The image is from the film Dawn of the Dead (DOTD).
It shows Stephen or “Fly boy” trying to shoot Zombies but keeps on missing. It
challenges the horror stereotypes of
the handsome white man failing at a simple task. [[[SAY HOW THIS SHOWS THE
INFLUENCE OF ROMERO AS AUTEUR BECAUSE HE LIKES TO FLIP CHARACTERS STEREOTYPES.
COMPARE TO ANOTHER OF HIS FILMS... SUCH AS DAY OF THE DEAD, WHERE HE HAS A
DRUNK MAN AS ONE OF THE MAIN HEROES, OR IN MARTIN WHERE HE HAS A SYMPATHETIC
VAMPIRE]]] In the image Stephen’s face shows he is almost feels emasculated as
Roger takes his place. Roger is a small-ish man who is in the SWAT team which
could be considered bad in some way. So it is a shock to see the roles are
almost reversed. [[[TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE GUNS ARE PHALLIC
WEAPONS, USING THEM WELL REPRESENTS MALE POWER]]]
The natural lighting connotes that the zombie apocalypse is
only starting and it will get darker and darker along the way. And the medium
shot gives a quite plain appearance which could connote how they feel - they
could only shoot zombies as now civilization doesn’t exist.
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