Dawn of the Dead was an extremely gory
horror movie, with large amounts of blood and on screen deaths. I chose this
image due to the fact it obviously has a mass amount of blood, gore, and guts
but it also represents much more of that and reflects the historical context
that happened when this film was being made. Dawn of the Dead was not
affected by the ‘Hays Code’ meaning for the first time horror did not have a
limit on what could be shown on screen and how it was acted out. The film was
released as ‘unrated’ and this is why we experience unbearable moments of gore
throughout the film. This shot is a close up, letting the audience capture
everything in the scene, this shot is being used to have an effect on the
audience and make them become part of the action and experience the death in a
non-subtle way. This shoot is looking
down onto the body that is being ripped carelessly apart by zombies; I think
that George Romero wanted you to feel truly disgusted and disturbed. We can
convey that the institutional context made many directors exploit the end of
the Hays Code, and made many want to experiment with exaggerated deaths, and
uneasy amounts of blood and gore on screen.
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