Dawn of the Dead (1978) Image analysis (1)

 

This shot is from the point of view of a security camera in the mall and the characters have just taken all the money out, this is George Romero’s subtle way of saying that we are all too obsessed with money and material worth.  Obviously the last thing the character’s need in a zombie apocalypse are wads of valueless paper, but since they’re so used to only wanting money they take it anyway.  Roger and Peter are either side of the desk shaking hands; this makes it look like there is some kind of transaction taking place as if they’re pretending to buy something so they can remind themselves of what their lives were like.  In George Romero’s films he likes to satirise political issues according to the historical context of when the film was made.  George Romero addresses terrorism in his film ‘Land of the Dead.’ this is George Romero’s auteur style, and you can identify one of his films because the underlying messages of his films are very relevant to the time it was made.