Mark Antony meets Augustus's Army

        This scene from "Cleopatra" is after Antony wakes up at his camp to find that his entire army has deserted, and that Augustus Caesar and his army is coming to meet him. I would say that the shot is an establishing/wide shot showing Augustus's army and how vast it is as the cavalry stretches back far behind in the distance and even going off screen. I would also say that this shot uses the 3-level technique (as was used in "Cabiria") because the viewer focus's on the front row of the cavalry then the second row behind on the hill and lastly, the last row of cavalry far off in the distance. The angle used for the scene would bird's eye view. It's bird's eye view because one can see the whole army stretching into the distance but at the same time the front row of the cavalry is the main focus. Looking at this from Antony's level, which would be eye level, the horses would be leering over you making one feel vulnerable and scared. The colors for this shot are bright and the horses used are mainly dark in order to contrast against the light colored sand. The sky has an ombre effect going on, where the edges of the sky are dark becoming light as it gets closer to the army's/ horses on the hill as if they are drawing the viewers attention to them to give them the impression that Caesar's army is big, powerful and strong.