In the beginning of the extract, the first scene begins with a high angle looking down at a ship. Non diegetic sounds of birds are loud, while the ocean waves take them to their mysterious location. Mountains and little islands surround the boat creating almost suffocation. After this, the camera focuses on two male characters. The camera slowly zooms in making you question what they are looking at and why they have such serious expressions. Incidental sound adds to the suspense and disgusted looks on their faces by allowing the audience to hear the tension. Another key thing I recognized was their outfits, the costumes in this extract are of medieval time and the clothes they are wearing are fancy, which is only worn by people of a higher power or ranking. In these times there was a lot of war, so it makes me question is something big coming? Using these different camera angles and sounds it shows the audiences the emotions the characters are going through and how they feel. Following this is a zoom out showing us a large statue of a soldier with its sword cut in half enforcing the idea of my theme of war.
To continue, the next scene follows the two men from the ship into a shaded, mostly empty dark room. The only set design is the chairs and long table, creating a lonely environment. The action match from the conversation to one of the male characters pacing back and forth in a long hallway shows how impatient and frustrated the man is getting. Meanwhile, his companion is calm, reserved, and is trying to ease the situation. You can tell he is someone who takes care or works for the man. Later, the three men finally join the other two. Although they have been waiting anxiously they are uncertain of the three men beyond them and look as though they are questioning if they can trust them. This action match follows my theme by proving the character's uncertainty.
In addition, the next scene is filled with the most dialogue and continues to have a shot/reverse-shot of each character discussing who should be in charge. One of the three men insults the “lord” and calls the other a thief. The characters continue to go back and forth and it just seems that they cannot come to a conclusion. Going back to my theme one of the three men remains unfazed by what the “lords” friend is saying to him. The three men have much more power than the other two and you can hear this by the dialogue and what the way they are speaking to each other. This goes back to my theme because there is conflict between the rights of who will reign the kingdom and who is really in charge.
Furthermore, there seems to be no more options because the three men just will not listen or try to understand what the two main characters are saying to them. At this point one of the main men is not willing to bargain anymore and he goes to the fullest extent. He is shown in a medium long shot and approaches the men directly and close. His demeanor changed and his seriousness to its fullest. He takes off his glove to show the three men that his “lord” did make him pay for his crimes by cutting off the ends of his fingers. To add on, a reaction shot follows this by the face of the one of the three men. He is shocked and now understands that the “lord” acts like a true king and gives their people what they deserve when they have done badly. The reaction shot follows my theme by making the audience realize that one of the main characters was trying to prove a point that the other deserves the throne because he is not scared to draw blood.
In conclusion, throughout each scene it is evident that the author is trying to portray the theme of war, consequences, and rightful ownership through the scenes following these two characters. At first there was mystery and suspense, but that would be uncovered by the truth of the matter. Which is, who shall reign? My theme was justified by the actions of both the main characters and the reactions from those against them. Their point was proven and left the opposers speechless.
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