"The Graduate" Film Language Analysis

In the 1967 film "The Graduate" directed by Mike Nichols, uses excellent film language to add meaning to the film's story. I believe if you were to watch "The Graduate" without sound people would be able to understand the characters' disposition just by film language.
In the very beginning of "The Graduate", the first shot is a medium close of Ben that slowly zooms out on the airplane coming back home. At first, I thought this was a freeze frame with a voice over of all the people talking around him on the plane. Then once the camera zoomed out you could see all the people around him g…