creation of something new. Two recommendations for your viewing pleasure: be sure you have a pretty fast internet connection and use the full-screen option! Enjoy. Rather than pushing the h.264 codec for high resolution playback, seems like YouTube proves a bit more reliable across browsers and operating systems.