Theme of the Main Film

Largely as the main portion of the film is action orientated in the context of the fight my original plan is to make to audience believe that this fight in the opening sequence is a full on fight to the death, what can attribute to these would be the sound, camera shots and editing. Largely the purpose of mise-en-scene in these fights is to help the audience determine who is the bad guy and who is the good guy.

As the fight progresses the audience is told that the fight is simply a fight between teacher and student, but can also provide a forshadowing for later in the film. These fights should also tell the audience something about the characters, such as mannerisms and attitude towards the fight and in turn this affects the audiences first impression of them.

Largely one of the few comparable scenes in this fashion are a scene from Troy where Achilles is training Patroclus, also there is another in Eragon, however the film was unsuccessful and so i don't wish to compare.

Largely the mood is set in this fight by there being continual breaks of dialogue in the swordplay with the close ups being in these breaks and there being long shots during the fighting. However this banter is what keeps the audience interested, as it helps give an insight into the characters.

However as the fight originally is made to feel like a real fight i should study real fights in the context of films, and so the music changes alongside it along with camera shot and editing.

Largely what can subconsciously fool the audience into thinking it is a real sword fight is the pitch and volume of the sword clangs, also the presence of the "ughs" in the fight create a sense of realism with the audience