How Does William Wallace Use Persuasive Techniques In Brave Heart

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Fabrication in the movie “Brave heart” uses persuasion techniques to position the audience to feel for one character more so than the other. This is achieved by camera angles, lighting, props and costumes. For example, when Wallace addresses the Scottish army at Stirling, the camera is positioned to look up at him. By using this camera technique, it can be shown that William Wallace is positioned as the hero and shows that he is of an authoritative figure to his people. Was William Wallace really great and how factual was the portrayal of Edward Longshanks? There are many responses to “brave heart” that highlight many ambivalences and conflicts about the representations of the ‘hero’ and the ‘villain . (talk about one more technique used eg

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