All Quiet on the Western Front (Day 3)

Today, we watched more of the movie.
I think I am mostly amazed at how the director managed to capture the battle scenes.
I thoguht to myself, "wooooww", especially after Mr. Bennett told everyone that the bombs that they used were real. Then i started to think, well, how did any of them manage not to get killed during the filming process? And theres so many of them running around everywere (they reminded me of ants dispersing after a rock has been lifted). It must have been extremely hectic and chaotic to plan out something like this.
And today, we were told to take notice of examples of dehumanization as well as the motifs of this film. One of the motifs is the camera view looking out onto a scene through doors or windows. I think the director did this so that viewers of the film can better take in the full view, vastbess, or hectic-ness of a situation. For example, in the beginning of the film when the streets had hundreds of people cheering and soldiers parading around, it is seen as an event worth celebrating. Through a big shop window, and a classroom window, we can see the hundreds of people crowding outside, and we can really sense the festivities going on outside those windows.