GERM 1171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nazi Propaganda, Europa Europa, Solomon Perel
1/6/18
GERM 1171 Week 4
Definition: Point of View?
• How the story is told
• Lens of the camera
• Eyes/perspective viewing the events
• Point of view/narrator
• Audience’s perspectives
Point of View in film?
First Person
• Main character’s POV
• Subjective
• Camera = perspective of audience
• This character is not in mise-en-scene
Third Person
• Story told by outside character
Omniscient
• All knowing
• Know more than any one character
• Supplies all info viewers need to know
• Can take on various characters’ POV
German Film after 1945
- 1945: German film industry is almost dead
- exile: mass exodus of approx. 1500 directors, actors, cameramen, technicians, etc.
(many to U.S)
- people opposing Nazi propaganda ministry had been mobbed out or were sent to
concentration camps
- Nazi collaborators not welcome in film industry
- initially, allied forces (US, GB, F, SU) took over German film industry; they were
interested in market
- division of Germany:
- East Germany (studios in Berlin): Socialist realism
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Document Summary
Definition: point of view: how the story is told, lens of the camera, eyes/perspective viewing the events, point of view/narrator, audience"s perspectives. First person: main character"s pov, subjective, camera = perspective of audience, this character is not in mise-en-scene. Third person: story told by outside character. Omniscient: all knowing, know more than any one character, supplies all info viewers need to know, can take on various characters" pov. 1945: german film industry is almost dead. 1500 directors, actors, cameramen, technicians, etc. (many to u. s) People opposing nazi propaganda ministry had been mobbed out or were sent to concentration camps. Nazi collaborators not welcome in film industry. Initially, allied forces (us, gb, f, su) took over german film industry; they were interested in market. East germany (studios in berlin): socialist realism. Opas kino ist tot = grandpa"s cinema is dead. 1970-80s: german film (heavy, liberal, socially critical, tolerant, critical of german past) became export item (fa binder, herzog, wenders, v. trotta)
