Rick has just woken up from a coma and he decides to try and find his wife and son so he sets out to Atlanta. Rick is a sheriff and he sets out on a horse, the wide shot of him on the horse is a conventional shot for the type of character that is shown and makes it seem as if he is in a wild west film. When he gets into the city all the colours change to dull and Gray to shows the effect the zombies have had to the world, that nothing is alive anymore. He finds more people and when Merle starts to have a fight with someone he takes control but also meets him at his own level to show that he is a fair person and that they are all the same now. His uniform suggests that he is in control and is an authority figure but when he gets stuck in the tank he starts to break down and the audience see a more vulnerable side to him.
Shane, Ricks partner has set up a camp outside Atlanta. He has been represented as a strong man and we can see by the way he acts that he is in charge. He looks very strong and tough and this is reinforced when he is holding a gun to protect the rest of the camp. Lori and Shane are now together to the audience this is shocking because of the relationship between them all. When Shane gives orders the whole camp listens and does not stand up to him. The women do all the cleaning and cooking in camp, this is the stereotypical view of what a woman does and when Lori tries to stand up to Shane about her leaving to help the others he refuses to let her and she goes back to looking after the children. Dramatic irony is used because the audience know that Rick his coming to find his family but his wife and Shane do not.
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