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fandomhigh2009-10-20 02:41 pm
chosehumanity) wrote in fandomhigh2009-10-20 02:41 pm
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World Wars in the Media, Tuesday
"Triumph des Willens," Mitchell spoke, "Triumph of the Will. Or as the lot of you will come to know it as today, 'an excuse to have a film day'. This is a German film that is considered to be one of the greatest of all time - both as a film, and as a masterpiece of propaganda."
He turned off the light, projecting the poster onto the viewscreen first.
"Triumph des Willens was shot by Leni Riefenstahl, a Nazi filmmaker who had no career after the war until she picked up photography about... ten years ago." Not that he'd been keeping track. "The film is known for using lots of visual tricks, such as filming people from on down looking up to make them look more majestic. Every single scene was meant to enhance the percieved brilliance of the Nazi doctrine. It was, in short, the apex of the propaganda machine the Nazis had put into motion after their takeover in 1933."
He clicked the mouse, moving on to the first frame of the film. "Today, I'd like you all to watch the film, keep your mind open, see where it's trying to work on your sentiments. We're not going to watch the entire thing, though - just a good section of it. Afterwards, I want you all to find a partner. Discuss the tricks you've seen, how useful they would be, if you'd have noticed them if you weren't watching. What kind of impact would this film have had, you think?" Beat. "Get me a report of your findings next week, be it a paragraph or a page, I don't care."
And with that, he started the movie.
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He turned off the light, projecting the poster onto the viewscreen first.
"Triumph des Willens was shot by Leni Riefenstahl, a Nazi filmmaker who had no career after the war until she picked up photography about... ten years ago." Not that he'd been keeping track. "The film is known for using lots of visual tricks, such as filming people from on down looking up to make them look more majestic. Every single scene was meant to enhance the percieved brilliance of the Nazi doctrine. It was, in short, the apex of the propaganda machine the Nazis had put into motion after their takeover in 1933."
He clicked the mouse, moving on to the first frame of the film. "Today, I'd like you all to watch the film, keep your mind open, see where it's trying to work on your sentiments. We're not going to watch the entire thing, though - just a good section of it. Afterwards, I want you all to find a partner. Discuss the tricks you've seen, how useful they would be, if you'd have noticed them if you weren't watching. What kind of impact would this film have had, you think?" Beat. "Get me a report of your findings next week, be it a paragraph or a page, I don't care."
And with that, he started the movie.
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At some point Kate would realize that she really did have a right to freak out about what had been done to her. But now she was just concerned about how it would make her look if he went to talk to them.
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He was looking a bit freaked out, himself. "Listen, why-- don't you come over to my office tomorrow, have some coffee, if you can't settle yourself out until then? And-- watch something really ridiculously dorky on TV today."
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"But coffee is good. Coffee's safe. I can do that." Pause. "And there's bound to be a rerun marathon of some early '90s sitcom on somewhere."
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Yes, he was getting the discomfort, too.
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