They roam the night and are blind to the people around them during the day.Īs it is a night scene, lighting plays a significant role. The dark captures Jesse and his gang’s mythical qualities. It is set at night in a dingy forest, which enhances the melodramatic feel of it, allowing specific conventions to be used effectively. The setting is significant with regards to the whole scene. There is no dialogue, and therefore what we see is important to our understanding and connection with it. The mis-en-scene is a prominent factor in this scene.
This scene captures Jesse James’s mythical figure through the use of specific conventions. I will analyze the train scene near the beginning of the film, where Jesse James and the rest of his bandits await a train’s arrival before robbing it. The film’s magnificent approach to the western genre had caught my attention and that is why I have chosen analyze a scene from it.
The beginning stages of the film portrays the legendary, almost inhuman Jesse James figure, and as the film progresses, so does his character, towards the norm of society. The film’s narrative focuses on a dying hero as opposed to a reigning hero, and we begin to develop a sense of reality about Jesse James’s character as the film moves on. Its excessively dramatic overtones reveal a part of the Western world that is so scarcely portrayed, diverting people’s general ideas about it. It is unique in its narrative style and conventions, challenging the norms of the classic western, leading way to a whole new perception of it. The Assassination of Jesse James breached new heights in the western genre. Scene Analysis – The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
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