re: Finally watched Last of the Mohicans

Whut?

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The first two shots are just nice scenery, the third is basic.

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For the first shot, what's going on here? They are in the middle of running away from battle, so they have the characters run towards the film, angled up and across so it gives unique perspective. Not only that they show, in full, how the Indians are organized to watch them. And, it has a good mix of actors and color, with the color of the mountain, the water, the green and the actors juxtaposed against that. It's a good shot.

The second shot is iconic, as the director isolates the two most important people in the film . -The Last of the Mohicans and the Indiana that aligns himself with British forces, - against the backdrop of mountains and Blue Sky.

The third is far from basic. It may seem basic because opposing forces standing against each other is a common shot for sure, but the colors, the flags, the smoke....it makes it look like an 18th Century painting, which was the point. It was very successful on that point.

See here, Battle of Yorktown painting: