They Died With Their Boots On: Video Analysis

The first video clip from, They Died with Their Boots On, had one specific part to it that stood out. Just like any paintings, it showed a brief couple of seconds of George standing on top of the hill alone, and even though he was surrounded by Indians he went down swinging. The way this clip showed the 7th was in a very interesting way, they showed none of the other soldiers standing except for George. This made it easy to pick out which one he was but also it made it easy to show that he was a proud strong fighter with courage. It also showed him dying like a hero. He was surrounded by Indians and out of ammo in both of his pistols, yet he still pulled out his sword and looked death directly in the eyes. The second video clip from, Sons of Morning Star, showed something very interesting. It showed the historic pose of George looking death in the eyes just like all the paintings depict but what it also showed is something very interesting. It showed him not being the last man alive. One thing I thought was very interesting is when it showed George going down, it also showed the 7th flag going down. The reason for this was to show that it truly was the end and that no one was going to overcome the battle. This video clip showed George as more of a leader and not a fighter. It didn’t show him actually firing shots at the
This video clip made it very easy to tell which character was George due to him wearing his yellow and white clothing. In this video clip though, instead of being shown as a hero who went down fighting, he was shown as a man who was almost going insane. He still went down proud and in this video just like the first he went down as the final man