The first thing I notice about this frame from the film "Sunrise" is the angle of the shot and the insurmountable amount of water behind the woman in the frame. The context of the image is this encroaching mass behind her will be her grave. Her husband, in his murderous state, lumbers towards her on the dock. The placement of the actress in the boat gives her no place to go for escape. She gets on the boat under the guise that they are going across the water to the city for the day. She is thrilled at the prospect of rekindling their love and mending their marriage. This moment captures her onset of concern as her husband's true intentions begin to unfold.
The boat is small, rickety, and appears small in the frame compared to the water behind it. In using the rule of thirds in the image, all one's eye is drawn to is the giant body of water. Their delicate relationship fits in this tiny boat in their sea of troubles. On the other side of the small dock, is a net, or effectively, a trap. This rouse of their trip being a trap to kill her. The use of lighting in the shot is also focused on the water behind the woman. Being that this was filmed in a tank, it is purposely directional behind the actress. Her face is only slightly shadowed by her hat, and the glow from the water behind her frames her well with her small silhouette. The only shadows come from the sides of the tiny boat, which is where the danger and the woman awaits.
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