Dawn of the Dead (2004) Image Analysis - Ana on the Boat

 

At this point near the end of Dawn of the Dead (2004) we can see a close up of Ana standing next to the American Flag. This is important as it gives off the effect that America is against the world in this outbreak. We can also use this to show that America is a more powerful country when it links back to the theory that the outbreak started in the Middle East which links back to the 9/11 attacks in 2001, just three years before the release of this film. Reviewing this allows the audience to get an overall analysis of how America is displayed as being powerful. At this point in the film, we have Ana, Kenneth and Nicole which is unconventional as we have a black person as the male hero, a final girl with blonde hair and a final girl with red hair. It is quite unique that Kenneth is our male hero as we can link it in with George Romero's auteur theory by the fact of he prefers to have a black male hero. We can see this in Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) where both heroes are black. This film was good for horror fans/ fans of George Romero's films as it had a sentimental feeling to it by bringing back nostalgia of the previous versions of his films.