Dance With Wolves Analysis

1. I would describe the character of John J. Dunbar as an extraordinarily committed man. John Dunbar was committed to staying at Fort Sedgwick although all of the other soldiers had abandoned the Fort in hopes of finding a better life. I would also consider John Dunbar a very committed man because when he invests himself into a relationship, he carries out all that he can to make that relationship flourish. He showed that commitment through his numerous relationships with Stands with a Fist, Cisco, Two Socks, and Kicking Bird. John J. Dunbar can also be described as a receptive individual because of the way he communicated with the Sioux Indians. When he first met the Sioux Indians he was very persistent on initiating their communication.
2. I thought that the cinematography in Dances with Wolves was
I believe that choosing to film the majority of the scenes in a prairie, instead of through a green screen was not only a smart choice, but it was crucial to how authentic the film turned out to be. Costner made the audience feel like we were seeing the western plains for the first time alongside John Dunbar.
3. Analyzing Dances with Wolves using one of the major aspects of film, acting. I would say that the acting in the film was fantastic because they took pride in making themselves fully take on the traits of their character. John. J. Dunbar played by Kevin Costner was an extremely challenging role because he not only had to play an American Solider, but a native Sioux Indian with a different dialect. The story of Dances with Wolves was very methodically done; the director carefully developed the characters and the relationships among them so that the audience would