![]() ![]() Nolan does this many times, especially when we see an approaching ‘Heinkel, … lining up to drop her load on the minesweeper,’ and its hundreds of helpless inhabitants. This all has to do with expectation, what we think is coming. Without relying heavily on the plot, Nolan “expertly creates a constant tension that perpetuates almost entirely throughout the movie,” with storylines flowing into one another. The constant action, from ships getting torpedoed, to planes falling from the sky, was able to bring the chaos closer to home, representing the fragility of war. It gave the audience a perspective through the eyes of somebody else inside. ‘The camera work is entirely handheld, … shifting, dipping and ducking out of the way as it navigates the crowd’. The shots inside the Destroyer, overcrowded with soldiers, were filmed from the perspective of others onboard. The first person tracking shots, such as that used to follow Commander Bolton along the mole, allow human movement, giving realism, moving further from mechanical and unnatural shots. Nolan’s use of camera motion, creates a tedious atmosphere, placing the audience in every scene. The changing tides, used literally in Dunkirk, forged the mayhem and its inevitable instabilities. With technological advancements after World War One and increasing enemy numbers, the new generation of enlisted men and women had no idea what to expect. The Second World War was a terrifying time to be alive, with the end of the great depression bringing a global battle on a never before seen scale. ![]()
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