This scene from DAWN OF THE DEAD is when the bikers start to raid the mall. Stephen is angry at what the bikers are doing and tries to take action. This is shown by him saying ‘It’s ours, we took it’, this is a way that Romero is trying to show consumerism / greed.  Later on after this scene Stephen dies, due to his greed and his desire to protect the mall by shooting at the bikers.

This all leads back to Peter saying, ‘They’re us, that’s all, when there’s no more room in hell the dead will walk the Earth.’ Stephen should be the hero in the movies as he his tall, good looking and has a high paying job, but Peter is the real hero in the movie. This links in the Romero as an “Auteur,” he often doesn’t use generic horror conventions for his character with in his movies. He explores using different types of people as main characters, such as Francine as the final girl. She is a blonde, pregnant final girl; this is unusual to see in a horror as the final girls are usually dark haired strong willed women. He does this to surprise the audience.  He also does this in DAY OF THE DEAD, where Bub the main zombie of the film turns out to be the real hero.

During this scene 70’s action music plays over the top, this is parallel music as it goes with the feelings of the scene. Medium and long shots are used throughout, so you can see the expressions and reactions on the characters' faces but still see the actions which are going on.