Media Diary Week 5

The Media text that I have consumed this week is The Walking Dead.
I initially started watching the TV series as I was bored one night and a lot of Online blogs that I read had reviewed it and described it as 'terrifyingly amazing'. I watch this TV series every Monday night on the channel Fox.

This show fulfils my entertainment need with not just the story line but the characters that develop along the way. Right from the first episode the show grips us into a mighty hold and defiantly does not let us go. The gore may not be a pleasant aspect of the show however for the horror fanatics (like me)  I thrill to see those Walkers killed and blood platters everywhere. However its not just the gore that invites me in to watch, it's the story line as well as the characters. The idea of a man falling into a coma to wake to a zombie apocalypse is exciting to watch and observe as his personality deteriorate
from a family sheriff to a man who has lost the will to live after the death of his wife and the family that has been built along the road to survival. The show never has a dull moment and every scene has me on the edge of my seat.

The Walking Dead has a variety of point of view shots. This engages us into the show even further and allows us to personally identify with the characters. Though we don't identify with the story, we do identify with the loss of loved ones and the will to survive.

The show provides us with information of survival. It teaches us the skills and the power we need to survive in a world with no government or empowerment. This is shown through the characters development in the show, the deep decent of their personality's are presented to us and we understand that we mustn't follow the same path.