Harvey Milk's Death Scene

The scene that I will be discussing is Harvey Milk’s death scene. This scene is about the final breakdown of Dan White and watching Harvey Milk’s journey come to a brutal and tragic end. The mood of the scene, while this is a terrible and unexpected tragedy, is rather calm. While Harvey does not wish to die and pleads with Dan White for him not to do this, once he is shot the scene becomes calm and tranquil. It is as if the filmmakers were expressing that Harvey is at peace and is accepting that he is going to die. Same with Dan White, while he is in an aggressive state he is also experiencing a calmness of knowing that he did in fact end Harvey Milk’s life, which is exactly what he came to do. Another key moment with Harvey in this scene