The Last Scene in Braveheart

The aspect of the last scene in Braveheart when his execution is occurring is about the camera shots. The following paragraphs explain the camera shots from the shots of the ax, and the crowd, to shots of William Wallace. and shots of the Queen, and the final shot the shot of his hand, During this scene the camera flashes between all of these shots to give it a slow meaning part of the movie. The Ax plays an important part in the last scene.

As I see it, the ax is to set the time of the scene like a clock, and when the clock strikes the head Will be gone. Most of all, it tells you how time might be when you know you are going to die (to make you flash between old memories).

The shots of the crowd gave you a feeling of being right there in amongst them, watching William Wallace getting his guts pulled out of his body.

It also with the expressional shots of the people at first giving you a sort of pissed-off emotion when the laugh and spit at him. Then when they see his devotion to being free they were begging him to plead mercy to the King of England to see him suffer no more, When you see the close-ups of William Wallace you can actually see the devotion he gave to his wife and to his country of Scotland. He holds his wifes marriage cloth to him in his hands at all times to show it to her.

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He shows his devotion to his country by standing up taking the worst punishment and the scream of FREEDOM.

The Queen in this scene, in the kings chambers, is imagining the pain William is gomg through. The king on his deathbed is watching her emotions the whole time, probably dreading what his country of England might go through. The final shot, the shot of his hand before and after the ax chops of William Wallace’s head, shows a great deal of emotion. With the music in the background, and the slow motion of the shot. Before the ax hits him you can see his hand clinch the marriage cloth tightly preparing for the impact, and after it hits, you see the hand go limp and the marriage cloth goes free and giving a feeling that he accomplished all he could in life, and can now be with his wife in heaven.