Quote Originally Posted by jirisys View Post
The theory of filmmaking (that I just invented) would obviously not show the 10000 people in a single shot, and just seeing them wait, and wait. You would build the shot with the soldiers moving into position, then show the general supervising the army, giving orders, or chatting with someone else, then cut to some tension building shots with the enemy army in front of the soldiers, their sweat dripping from their chins, officers looking around, the guy with the flute playing something, the high officers in the tents waiting for the start of the battle, someone going to check if it has started, calculating how much time has passed, then cut to a shot of the front lines and suddenly all the **** hits the fan and trumpets start sounding, and the psiloi move through the lines and the soldiers ready their weapons and you managed to convey the fact that they waited a long ******* time, and you only spent 3 minutes. Same can be said for a standoff that lasts days.
I know it can be done that way. I know it can be done well. But then again, it wouldnt make justice to the time period, it would be bastardized to make it appear flashy...

Also, you don't need to show every single step of their march from point A to point B. For instance, you could do a montage of them traversing through the different geography of the road, you could do some CGI stuff and zoom in on the a map and show that they have arrived. You could just cut to another shot of them arriving and write the date and place on the screen.
I have watched movies, thank you. In fact, I have watched them quite a lot. Note the post I commented.

Wait, ordinary boring people? I'm sorry, but have you read or watched Pride and Prejudice? They are ordinary people, living a slightly non-ordinary life, and yet you think that murderous kings and traitorous generals are ordinary boring people?
Most ordinary people are not kings nor generals nor murderous nor traitorous. Instead they are most likely like you or me. I don't know many people who would like to see a movie about themselves - expect if those movie-them would be facing a non-ordinary situation. By the way, something makes me think Pride and Prejudice is about ordinary people in non-ordinary situation. I actually think you said it yourself.