Expressive movement unit 2

In the interplay of shot composition with camera movement and editing an image of togetherness unfolds.

A long shot resolves the spatial separation of Dane and the group developed in the preceding shots  (> EMU 1) aufgehoben. The changed staging of the space corresponds to a changed shot composition. The figures are no longer set in relation to one another in the depths of the image, but are arranged in a flat panorama of the group. A jump to an American shot puts Dane in the middle of the group. In the course of this shot the camera follows Dane’s movements through the narrative space, always placing him at the center of the changing arrangements within the shot composition creating a dynamic, continuous group portrait. Through the editing individual soldiers are sometimes emphasized in a close up, but these jumps in always remain connected to the group through the staged lines of sight. Only the very dark shading remains as a continuation of the tension from the beginning of the scene. 

The change from tense proximity to togetherness created by the change in the staging of the space is connected to Dane’s address on the level of dialogue.