This shot is a point-of-view shot from the security camera they’re
posing for, this is ironic as people who steal money tend to avoid the security
cameras. The contrapuntal music played by the Mall’s speaker’s plays over this
specific scene, making it out as George A. Romero
is mocking consumerism, these two characters are taking money when the whole
world is almost undead and there’s no use for it.
George also represents his auteur style of playing around with
racism and making it seem like it doesn’t exist because of how stupid he saw it
as. This is represented as Stephen and Peter are shaking hands which in this
film’s institutional and historical context most people would avoid. Stephen’s
character also changes with this scene as he was more scared in the mall,
presented as weak and this shot shows him almost proudly shaking hands and
stealing money which is pointless when he has control of the whole mall.
What’s also interesting about this shot is how the camera is at a
high angle looking down upon them, despite it being shown as a point-of-view
shot from the security camera. This shot also foreshadows the fact that soon
something big will happen, going from stealing money and an upbeat contrapuntal
song making the scene seem silly as of what’s happening around them in the
world to what is going to happen when the zombies eventually strike.
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