![]() ![]() Along with this scene, Robert also listens to “Three Little Birds” when the audience first sees him by himself three years after the virus has infected the human race. With a trembling voice, Robert sings “Don’t worry ’bout a thing, cause every little thing gonna be all right” to Sam as she dies ( One song that is used as a motif throughout the film is Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.” Whether the song is playing in the background or Robert is singing the song, “Three Little Birds” plays in ironic situations when a tragic event occurs, such as Sam’s death. The silence in this scene as Robert pets his sick dog gives insight into Robert’s future life full of silence and seclusion without Sam by his side. Once Samantha is infected with the virus, Robert’s world is turned upside down (Figure 1).įigure 1: Immediately after Sam is infected with the virus, Robert holds her in fear. Considering most of the human population are zombies trying to attack Robert, he spends his time with his dog Samantha, the only living being he has. ![]() The dreary noises and music played in I Am Legendmatch Robert’s emotions and feeling of loneliness. While watching a film, the audience tends to only focus on what they can see, but what they can hear is just as important. I Am Legendportrays social isolation as a monster that battles Robert Neville through the emphasis on dark lighting, his interactions with mannequins, and the depressing music and sounds throughout the film. Robert believes he is the only man left on earth and devotes his life to discovering a cure and searching for other humans that are fighting off this monster like himself. Scientists believed that they found a cure to cancer using a mutated measles virus, but this cure eventually transforms most of the human race into zombies. ![]() Directed by Francis Lawrence in 2007, I Am Legend is a post apocalyptic film that focuses on a scientist, Robert Neville, and his journey to prevent the extinction of the human race. Social isolation is frightening, repulsive and terrifying and the main character in I Am Legend battles this horrendous monster. ![]() These are words most people would use to describe monstrous creatures that we see in movies or in our imagination, but these words also accurately describe the monsters that we cannot see. ![]()
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