This moment in the film shows Shaun as he takes the side of combo because he can relate to him in regards to the Falkland’s war, Shaun sees Combo as a mentor figure and gets wrapped up in his nationalist and racist views. The atmosphere changes from a comical mood with Shaun being chased round the shop by the owner, Shaun uses racial abuse however the shopkeeper can handle it as Shaun is young and naive, with the entrance of combo as he reveals his weapon it is shocking and dramatic, the audience see the danger that Shaun is ignorantly getting into. This scene needs no music as the language and images are dramatic enough on their own.
We see Shaun at the end of his journey as he experiences Combos xenophobia when he severely attacks milky, the only black member of the group. He abandons Combo and discards the English flag he gave him, however it is ironically patriotic as he throws it into the sea. The music is mellow and melancholic, a cover of the smiths which is music from the time making the realism more authentic. The location is strangely beautiful, perhaps made more so through the music and emotion created through the loneliness of Shaun. He walks down a path, almost a path of discovery as his joyful views of England have been corrupted by the Nazi ideology of combo. The scene ends with an extreme close up of Shaun, his face almost aged and worn, his expression melancholic as if he has given up, a direct look at the camera ends the scene, this contact is moving and brings to life the hole film as Shaun breaks the fourth wall.
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