Insight

The techniques used by Leni R., seemed like they were all trying to show that Hitler was not a bad guy. I feel like the purpose was to give insight to people who doubted him, and show them a different perspective. The way the music kept building and building to when Hitler finally arrived. The way they showed him coming down from a plane, probably was symbolic to the fact that he was compared to a God back then by the people, and that he was coming down from the Heavens. Almost every single camera shot that focused on Mr. Hitler, put him at a taller angle than the camera. This was to show how much more power he had. That he was above everyone. That he was more powerful than the people, and even the person making that film. It showed his superiority. Sometimes the way the light hit him, it made it seem like he was glowing. Almost like that of an angel. They showed clips of the crowd frequently, to show how much Hitler was worshiped and adored. They probably also did this to show how anxious the crowd was for his arrival. They wanted to show other people that the people of Germany loved this man,and that he was going to do great things for Germany. They probably wanted to show people outside of Europe that Hitler was great. During WWII, Hitler invaded different countries and took over, he made treaties with different political leaders, and he wanted them to believe that he was doing a good job, and that what he was doing was right. By glorifying him in this movie, it shows how much power he has. Having said that, this video might have also been like a threat to other countries, like, "Look how much support I have and look how big my army is, don't mess with me." I think that people genuinely thought of Hitler as a good guy, even Leni. She used all the techniques of lighting, camera angles, and music to glorify Hitler and his ways. I actually don't think this movie was scary in any way, I found it really fascinating to watch actual footage from back then. It was so weird and sad to think about how much these people loved him, and then consider the fact that he was probably responsible for most of their deaths later on.