A small, meticulously clean laboratory glows with sharp artificial light, every surface polished to a cold sheen. In the near background, a group of glass containers filled with a vague, blue liquid that gives off a luminous quality in the harsh light. The shot has a wide-frame which provides depth and emphasizes the scale of the laboratory. The camera angle is low, from a worker’s perspective on the ground. In the foreground, a round object, seemingly out of place amongst the sterility – an old-fashion, fur felt hat. The mise-en-scene balances this human element against the mechanical environs. A lab-coat-clad scientist dismisses the assistant who was handling the hat with a waive of his hand, nonchalant and indifferent. The camera follows the motion, capturing the sweep of his arm in a fluid movement, and settles back onto the hat, now the focal point and symbol of the scientist’s indifference and the assistant’s bitter defeat.