The Eagle Opening Two Minutes Analysis

The opening to the film the Eagle starts with a group of Roman soldiers going down a river in an ancient Italian boat in southern Britain and as there going along they see a Celtic boy on horseback herding cow across the river.

The roman soldiers are wearing standard uniforms with armour swords, shields and spears which shows there in the military and Channing Tatum’s character is wearing an officer uniform showing that he’s in charge and is likely to be smarter and better at being a soldier than the others in the boat. The Celtic boy however is wearing robes around his waist to cover some of his lower body which suggests that he is not accustomed to the luxuries that the Roman soldiers are used to.


To capture this shot they use close up shots to capture Channing Tatum's expression and medium shots to capture what the other soldiers in the boat are doing and a long shot to show what the boy on horseback who is herding cattle is doing.