Grand Illusion Excerpt 4: Maréchal and the engineer—spatial unity (31”)

Excerpt 4

 Questions

1.

Where does Renoir use deep focus photography in this excerpt? To what effect?

2.

What is the function of the window and the tracking shot here?

3.

What camera movements do we see? What expressive function can we attribute to them?

4. How does the choice of shots in this sequence express the vacillation between the feelings of solidarity and hostility?
5. What idea does Renoir suggest through the style of this shot?

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