Dawn of The Dead 2004 image analysis

This scene is representing freedom, the fact that they are finally getting away from the zombies. The American flag behind her is used quite often behind Ana and Kenneth this is to show patriotism. Ana is the final girl of this film. The American flag is also used in The Hills Have Eyes (2006) to kill an evil mutant when they stab them through the head with it. As “Big Brain” says before he is killed: “You made us what we became when you dropped your bombs” this is the quote before he kills him. Basically this is referring to the context of the film because it is hinting at terrorism. In Dawn of the Dead (2004) Ana goes against the concept of final girl because she is blonde. This is normally what the victim looks like, such as in Wrong Turn. Ana is a nurse so she is capable of dealing with gore and body horror. She is a lot tougher than Fran who was the final girl in Dawn of the dead (1979) and it shows how horror films are modernising. She shows the continuing rise of feminism and she is very compassionate over Frank. She is smart and as a nurse helps everyone and she is the one that figures out about the zombie bites. Parallel music to fit in with the scene because we can see her get very emotional when having to let Michael go away, she feels for him and doesn’t want to leave him there. But she discovered the bites so she knows she needs to leave him. A slow montage used to flick from Michael shows the emotional bond and connection between them and makes the scene quite touching because you feel sorry for them both.