In this still from the recently released Get Low, Bill Murray's face is the dominant of the shot. Even in one frame, we can see that he is controlling the conversation at this moment. Even though Robert Duvall's face is prominentIt is closest to the camera—it is further to the left than Lucas Black's and Bill Murray's, and Black and Murray are both focused on Duvall—it's close proximity to the bottom of the screen allows room for Murray's face to be the the dominant.The lighting key for this shot is high in the foreground. All the actors faces are brightly lit inside the barber shop. In the background, outside on the other side of the windows, the lighting is more natural.
The camera proxemics are certainly personal, but they come pretty close to being social. Only Duvall's torso is included in the shot while all but the very ends of Black's and Murray's legs are visible for them. As for the character proxemics, Duvall, Black, and Murray are in a social type of arrangement. Since none of them is in physical contact with another, the arrangement couldn't be called personal, and since no other characters are visible and these three are clearly interacting with each other, the arrangement couldn't be public.
On a side note, Get Low was a fantastic movie. A better story about guilt and forgiveness hasn't been told in years.
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