Monday, 19 March 2012

MileStone1.Flow of data:


1.Flow of data:    
1) Zombie powder formula pours onto coffin
2) coffin = title; the zombie comes up from the ground
3) walking past trees or fence = history
4) zombie walking with limbs falling off, showing the rest of the information
Secondary information :
Zombie Powder ingredients =
1) poisonous frogs (tetrodoxin)
2) puffer fish (because of its paralyzing properties)
3) plants such as nettles (makes the skin itchy. The person who scratches will tear the skin, giving the zombie powder an entrance into the body)
4) human remains
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- the world’s oldest record of the idea of a “zombie apocalypse.” by Gilgamesh "“If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I shall smash [the gates of the Netherworld, right down] to its dwelling,
I shall bring up the dead to consume the living,
I shall make the dead outnumber the living. “
-Zombies in viedo games in the last 30 years
-The ZX Spectrum computer game Zombie Zombie, released exclusively in Europe during 1984, is considered to be the first video game focused on zombies.
-Zombie games became more prevalent after the release of the survival horror game Resident Evil in 1996
-There are 85 video games about zombies
-Resident Evil sold 2.75 million units within the United States alone
-Wade Davis, a Harvard ethnobotanist,claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being introduced into the blood stream (usually via a wound). The first, coup de poudre (French: "powder strike"), includes tetrodotoxin (TTX), a powerful and frequently fatal neurotoxin found in the flesh of the pufferfish (order Tetraodontidae). The second powder consists of dissociative drugs such as datura.
- the word zombie is thought to originate from the Angolian word nzúmbe which means spirit of a dead person. The word zombi is reserved for the walking dead, people who have been brought back to life in order to serve.

- unlike the modern, ultra-violent, and uncontrollable zombie, the original zombie myth took its roots from Haitian voodoo culture
- in the voodoo religion, there are different types of priests/priestesses that are said to contact the gods and heal the sick using potions, charms and rituals
- unlike a houngan (male priest) or a mambo (female priest) a bokor will use voodoo rituals to cause harm to others
- they can use rituals to create a zombie by stealing a person's soul
- zombies of this manner are usually servants or slaves
- they are mindless beings who do what their master tells them, whether it is benign, such as cleaning, farming and cooking, or malignant, such as violent acts, or destructive actions

How to Make A Zombie

- according to Haitian voodoo practices, a Zombie is made by the bokor by:
1) choosing a suitable victim
2) dosing the victim with Zombie Powder
3) voila! A zombie is created

 How to Cure A Zombie

- it's believed that salt is the best cure for zombiism, as zombie powder is thought to work by blocking salt's ability to help muscles move, salt will reverse it
- datura or "zombie cucumber". This one is double-edged. A small amount will return mobility to the affected Zombie, but bokor's will also use it to make a zombie more tractable since its side effects cause dizziness, confusion, and forgetfulness

- the Zombie as we know it from 1930's and 40's comes from Haitian voodoo culture
Zombie Apocolypse refers to the "breaking down of society as a result of zombie infestation."  The infestation of zombies is worldwide, and spreads quickly because the victims of zombies become zombies themselves.
As a result of the Zombie genre becoming mainstream, many fans of the genre have made survival plans to "prepare for the hypothetical future zombie apocalypse."

Elements found in Zombie Apocalyptic Stories:
1. The initial contact with zombies is an extremely traumatic experience for the survivors.
2.Authorities are not fast enough in responding to the outbreak of the zombies, therefore the infestation spreads quickly, and the zombies can no longer be contained

1 fallen: arm; 2: intestines 3fallen: jaw 4: part of the body 5: leg

1)history
2) books
3) music
4) movies
5) games 


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