World War Z

World War Z can fit in to two main genres. These are Action and Horror. The reason it can fit in both of these genres is because it has aspects of all of them shown throughout. Action films feature one or more heroes in a a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended fight scenes, violence, and frantic chases. This can apply to the film World War Z as it shows all these features throughout the film. 

The Horror genre is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. This can apply to World War Z as in most of this film the characters are shown in a very bad situation and often come very close to death. This can give it a fearful vibe as you fear for the characters you've grown to like lives throughout. The film is also set mostly in the dark which is a big fear of many people as it is the fear of the unknown. It also features zombies throughout the whole film which are traditional shown in horror films. 

World War Z comes under the Hollywood production context. This is because the film is distributed by Paramount Pictures which is consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It also has big named actors in the film which Hollywood films tend to have such as 'Brad Pitt'. This falls under the idea of the Hollywood 'Star System' introduced in the classic Hollywood era which was the idea of big names meant more money from viewers. The director of the film is also known for doing other big budget Hollywood films such as 'Quantum of Solace' which also tells us that this may be a Hollywood film. Hollywood also tend to choose ideas they know are going to sell. The idea of World War Z come from the 2006 Max Brook horror novel of the same name. This was a very popular book which meant that it will most probably make a very popular film. 

The main Star involved in World War Z was Brad Pitt. One reason he is in this film as his name would often influence peoples opinions on weather to see it or not. Because he is a very popular actor many people may see he is in the film and go and see it because he is an actor they like. If there wasn't any big names in a film not as many people will tend to see it as there wont be any reason for them to see it. Another reason Brad Pitt is the main character in this film is because also an owner of  'Plan B Entertainment' which is one of the production companies that worked on this film.  

The narrative relates to the Hollywood production context as it is a linear narrative. Hollywood films will most of the time have a linear narrative as it appeals to a bigger audience as it is a lot easier to follow. It is a lot safer for a Hollywood film to use a linear narrative because that is what is most popular in Hollywood and if an audience is new to an nonlinear film they may not get it and see it as wrong. 

A lot of the film was set in America and the main character throughout the film is American. This is because it is a film aimed at mainly Americans as they are the country that the film will be the most popular and make the most money in. 

This film is very high budget and used very high budget technology to produce it. The films budget came to a total of $190 Million. Throughout this film there is a lot of CGI used which is technology which wouldn't usually be seen in British or Bollywood films as the budget would be to low. This is the case in the Bollywood 2014 horror film Ragini MMS 2 which effects and technology is considerably lower . This films budget instead was $3 million. This meant the film would be very different to World War Z as it wouldn't have the funding to follow a narrative on this huge scale.