World War Z - Hollywood Production Context

The movie World War Z is a horror genre this is because the whole film is filled with zombies running around and killing people. Because there are a lot of zombies, we can see very animalistic behaviour within the dead society, they are unscrupulous, driven by hunger which leads them into aggression against human kind and they are uncontrollable as it can be seen that they don’t even care if their bodies get damaged or totally broken down. Also, we can see that the action is taking place in many dark, desolate, secluded locations which bring the tension up as the viewers wonder what might happen next to the characters and if they would survive.

World War Z was filmed as a Hollywood production context, by the Paramount Pictures which are an American company. Most of the actors which were present in the film were American which responds to the Hollywood context. Also, there was a great amount of money put into the film as a budget because the main actor travelled the world a lot, visiting about four countries and he was also on a ship with his family. The budget corresponds to the production context as mostly Hollywood production have a large budget because it is the most popular context, and if it is known by many people then it is aimed at larger amount of audience and more money will be earned because of the film so they put a large budget into it. Also, the CGI that was used in the film making the zombies was very realistic which means that no amateur did it but it was a job for an expert, so this also means that more money was put in the film to make it look as realistic as it is possible.

The star that was involved in this movie was Brad Pitt, which is associated as a hard to kill, tuff guy, but also, as loyal man which will fight for his family. This is because he starred in movies like: Fight Club (1999) or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Both of these films are extremely different, one showing aggression, fighting and hate and the other one showing love, care and sympathy for the other person. World War Z combines both of these ideas in one film, showing Brad Pitt as a dangerous but also a caring man.

The locations used in the film relate to the production context as there is a wide variety of places where the main character travels to, this must have involved a large budget so only big production contexts would be able to do it. But the action begins in America so it is just simple that the production context would be American. In the film World War Z the characters greatly refer to the production context as it uses the full 7 spheres of action. The hero, which is really obvious, is Brad Pitt. This is because he shows up throughout the whole movie and practically saves the day, just like all the heroes should. Also, this actor is quite famous and because of this his character refers to the Hollywood production context as they usually use very famous people and put them into the main roles. The villain is usually the person who opposes the hero, but this time, it is a disease, which by infecting people tries to stop the hero from succeeding. This means that the villains are the zombies. The false hero in this situation would be Thierry which is the person that brought all the main actors onto the ship. The reason that he is the false hero is that he promises the family to stay and be safe on the ship and then he sends them off to a different place, which looks like he would betray them when they weren't needed anymore. Heroes’ helper would be Segen, the woman that the main character saved from becoming a zombie by cutting her arm off. She helps the hero to travel to the W.H.O. research facility. The dispatcher in this film is the Naval Commander which sends the hero to Korea as he begins his quest around the world. Person that needs to be saved by the hero and at the same time the princess would be the main characters’ wife as, he is starting his journey because of her, he does it to protect her so that she would be able to stay in on the ship with the daughters and be safe. The last character in the 7 spheres would be the doctor from the research facility; he would be the donor as he gives the hero the opportunity to get viruses to save the healthy people. The dialogue used in World War Z is practically the English that we can hear from day to day basis, it is just, there aren’t any hard or uncommon words used in it, whereas in British the dialogue might be more complex or just stereotypic. And in Bollywood movies the dialogue might be done in their language, which would greatly reflect that production context. The narrative relates to the production context as it is mostly based on constant action, and the Hollywood production context is known for making films like this, with big explosions and dramatic actions, whereas other production contexts try to produce different kinds of narratives, not mostly action based only.

The technology used in the film relates to the production context because zombies were made using CGI, which was used very professionally as they looked realistic. This allowed the production context to put more money into CGI than actors, which surely need to be paid more than it is spent on people who would act. In these scenes there are no way that someone would act in a wrong way as the zombies were generated in there so fewer scenes had to be retaken. So if the production company didn’t have to pay so much for the actors then because of the saved money they could put more of them into CGI and produce much better quality images. Also, some scenes were probably, impossible to film with actors, like the climb of the zombies onto the wall in Jerusalem which meant that CGI was essential to use.