The battle for Germania/Roman battle -Analysis

I decided to do my blog over the battle for Germania. I believe its the most interesting part in the film and a great way to grasp the audience's attention at the beginning. The scene is very dark, cloudy, and misty which sets the mood for the scene before the battle begins. For someone who has never seen it for the first time, it foreshadows that something bad or sad is about to occur. Before the battle begins slow music is playing in the background as the wind blows, symbolizing a cold day. Ridley Scott uses long shots as the horse with the headless man arrives on the horse. As MAximus Decimus leaves on his horse everyone rises symbolizing the respect they have for him. Numerous times the director also used to the camera to play Decimus' eyes; almost if we were him ourselves. As tension begins to rise everything in the scene begins to increase such as music volume, wind speed, and the volume of every one's voice in the movie as the begin to yell and charge. More close ups are occurring during the actual battle to see the bloody, violent scene as everyone is getting killed.