Armato, Law comes the closest in "Closer"

In the film Closer, it's difficult to describe any of the characters as "strong." Alice (Natalie Portman) relies her own happiness on her relationship status; she needs a man to be satisfied with herself, basically. Anna (Julia Roberts) settles for an unhappy life because, for some reason or another, she feels that she doesn't deserve a happy one. Larry (Clive Owen) manipulates the other characters into getting what he wants, at the expense of all the others' satisfaction. And Dan (Jude Law) is slave to his emotions, changing his mind on a whim several times throughout the film. Law, though, comes the closest to being the strongest character because of his thorough and unnecessary honesty with Anna, Alice, and Larry, his willingness to accept when things can't go his way (Anna going back to Larry, for instance), and his motivation to change his unsatisfactory situations when appropriate (his initial break-up with Alice to go to Anna).

In the scene above, Law's character Dan could have just as easily not mentioned his relationship with Anna and continued on being involved with both women. However, he chooses to be honest with Alice. And when she needs comfort, he swallows his pride and lets her rest on his shoulder. Even though he doesn't love her any more, he finds it appropriate to comfort her, a trait not shared by any of the other characters when they hurt somebody. (Anna doesn't comfort Larry when they first split, Larry doesn't comfort Dan when Dan travels to Larry's office, and Alice doesn't comfort Dan in the hotel room when they are preparing to leave for New York.)



Dominant: Jude Law's face is dominant in this shot. His head is close to the top of the screen and he is in the foreground, attributes which both lead the audience to pay attention to his face before anything else.

Camera Proxemics: In this image, the camera is placed at a social distance. We can see Most of Law's and Portman's bodies.

Character Proxemics: Portman and Law are at a personal distance from each other. While they are not incredibly close together, they are clearly in the middle of interacting with each other. This is apparent even though Law's back is turned on Portman, because she is focused on him.