Nixon's Resignation

This speech was very interesting. At first the camera shot was wide view, they were very far away. As the speech went on they shot got closer and closer, and at the very end they continue to pan inward. It was as if the camera person wanted you to notice Nixon's disposition and the feeling he was putting into his speech. He looked very confident in the beginning, but at the end looked as if he was going to break down. Zooming in on this showed Nixon's feelings and showed every expression he was making very close up. Nixon held his speech in front of him for the entire speech, and in the beginning you were able to see it because of camera angle. At the end, all you could see was Nixon's face. This being on film was very interesting for the world could see Nixon's resignation as it was. They showed the raw resignation film for the whole world to see, as the very first president to ever resign was doing so, and doing so for a very controversial reason.