Discussion 9 (4/27- 5/1)

After seeing Triumph of the Will on YouTube, I can see why Leni Riefenstahl won so many awards for the making of the film. Her technique of moving cameras and telephoto lenses was legendary and first of its kind to be used in films. The massive troops used in the film was to reiterate the importance of Hitler, while in the World cup video, the sounds of the crowd was used to conjure up the excitement of the spectators and bring them to watch the games.

I agree with Henry that the propaganda film Triumph of the Will showed that the people had no choice but to obey the government, in the same way that Beijing spend billions of dollars building the Birds Nest for the Olympics while millions of people couldn’t even afford to eat.

I thought the clip for the World cup was well done. They used many clips of the most exciting and winning moments of the games in the past with loud sounds of cheering to appeal to the spectators. It gave the audience the message that this was something that you can’t miss out on. “Everyone in the world will be watching this and talking about the game”, it appears to shout. Even though I’m not a soccer fan, I know everyone will be talking about it, so I’ll be watching just so I can add my two-cents!