This is set in an old time; the language is old, archaic in fact- English? French?- Old empirical clothing with shields and armor. The language is so passionate i.e. "I will keep for thee". The acting is also as in the tussel that ensues before the three are convicted of treaso (betrayal to the king). The words spoken create the effect needed to strike upon the audience of the intense air that is about in the room. The colors ar drab, dingy and the lighting makes scenes look cool and dingy. The English vs. French war that happens looks as though at night, with the darkness and the fire looks like a stage set, not an actual place-built. The use of the cameras-the high and the low positions show the effect of grandeurism, God-like views and the effect of making someone seem "bigger than life".
The voices speaking so gruffly in that "Sparta" form- we don't speak like that anymore for the most part. We've gotten so lazy in our speech.
The French to English lesson of the body parts scene is so bright and sunny in the fun and joy (lighting). The lady and her maidservant have more fun time while the men fight and the ladies joke. Such roles women and men played back then.
The cold, rainy, wet, and muddy path made me shiver. No wonder so much sickness prevailed to sometime fateful ends for some.
"Shall the King hang a thief?" and the reply that "Not thou shall" and then the broken promise followed by the King terfully allowing so showed much emotion.
The first time me noticing the narrator talking straight to the camera and the lights dimming to introduce a more sinister, lurking danger, the camera followed him just right. I felt I need the subtitles on with the blending of the words.
The Mise en Scene I noticed had the distance between the camera and it's subjects positioned well. The battle scene showed a widescreen effect showing much detail with danger approaching much of its victims (fallen soldiers). The slow motion made it that much easier to see and notice. The scene with the Princess and Crispin had a balance to it when the King stood in the middle of them. The cropping was good.
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