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 * Plot (what the characters need):** The "Man with no name" wants to eliminate "El Indio", a vicious Mexican Bandit, while Col. Mortimer wants to avenge the death of his sister by killing "El Indio".


 * Theme (what the characters want):** Throughout the film, it becomes apparent that both Col. Mortimer and El Indio need to find closure and acknowledge their past, as one cannot avoid the past. The "Man with no name", on the other hand, needs there to be fair play in society. (some cinematic elements will refer to one theme or the other, or both).


 * Scene:** The final shootout between Col. Mortimer and El Indio.

__Cinematography:__ During the initial confrontation between Col. Mortimer and El Indio, Mortimer was shot from a medium shot, while El Indio was shot from a wide shot. This symbolizes Col. Mortimer's determination to face his past and to come to terms with them, while also showing El Indio's attempted avoidance of his past, since he is farther away from the camera and therefore metaphorically farther away from his past mistakes and farther away from closure. Later, as the two man face each other, the camera pushes forth into closeups of both their faces, indicating that they are ready to embrace their past and come to terms with their past once and for all. This transition from mediums and wides to close ups and extreme close-up serves as and indication that the men are ready to face their past and find some form of closure. However, despite both man deciding to confront their past, El Indio has an unfair advantage, as Col. Mortimer was disarmed. The man with no name, needing fair play and equality in society, hands Mortimer a weapon, evening the odds. As both man become evenly armed, they are shown in a wide shot, with Col. Mortimer at one end of the frame, El Indio at the other end of the frame, and The Man with no name right between them in the middle of the frame. Each character equally occupies one-third of the frame (rule of thirds), indicating that equality and fair play has returned.

__Mise-en-scene:__ Initially, El Indio had an unfair advantage in the shootout: Col. Mortimer is unarmed, while El Indio is armed. El Indio also dangles around a musical locket with an image of Col. Mortimer's sister in it, taunting him. The lack of weapons, or props, owned by Mortimer portrays the inequality and lack of fair play in society. However, The Man with no name appears and provides Mortimer with a gun //and// an identical musical locket as the one El Indio is using. Now that both characters have the same props, the odds are even and there are no longer unfair advantages involved; fair play has returned. The setting also serves to portray the theme of "coming to terms with the past" and "equality", as the bareness and emptiness of the "arena" the shootout is taking place in symbolizes a "clean" society with no hidden tricks and odds, and also serves to indicate that nothing stands in the way of Mortimer and El Indio in their quest to come to terms with their past.

__Sound:__ The dominant sound during this scene is the music coming from the musical locket. It is unique that it is both diegetic and non-diegetic, as it is seamlessly incorporated into the score of the film. The music coming from the locket symbolizes both El Indio and Mortimer's past, as it is an artifact of both their past lives. The transformation of the diegetic music from the locket into the non-diegetic score symbolizes the gravity and importance of the situation: both men are finally willing to meet face to face and come to terms with their past, which have haunted them for a long time. The music also serves to portray fair play and equality: as the music from El Indio's locket dwindles, and all hope is lost for Mortimer, The Man with No Name presents an identical locket and continues playing the tune. The continual of the music from another locket symbolizes fair play and equality, as both Mortimer and El Indio now have equal amounts of chance to kill each other.

__Editing:__ The editing in this scene is very typical of a Sergio Leone film: long, evenly paced shots creates tension and builds up to a quick and violent flurry of match cuts during the climax. The evenly paced and placed shots could have been instilled to indicate the equality, as all faces present in the shoot out is given equal amounts of time on screen before cutting to the next face. The match cuts between Mortimer and El Indio's face also serves to portray their mutual determination of coming to terms with their past.

__Lighting:__ Lighting used in this scene is mostly natural lighting from the sun, as this scene was filmed outdoors. Initially, when El Indio first has the advantage in the shootout, his face is fully lit by the sunlight in a high key lighting, while Mortimer has his back facing the sun, therefore being devoid of sunlight on his face. The uneven distribution of light between the characters (Mortimer's lack of light and El Indio's over-abundance of light) serves to symbolize the unfairness of the fight and the lack of fair play. However, after the odds are evened, both Mortimer and El Indio's face appears to be lit by equal amounts of sunlight, namely due to the strategical timing (the sun is about to set, explaining the decrease of light on El Indio's face). The mutual amount of sunlight on their faces may also serve to portray their shared past.