Dawn Of The Dead (1979)

In this wide shot of the mall you can see the zombies walking around. This is a representation of the historical context. When this film was released the rise of the malls in America was starting to open in the 1970s. So the zombies are meant to be the consumers (us). As quoted by Peter: ‘It's memory, instinct’ meaning that all they know now is coming to the malls.  This sequence symbolises the fact that people are sucked in by the malls and advertisement and are controlled like zombies. Also the music playing is conventional music for a mall, however the contrapuntal music for a horror film and this scene. The music makes the zombies seem somewhat silly, which could be an ironic representation of real-life people that are in the ‘trap’ of consumerism.  This film is links with the context making it appeal to the audience (Janet Staiger, says how the best way to analyse a film is through the context)