Relationship Between Shots

                                                        The King Movie.


The Netflix original film has fantastic fighting scenes. One in particular stands out for me, 

for its spectacular editing. The war scene, it begins in a medium shot to display all the 

warriors walking in their heavy armor. It quickly cuts to an extreme close up shot of the 

warriors feet, to emphasize they are going to be fighting on the mud. The shots become 

quicker as the scene progresses in a combination of extreme close ups and high angle shots.

The editing for this scene is perfect because it uses the extreme close ups as the window to 

the emotions for the viewer, and the long shots to display the brutality of the war with a 

touch of humanity.


To continue, The editing is flawless with one shot that captures the entire purpose of the 

scene. It is a high angle shot, which shows the warriors sinking in the mud as they are 

fighting. This shot is genius because sums up the whole scene to a single fraction of content. 

It elaborates on why the British defeated the french with a simple tactic. Moreover, there 

was no better to show the soldiers sinking than using a high angle shots that captures the 

soldiers sinking because of their heavy armor.


To conclude this scene also uses the rule of thirds to draw the viewers eyes to what is 

important. The director also cuts to some low angle shots to show the way in which the 

arrows fall on top  of the soldiers and the horses. Such editing helps the viewer differentiate 

the emotions of those standing  and sinking than those on horses.