0.02 Dreamworks clip begins but to match with feel of the film it’s in sepia, creating an older look and adds depth to the scenes later on. The sound track for the film is playing throughout instead of the usual soundtrack attached to the Dreamworks clip.
0.22 Universal clip begins, again in sepia to match the films setting and to create a distressed, older look. The soundtrack again is the films not the original Universal track.
0.46 “Dreamworks Pictures and Universal Pictures present.” Again in sepia and in a font most likely to represent how Roman Numerals would be displayed, perhaps Times New Roman. Fades in.
0.56 “Gladiator” fades in.
1.07 “At the height of its power the Roman Empire was vast. Stretching from the deserts of Africa to the borders of Northern England.” Tells the story and sets the scene, again its sepia with smoke creeping in and its fades in as well.
1.11 “Over one quarter of the world’s population lived and died under the rule of the Caesars.”
1.20 “In the winter of 180 AD Emperor Marcus Aurelius twelve year campaign against the Barbarian tribes in Germania was drawing to an end.” More story setting and again the smoke is present.
1.27 “Just one final stronghold stands in the way of Roman victory and the promise of peace throughout the Empire.”
1.40 Grasses scene, close up of a man’s hand running their fingers through the long grass. The shot is blurred as if the man is disorientated and the camera wobbles as he walks, it looks like the camera is walking with him. The colours from earlier scenes link to this first moving shot with the colour of the grasses.
0.22 Universal clip begins, again in sepia to match the films setting and to create a distressed, older look. The soundtrack again is the films not the original Universal track.
0.46 “Dreamworks Pictures and Universal Pictures present.” Again in sepia and in a font most likely to represent how Roman Numerals would be displayed, perhaps Times New Roman. Fades in.
0.56 “Gladiator” fades in.
1.07 “At the height of its power the Roman Empire was vast. Stretching from the deserts of Africa to the borders of Northern England.” Tells the story and sets the scene, again its sepia with smoke creeping in and its fades in as well.
1.11 “Over one quarter of the world’s population lived and died under the rule of the Caesars.”
1.20 “In the winter of 180 AD Emperor Marcus Aurelius twelve year campaign against the Barbarian tribes in Germania was drawing to an end.” More story setting and again the smoke is present.
1.27 “Just one final stronghold stands in the way of Roman victory and the promise of peace throughout the Empire.”
1.40 Grasses scene, close up of a man’s hand running their fingers through the long grass. The shot is blurred as if the man is disorientated and the camera wobbles as he walks, it looks like the camera is walking with him. The colours from earlier scenes link to this first moving shot with the colour of the grasses.
