Dawn of the Dead (1978) Scene Analysis 1

This medium shot shows Peter holding a gun whilst shooting zombies to protect Roger. The low angle expressionist shot and the representation of the gun being a phallic symbol shows the audience the power Roger has and his strength that he uses to protect Peter. I chose to use this shot because I wanted to talk about Peter being a black male hero. Dawn of the Dead (DOTD) was made in 1978, when America had a lot of problems such as the Vietnam War, Watergate scandal and racism. Romero hates racism and sexism, which is why he chose to go against normal conventions and have a black male hero, and a female victim as the final girl. He uses political satire to attack American Cultural Dominant Ideologies and in this film, he attacks racism and capitalism. One way Romero challenges racism is when Peter is shown shooting a racist person which shows the audience his views in a less direct way.

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Psycho Scene Analysis 4

This still captures Hitchcock's auteur style really well. Hitchcock was a bit of an unusual auteur who liked young, blonde woman and in this you can see he victimizes Marion by having her stabbed to death whilst naked in the shower. This conforms to the stereotype of ditsy blonde females being a victim. In a lot of films, the stereotypical female victim is shown to have a sexual side (by having sexual relations with another character or acting in a provocative way). Hitchcock had Marion murdered whilst naked which backs up this stereotype.

Psycho Scene Analysis 3

This shot of Norman Bates is another low expressionist angle showing his dominating power of Marion. He has just discovered that his ‘mother’ has killed Marion as he had sexual thoughts towards her and his ‘mother’ got jealous. The most obvious thing in this still is the photo of the bird on the wall, this connotes Marion’s life as shortly after this shot, the photo of the bird is knocked off the wall which suggests death. Marion’s last name is also Crane which connotes that she is a representation of the photo on the wall. This is a slow montage after a very long tracking shot. Marion’s death and then this scene put together shows collision cutting which creates suspense for the audience.