Select the correct description of the image below

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To approach this question, I’ll evaluate what each description claims and compare it to what the image conveys.
Option 1 asserts: 'This extreme low angle extreme far shot from Triumph of the Will shows Hitler's plane passing over the assembling Volk, representing the relationship of the leader (Führer) to the people (Volk.)' The descriptor 'extreme low angle' would place the camera below the subjects, looking up, which would typically dramatize power. However, in Triumph of the Will, the iconic sequence described here is not consistent with a low-angle view; the image shows a broad aerial/overhead perspective rather than a dramatic low-angle. Additionally, the phrasing about a plane passing over the crowd is not the central framing of this moment in the famous shot types and the composition shown in the image.
Option 2 claims: 'This high angle close up of the city of Nuremberg from Triumph of the Will shows the people (Volk) celebrating the leader (Führer).' A 'high angle close up of the city' would be a tight shot focusing on a cityscape or street rather than a wide, sweeping view of the crowd. The camera here is not a close-up of a city; the scene presents a crowd lined up along a street from an elevated, distant vantage, not a close city close-up.
Option 3 states: 'This long take of the city of Nuremberg from Triumph of the Will gives us time to see the people (Volk) celebrating the leader (Führer).' A 'long take' describes extended duration on a single shot, but the given image is a high-angle aerial shot of a marching crowd; it is not a prolonged observation of a cityscape or ritual in a way that a 'long take' would emphasize, and the framing again centers on the crowd rather than a city as a setting.
Option 4 describes: 'This extreme high angle extreme far shot from Triumph of the Will shows Hitler's plane passing over the assembling Volk, representing the relationship of the leader (Führer) to the people (Volk).' This option aligns with the widely discussed technique in Leni Riefenstahl’s film where an extreme high/long shot captures the vast crowd and a plane or symbol above, underscoring the Führer’s supremacy and the mass mobilization of Volk beneath. The perspective emphasizes scale and hierarchy—the leader’s reach over the people—consistent with the visual rhetoric of the film.
In summary, options 1–3 mischaracterize the camera angle, framing, or subject focus (low angle, close-up city, or long take of a city), whereas option 4 correctly captures the intended composition: an extreme high-angle, distant shot of the crowd with a visual implying the Führer–Volk relationship as used in Triumph of the Will.

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