Dawn of The Dead 2004 image analysis

This is the shot showing how good of a final girl Ana is. She isn’t afraid of killing people, as she is a nurse so she is used to seeing blood and gore and she handles it really well. Point of view shows to show who the good character is and you can see straight where the gun is pointing. Ana is unlike Fran from Dawn of the Dead (1979) who only gets better in time when using a gun. Ana kills Steve, which is a reference to an earlier threat she makes. But she is also killing the stereotypical good looking male “hero” who would survive in an action film. This makes horror films more feminist. The editing in this scene uses a lot more gore and blood, this is because people are getting more used to watching horror films it has enabled them to be able to watch more graphically violent images without being scared. There are a lot more deaths in this Dawn of the Dead (2004) and from this scene we can see there are a good use of headshots. The zombies are more sadistic and they move a lot quicker. The zombies moving quicker this adds more tension and makes people panic, the use of this speed is also used through fast montages. There is a good use of quick shots and collision cutting to add that jumpy feeling you get. Modern audiences demand faster paces zombies and shots because they have adapted so with the censorship allowing them to be able to get that scared feeling when watching a film. Films like The evil dead and 28 days later are films that are similar to this and ones in which people who liked Dawn of The Dead 2004 enjoyed watching.