1. The Creek (1:40)
It is following day after the family had heard the sound of battle in the distance.
Benjamin
Martin has told his children to stay close to the house.
Nathan and Samuel are playing and run into the barn.
Benjamin is manning the plow in one of the nearby fields.
Nathan (off-screen):
"Samuel, Stop."
A horse gallops out of the barn and Nathan and Samuel chase after it, laughing
(Editor's Note: This shot was included during the opening credits).
One of the workers smiles at the boys' play.
Abigale, looking worried, speaks urgently to Margaret.
Abigale:
"Margaret, you go get your brothers back up here
right now."
Margaret gets up from the steps of the house where she was sitting with her
sister, Susan, and runs after the boys, passing William where he sits on the
ground, playing.
We switch to another perspective that shows Margaret running down the path away
from the house after the boys.
Closeup of Benjamin standing up from the plow and watching the children.
Margaret is seen running across a field from Benjamin's perspective.
The horse is seen reaching the edge of the nearby woods from the same perspective.
Benjamin looks on for a moment, then leads down and grabs his pistol out of
a bag hanging on the plow, cocked the pistol and slowly starts after the children.
Thomas stands up from his work and looks after his father with a look that shows
he wants to follow his father.
