Glory
"Glory", the excellent war film about the first black regime, showed how a group of black men who first found bitterness between each other, rose above it and became one to form a group of black men that marched with pride not animosity. When dealing with a great film that involves African Americans, the roles have to be filled by strong black actors. Edward Zwick falls nothing short of this. The two black roles are filled by Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. This war film seemed to be just like every other war film. Meaning that mostly all war movies have the singing among troops and playing cards or in this case, craps. This helps the viewer see past the soldier, and see the real person and notice their human as well. This paper will show how Zwick used different characters, racial wars, music, and camera to portray what really goes on during a time of war. In "Glory" there are very different meanings to all the unique characters. Matthew Broderick, who plays Colonel Shaw, has many different meanings behind his character. The opening scene when he is lying on the battlefield he is feeling like he is in a living hell. When he is awakened the next morning, the first thing he see
A great war movie is not complete without great music and superb camera angles. Zwick puts the music and scene together amazingly. The first scene when Shaw is awakened the morning after the battle, he first sees the sun that looks like a path of light, and in the background the music portrays angels singing like he was granted a new life. The music throughout the entire movie has meaning to every scene. There are the scenes when the soldiers are walking on the field and the patriotic music is being played. When this patriotic music is being played, it gives any war filmgoer chills up and down their spine. When Shaw was shot in the end, the same sounds of angels were in the background. Zwick is trying to say that these angels represent heaven or that path of light, and now it is time for Shaw to be there. The most memorable scene is when they are just learning the steps of being a soldier and the music is rough and sounds drastic because they are going through pain. But when they start to move in unison, the patriotic music begins to play, this showing that they are slowly but surely becoming soldiers. The use of camera angles used by Zwick is very noticeable throughout the entire movie. When Shaw first meets the 54th regime he is on a stage looking over them. Shaw being on the stage and the troops being on the ground, this shows that Shaw has the power over them and that the troops are inferior to him. Throughout the movie Shaw is on and off his horse. When he is on his horse doesn't talk to the soldiers and when he does the camera angle shows him looking down, again showing more power. When off the horse he talks to the troops and treats them as not only troops but also as human beings the camera now is at conversation level, showing that Shaw and the troops are both there for the same purpose which is war. s is the sun. The sun looks like a narrow path of light, maybe resembling new life. Colonel Shaw, believing he was in a living hell, was awakened by a new heaven. Shaw, believing that he should of also died for his country, takes the responsibility of leading the first black regime and going
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