Editing Analysis of "Valkyrie"

In this scene, it becomes clear that the attempt at Hitlter's life was yet again a failure and operation Valkyrie had to be terminated. I think that the editing has made a significant contribution to the story telling because it harmonized the mixture emotion of disappointment, flustration, sadness, fear in the faces of the characters who were apart of the plot. The fast pace cutting from one subject to another was representative of their racing hearts and panic for the unthinkable consequences because of the betrayl. I believe the shots were organized appropriately in terms of thier content, composition and movement because when Colonel Stauffenberg (Cruise) made eye contact with the soldier about to walk out as others have, the frame captured this awkward moment. When that soldier walked ouot of the frame, the camera panned and tilted to the female secreary in which Stauffenberg engaged in another emotional moment. Also, the camera angle establishes the relationship when the following frame tilts upward from the female's perspective as Stauffenberg looked dowm upon her. The close up shots also worked because the viewer is able to see the tears and complex emotions in Cruise's face and then cuts to the tears rolling down the feamle's eyes. At some points, I did not like the cuts because they seem a bit abrupt and were seamless. For an example, the angles in which they choose to show soldiers leave Stauffenberg in the office where they congregated, it seem as though it was missing a frame and the unconscious mind had to fill in the blanks on its own. Other than that, this scene was well edited!