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2014 Year 11 Student - Black Hawk Down - Film Essay
In the film of Black Hawk Down directed by Ridley Scott, it features an important idea that is relevant to people in today’s society. Leaders are not born, they're made. In this film of Black Hawk Down we see that Eversmann (one of the leaders) starts off helpless and throughout the film he develops his leadership qualities to become the leader that he is known for at the end of the film. This is relevant to the leaders and people in society today, it tells us that leaders are not born leaders, their made. And for leaders to be who they are, they go through many obstacles and an event that helps them develop their leadership qualities. If you want to be a leader it takes time, people think that leaders are just born with the qualities of a leader but what they must understand is that the qualities will only be shown by the leader if they have learned how to lead.
In the first scene we see that Eversmann has not yet developed his leadership quality, this is shown through the scene of John Beales seizure. When the seizure happened, Eversmann’s actions were slow, his reaction wasn’t as fast as Blackburns reaction was, and we see that he freezes with knowing how helpless he was. The mid-shot of his reaction shows his emotion changing throughout the scene and the time for him to get up and see what’s happening shows how speechless he was and how worried he looked. It shows that whilst everyone else was rushing to help he was taking his time, he didn’t know what to do, he froze, he was worried of what was happening to his leader/brother but he wasn’t helping. During the seizure a close-up of his face shows his emotion, we see that he’s worried, the close up of his face shows a clueless brother that’s helpless, from these camera angles we know that Eversmann lacks the quality of acting fast and as a leader you should be the first to get to the injured when an incident happens. Things happen in life that people don’t see coming and as for a leader you must be ready to act fast, Eversmann failed to do so because he didn’t know what to do every leader must be prepared whether you’re on the battlefield or not, things will always happen that people don’t see coming.
Eversmann fails to react fast to John Beales seizure, but when the second incident occurs his reaction was quicker. In the first battle scene of the film the helicopters are feeding their men into the enemy’s ground and in that scene we see that Eversmann’s orders to Blackburn were pressured onto him and when Blackburn goes for the rope the helicopter moves and Blackburn falls. We see the close-up of Eversmann’s face and from the close-up shot, we see how Eversmann’s face changes, his face changes and we see that his emotion that he’s feeling is guilt. His reaction of getting to the injured was faster than before. We get an idea of why his reaction was faster from his facial expression and from the past events such as the seizure. His reaction was faster because he knew himself that this situation was different, in this event he was in charge and he knew that he could help, he didn’t know how but he knew he had to act fast to help the injured especially when he’s the one who ordered him to go, we know that he feels guilty and he feels responsible for his soldiers injury was because of his facial expression showed, and in a way his guilt was shown in his fast movements in calling a medic and helping to make sure that he doesn’t lose a soldier. He failed to help the injured in the first incident but he learnt from that and in the second incident that happened he was able to act fast and he was able to help which shows that he learns from his mistakes and he’s improving as a proactive leader that leads and knows when to act and what to do when under pressure. This is important because he was in war and for that to happen his reaction was better seeing is that he didn’t know that it was going to happen but his reaction haven been faster and he did what he could was good enough especially when in the enemy’s territory.
We see that Eversmann’s improving as the film continues. In the battle scene against the enemy, Eversmann and his team were on ground and the enemy was shooting from the top of the buildings, because it was dark Eversmann throws the inferior red marker so that the helicopters coming from above can identify who was the enemy on ground and who not to shoot. His first throw was unsuccessful because it did not land on the roof top on where the enemies were so running from one side to the other while the enemy were shooting from and his men covering for him he risked his life going underneath the building and throwing the inferior red marker on top which was successful and the helicopters were able to identify who the enemy were. From this scene Eversmann could have easily given the job to go across and throw the red marker on top to one of his soldier, but instead he risked his own life and he ordered the other soldiers to cover for him. Instead of risking his other soldiers’ lives he risked his own and put himself in danger so that they could get an advantage in using the helicopters which was successfully well done by him.
From these scenes we now know that Eversmann has become a proactive leader, from not knowing what to do, to knowing what to do and risking his life for his soldiers, his progress in becoming a proactive leader was not easy but in the end he became the leader that he was set out to be and he’s an example that leaders are not born their made.
