Triumph Of The Will

Great filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's infamous 1935 propoganda piece of the NAZI Nuremberg rally of the preceding year
Fast cuts, really cutting around things
strangely uncontrasty
key technique of near dark sillouhette, bright light in distnace (even Hitler in distance)
fast, almost whip pans of people. Constant movement, if not camera (usually) then people
only Hitler gets the long shots
and these are from that low angle
high angle on people, apart from Hitler only things (many flags) get low angle
few P.O.V. shots, often seen from crowd
opening scene in aeroplane exception; more dramatic if had been from below?
key use of off screen mass sound, to signify crowds
non-perpendicular framings, even from high overhead, to indicate off screen space (to go with Pans)
as far as content, surprisingly focussed on Hitler
much repetition, little real content apart from display
sociological interest, along with how long one can keep the arm up for
utterly vile, if it needs to be said