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SHAUN OF THE DEAD - CLOSING SCENE - Coggle Diagram
SHAUN OF THE DEAD - CLOSING SCENE
MISE EN SCENE
Rising out of the Winchester
Metaphorically and literally
The smoke surrounding them presents them as badass heroes, reaching their full potential
The flames behind them fully hammers home that the Winchester is done for
Shaun's sweatband made out of his tie
From dead-end everyman to an actual hero
Glaring white light when the military arrives
Presenting them as saviours
Homogenous themes (eg authority good)
Shaun and Liz holding hands over the white light
New hope restored for humanity
Hope for the future (babies + married couples = a win for the authorities)
Instantly cut to reality TV
The events of the film were another brick in the wall for the rest of society
"The events of Z day must seem like a bad dream"
Society has moved on very quickly
Zombies from the beginning still part of the service industry
Even after the zombie apocalypse, the zombified lower class are still the same as they were before
The new room
Clean, brightly lit, high key lighting overall
Shaun is no longer wasting his life away and is now conscious of his surroundings
Light coming out from outside
Pictures of the dead
Respecting them but still moving forward
Still the same zoom-in shot
Despite life changing seemingly for the better, it's still the same
Travel board, Liz wants to explore the world
Still time with Ed, the best of both worlds
Shaun's reward for proving himself to the world
The same mid shot from the same angle
The world is still the same
She returns from later
Cyclical narrative: everyone in this film has returned to their state of zombification - nobody has really learnt anything
SOUND / MUSIC
"Thought you two might want to..." "Move it!"
Represents the audience (a higher power) commanding our characters to get to safety ASAP
"...rage infected monkeys"
Reference to 28 Days Later
"Player 2 has entered the game"
Still a beta male with no ambition in life, even after winning the girl and getting his life on track
PERFORMANCE
Shaun is no longer as tired as he was
Enlightened, out of his
false consciousness
The new plan is similar to the same life Shaun had before
Still wasting their life away, reverting to the same old routine after things got on track again, similar to a popular kind of monster
Liz at the beginning said that she wanted to do more adventurous things, but in the end...
Liz's ambitions have been diminished
"I'll put the kettle on"
Patriarchy is restored
EDITING
Rapid cuts and fast zooms when the military arrives
Shows how overwhelming and out of the blue their arrival is
