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The movie Glory is an epic film that tells the story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of the Union Army commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. This is not just any regiment. They were, at the time, the first all black regiment commanded by white officers. In this paper I will discuss the art direction of two very specific scenes and their importance in the film: the opening scene at The Battle of Antietam and the attack on Fort Wagner in Charleston. I will analyze each scene in terms of art direction and what worked and didn’t work for the film. First off, the art direction in Glory is very well done. The art directors, Keith Pain and Dan Webster, worked very hard to ensure that the historical accuracy was preserved and that the grand magnitude and scale of war could be seen. Glory is considered by many to be on of the greatest war stories ever told on film. The first scene begins with shots of the first battle scene. There are shots ranging in size from different angles of the entire battle down to the single soldier. This gives us a sense of the shear magnitude of the film and what it is trying to communicate. This is one of the few large shots; most of the film is composed of mid-range and close up shots. Ho