Dawn of the Dead (2004) Image analysis (3)

Before this scene there was a tense action scene where the characters were all running past zombies with lots of quick editing and fast paced music.  This brief slower scene is collision cutting since this is one long take and it’s a lot quieter.  There is also contrapuntal music in the background of this shot combined with C.J’s line “I love this song” gives it quite a humorous feel.  This is also a medium-long shot so we can see all of the characters cramped into this small space which adds to the humour of the scene.  In the middle of the scene is our main character Ana and to the right of the scene is Michael who is quite a bit taller than the other characters, this Is showing how Michael is the male hero and is looking after the others.