In the film of Black Hawk Down directed by Ridley Scott, it features an important idea that is relevant to people in today’s society. Leaders are not born, they're made. In this film of Black Hawk Down we see that Eversmann (one of the leaders) starts off helpless and throughout the film he develops his leadership qualities to become the leader that he is known for at the end of the film. This is relevant to the leaders and people in society today, it tells us that leaders are not born leaders, their made. And for leaders to be who they are, they go through many obstacles and an event that helps them develop their leadership qualities. If you want to be a leader it takes time, people think that leaders are just born with the qualities of a leader but what they must understand is that the qualities will only be shown by the leader if they have learned how to lead.
In the first scene we see that Eversmann has not yet developed his leadership quality, this is shown through the scene of John Beales seizure. When the seizure happened, Eversmann’s actions were slow, his reaction wasn’t as fast as Blackburns reaction was, and we see that he freezes with knowing how helpless he was. The mid-shot of his reaction shows his emotion changing throughout the scene and the time for him to get up and see what’s happening shows how speechless he was and how worried he looked. It shows that whilst everyone else was rushing to help he was taking his time, he didn’t know what to do, he froze, he was worried of what was happening to his leader/brother but he wasn’t helping. During the seizure a close-up of his face shows his emotion, we see that he’s worried, the close up of his face shows a clueless brother that’s helpless, from these camera angles we know that Eversmann lacks the quality of acting fast and as a leader you should be the first to get to the injured when an incident happens. Things happen in life that people don’t see coming and as for a leader you must be ready to act fast, Eversmann failed to do so because he didn’t know what to do every leader must be prepared whether you’re on the battlefield or not, things will always happen that people don’t see coming.
Eversmann fails to react fast to John Beales seizure, but when the second incident occurs his reaction was quicker. In the first battle scene of the film the helicopters are feeding their men into the enemy’s ground and in that scene we see that Eversmann’s orders to Blackburn were pressured onto him and when Blackburn goes for the rope the helicopter moves and Blackburn falls. We see the close-up of Eversmann’s face and from the close-up shot, we see how Eversmann’s face changes, his face changes and we see that his emotion that he’s feeling is guilt. His reaction of getting to the injured was faster than before. We get an idea of why his reaction was faster from his facial expression and from the past events such as the seizure. His reaction was faster because he knew himself that this situation was different, in this event he was in charge and he knew that he could help, he didn’t know how but he knew he had to act fast to help the injured especially when he’s the one who ordered him to go, we know that he feels guilty and he feels responsible for his soldiers injury was because of his facial expression showed, and in a way his guilt was shown in his fast movements in calling a medic and helping to make sure that he doesn’t lose a soldier. He failed to help the injured in the first incident but he learnt from that and in the second incident that happened he was able to act fast and he was able to help which shows that he learns from his mistakes and he’s improving as a proactive leader that leads and knows when to act and what to do when under pressure. This is important because he was in war and for that to happen his reaction was better seeing is that he didn’t know that it was going to happen but his reaction haven been faster and he did what he could was good enough especially when in the enemy’s territory.
We see that Eversmann’s improving as the film continues. In the battle scene against the enemy, Eversmann and his team were on ground and the enemy was shooting from the top of the buildings, because it was dark Eversmann throws the inferior red marker so that the helicopters coming from above can identify who was the enemy on ground and who not to shoot. His first throw was unsuccessful because it did not land on the roof top on where the enemies were so running from one side to the other while the enemy were shooting from and his men covering for him he risked his life going underneath the building and throwing the inferior red marker on top which was successful and the helicopters were able to identify who the enemy were. From this scene Eversmann could have easily given the job to go across and throw the red marker on top to one of his soldier, but instead he risked his own life and he ordered the other soldiers to cover for him. Instead of risking his other soldiers’ lives he risked his own and put himself in danger so that they could get an advantage in using the helicopters which was successfully well done by him.
From these scenes we now know that Eversmann has become a proactive leader, from not knowing what to do, to knowing what to do and risking his life for his soldiers, his progress in becoming a proactive leader was not easy but in the end he became the leader that he was set out to be and he’s an example that leaders are not born their made.