Top 5 Horror-Comedy Directors

Horror comedy

1. Joe Dante

Born:November 28, 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Joe Dante is the top horror comedy director in my opinion

because he creates a very good equilibrium within films

this is because whenever there is a bit of comedy he try

to make the audience jump straight after that, this is

effective because it makes the funnier scenes in the play

funnier and the surprising bits in the film jumpier.

In our film we would like to just some of Joe Dante’s

techniques because it will mean that our film will be more

interesting to watch, which will mean that the audience

won’t get bored.

Some of Joe Dante’s conventions are that he likes to do a

close up right after mid shot which means that the

audience can see the surroundings before seeing the

characters emotions this will be a very good to use whilst

filming because it will give the scene depth and a realistic

feel.

2. Keenan Wayans

Born:June 8, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA

Keenan Wayans became famous from doing the scary

movie franchise also he was the first to achieve national

prominence by successfully creating, launching and hosting

a landmark 1990s black-oriented comedy satire on Fox TV.

In Keenan Wayans Scary Movie he used a lot of song to

create humour throughout the films he has made; this is

very effective because it would make the tension created

throughout the film greater.

One of his greatest techniques was, by letting the audience

who the villain/killer was, and the characters in the film not

knowing who it is. This would be a great technique to use

in our film because it would allow us to create a lot of

tensions throughout which would keep the audience on

edge.

3. Roger Corman

Born:April 5, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Roger William Corman was born April 5, 1926 in Detroit,

Michigan. Initially following in his father's footsteps,

Corman studied engineering at Stanford he developed a

growing interest in filmmaking

His first ever horror comedy film was the little shop of

horrors which then got remade in 1986.

One of his main functionality’s was creating a chase scene

near the ending of his films, he liked to capture the

shadows especially this was a very good way of creating

tension because the audience doesn’t like know who’s

shadow it is, this would be a good technique to use because

when our characters are being chased we could use this to

tease the audience into thinking the zombies are something

else.

4. Jake West

Jake West born 1972 is an English horror filmdirector.

One of his best films as a UK film director was the dog

house which was a very funny and also quite scary

throughout the whole film.

One of his main functionality’s is that he likes his actors to

have a lot of prosthetics on whilst acting as zombies, this is

something that we need to do before filming because the

makeup and zombie effects put on actors is what creates a

believable scene in a film

5. Joe Lee

Joe Lee is the director of Zombie strippers and he believes that a

comical story line in a horror movies helps make a very good

equilibrium to the film which will keep the audience on the edge of

their seats and keep them switching between emotions, also

because of the cast in the film also of close ups were use which

means there is normally a high appeal to male audience members.

The conventional shot that he likes to use are extreme close ups to

allow the audience to really get and understanding for a film and

to also get a feel for the film and to make them feel a part of it

without using 1st person filming methods.

Top 5 Zombie film directors

1. Danny Boyle

Born: October 20, 1956 in Manchester, England, UK

Danny Boyle has made a lot of horror films but his biggest

hit was 28 days later, he creates a lot of tension during his

films because he creates believable characters through a

semi complex plot.

In our films we can use a semi complex to make the

audience become more asphyxiated with the plot of our

film.

I also chose him to be the top director because of the how

good his films are and because of the consistency of his

films.

2. Edgar Wright

Born:April 18, 1974

Edgar Wright was the director for the film “Grind House”

which was a zombie, action film which used a lot of special

effects that can be created with programs that are

available at school.

In most of his films there are loads of gun shots which

take time to make, this will be an essential in our film

because it will make our film very realistic and also action

packed.

Gunshots are used in almost every zombie film. This

means that it is one of the key conventions in our genre.

3. Zack Snyder

Born: March 1, 1966 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

He directed dawn of the dead which was a very good

film because of where it was filmed in very believable

set which is what makes a film believable, and also sets

the scene making a film familiar to the audience.

In our films we can make it more believable, this is a

very important aspect of a film because it allows the

audience to find out what the characters are feeling and

also what is going to happen later on.

An example of this is when the zombies are coming we

can see that the sky turns purple and there is always

music to acquaint it.

4. Francis Lawrence

Born: March 26, 1971 in Vienna, Austria

Francis Lawrence is an Austrian-American music video, film, and

television director and producer.

He did the film I am legend which was a great zombie film which

had a lot of action in it, he used a lot of animals in his films

because they can create a violent characters through animals

but they can also create characters which are friendly and

perceived as man’s best friend.

We could use animals in our films to create a zombie film to

create a believable plot which the audience can relate to this

would mean that the film would have more depth in it.

5. Born:John Casey Walker

December 20, 1975 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Whilst directing most films John walker likes to use a lot of prosthetics on a

low or high budget which really helps us because we had a low budget, so

what he did was use a lot of blood and cover the zombies faces which still

made them look realistic and scary.

Combining this with a lot of close ups is a good technique that he uses to

scare the audience because they do not expect it and it catches them off guard

which makes the audience jump a lot during his films, this is good however is

doesn’t create a good equilibrium to his films because they are scary most of

the way through the film which can cause I film to become boring or tedious.