Shots and Movement
At first you see what he sees as he awakens. Then you start to get the bigger picture and this makes since this movie is actually suppost to be a story being told by the main character Merlin many years later. Then it goes in close to there faces to try and get you to emote with the character. After that it dose this effect with the background to try and give you the feeling of the world narrowing. After that it try's so scare and amaze you. Then you see the world as the dragon sees it. Cutting back and forth to Merlin trying to get free and finally doing so not by braking his bound but moving what he is bound to. It goes on to show there desperation and thinking prose. Along with the impact of the actions Merlin takes. Emotion takes president next this is with you seeing Merlin confusion on him not being able to stop the flames and you being in the flames and moving with them as they move to Nimue and engulf her. Finally with his feeling of sadness holding her before showing Mab saying vary good leting you know this was all her plan.
The editing is fairly fast passed never truly stopping but still giving you enough time to take in everything it wants you too. Some techniques I didn't mention in the earlier are the zooming out after he opens his eyes this is to try and get you more into his shows by making you see his vision expand. moving the camera with him o get you to more emote with Merlin and see the world as he sees it. When the dragon first breaths fire it lets you see the world in such a way that you cant see what it hit at first. After the dragon starts getting tied up some mud hits the camera if this is on purpose then it is to immerse you more in the scene.
Sound design
At first all you hear is wind, birds chirping, and some music for drama. Then you hear someone talking then a roar. For the fire moving you hear a whooshing sound much like the air being seared by the flames. After that the music magnify and you hear people saying run for your lives. Fallowed by heard breathing and the moving of ropes. The next sound I can only describe as narrowing. Then after Nimue screams you hear the dragon as it moves, breaths expands its wings, roars and breaths fire again. You hear it moving more and Nimue screaming. Next you hear Merlin straining and groaning. fallowed by more of the dragon and Nimue. After she screams this time you hear Merlin scream and a hit with some more of the dragon breathing and roaring. Breathing fire and Nimue saying Merlin but at this point the music is so loud you can barley pick her voice out. she creams again and you hear the music reaching a high point fallowed by moving water. Then I guess the cricking of the wood as he moves his bindings and finally gets free. with some more of the dragon moving and running water along with Merlin's breathing. At this point the music suddenly stops and water moves loudly. The dragon screeches and then you hear it sinking. Fallowed by growing sounds then whipping. the dragon screeches again as this is going on. Before it ends with a bang as the dragon falls. But as the dragon frees its head the music comes back. It gets louder as Nimue screams but quiets as the fire moves. You hear Merlin say no then her scream his name and he screams no. Fallowed by the dragon screech as it is fully caught and can't escape. its bounds of growing vines tighten and Merlin frees Nimue. You hear him stepping in the mud he made and him breathing. The horse moving is the next thing you hear. fallowed by Merlin talking as it starts to move away you hear the birds chirping again fallowed by the dragon whining. With it ending on Mab whispering very good.
Lighting
The lighting is mostly consent only getting a little darker or brighter depending on where were looking or if the dragon just breathed fire. It gets a little brighter as the dragon is folly reviled. The biggest change though is when we are to be see from the dragon's eyes the world gets a red tinge and becomes slightly warped.
Impact
This all try to get you into Merlin's shoes as he is put in a terrible situation with the women he loves. And though doing so is put into a test of his ability's . showing hes desperation, and thinking prose. His confusion on his failure. His sadness after he failed. And finally how everything went according to Mab's plan.