This scene is from Dawn Of The Dead (1978), where
Stephen also known as Flyboy is very poor at shooting. We've already seen how
weak he is in a previous scene where a zombie lands on him and he’s struggling
to get the hammer. He tries to shot the slow moving zombie in the head but
misses a number of times, and that’s where Roger steps in a do it straight
away. Stephen and the gun arguably represents his relationship with Fran
(falling apart), because the gun is used as phallic symbol and he can’t use it
probably. We see more of this near enough at the ending where him and Fran are
just sitting up together staring into space.
In this film Romero likes to twist the characters, like
Stephen should be the male hero as he was considered the “attractive one” back
then, but instead he’s useless. On the other hand, a black man and a blonde
woman are the true heroes of the film serving together. Fran being blonde challenges
the idea of the female victim, and Peter being a black hero which a lot of
people didn't like back then.
In this medium shot I notice two things, which Stephan looks
well dressed and quite a stuck up posh person and Roger on the other hand is
dressed in work clothes, working for the SWAT . Roger’s clothes connote he
knows what he’s doing and he can handle danger.
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