This is my module 11 assignment submission, and this will be on the synopsis of Secretariat and the analysis of Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron.
In the movie Secretariat, there is a specific focus on the owner, trainer, and groomer of the famous racehorse, Secretariat. There is a specific scene where the owner goes to a coin flip to see who gets what foal, and they included a close up of the trainer looking at the breeding chart that would be the start of their successful career. This view works much better than five minutes of dialogue. One of the last few scenes before the last race, we get a scene of the owner and her horse looking each other in the eye for a long time on that important morning. This creates such importance and emotion in the movie and is crucial for the upcoming scenes. Overall, the movie is about the background of a record breaking racehorse, provoking and providing emotion to make us fall even more in love with “Big Red”.
The second movie that I would like to cover is called Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. This is a popular children’s movie, especially for those that love horses. It has a general focus on this buckskin stallion that gets captured and tries to find his way back to his herd. It is full of action packed scenes that will move your heart with sadness and happiness.
One specific scene in general is called the Engine of Destruction scene. This scene involves Spirit, the stallion, realizing that the humans are going to build and infiltrate his herd’s homeland. So he decides to put a stop to it and uses his wise tactics and wild determination to help save his herd and the other horses that are captured with him. This scene is very dramatic, involving Spirit even faking his own death so that he can get out of formation to put his plan into action. The camera captures a close-up shot that zooms in right at the exact moment that he breaks out of the chains dragging him so that he can go release the other horses. There are a lot of those close up shots that reveal Spirit’s reactions to the different plot changes that come his way. The lightening has an effect on this scene as well. For example, when he gets to the top of the hill and the sun shines bright in his eyes, he realizes what they are planning to do and it is like the sun gives him an idea and he begins his masterplan. This scene does join to the broader message of the film, showing how humans were destructing the land of not only the Native Americans but of the wild horses as well.
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