Anton and the flight director gather around Vincent’s workspace and Anton is taking samples off the keyboard. He is clearly has suspicions about ‘Jerome’. Watching this is Irene, who then warns Vincent. Vincent then warns the real Jerome and he begins his long ascent up the helix staircase. Meanwhile Anton and Irene rapidly approach. Jerome pulls himself up the staircase and answers the door, pulls himself into a seat and the blood test is complete. Jerome is clean. Then Irene meets both the ‘Jerome’s’ and somewhat rejects the idea.
Irene is always in the center of the screen / shot giving the form of a dignified person and someone in control. The only time she is out of shot is when she first meets the two Jerome’s, when she finally encountered something unexpected and confusing.
Jerome when climbing the stairs is almost always shot in low angle still shots. He is shown as weak and struggling to complete this immense challenge with so much pressure. At one point it is one of the rare points of the movie when the camera actually moves. To keep Jerome in the shot as he moves up the stairs.
Anton himself is most often in a two shot, he is seen as an asset. Not as a regular person but someone who will use you and follow you to discover your true intention. Someone who without his job is insecure and without a goal or target he is not at his full potential.
Even when Anton is hunting him and when his chance at space is in jeopardy Vincent is shown in a low angle shot from below. Even in danger he is still prepared and has some form of a plan to recover the situation.
Once Anton decends the helix staircase he is shown from below, he is discovering much and is in a position of power as the figure of law and order. Then the camera pans down to Vincent, even though he shown in the middle of the camera and both Anton and Vincent are both shown in low angle one is clearly more powerful than the other without moving the camera.