Propaganda

Can anyone really name a film/TV show that is not propaganda? Unless you are watching CSPAN or a debate nearly every piece has a motive to it. How can't it? I can even look at my Writing and Rhetoric text book. It's full essays and excerpts from very liberal to very conservative individuals, racists and slaves, politicians and anarchists. Sure, it does provide both sides of the argument, but someone chose which essays and such to put in. The editors chose what was important for me to read. Isn't that a motive?

Triumph and Will was intended to look as a special day in Germany where a politician saves the population from an economic tragedy There wasn't somber music heard or acts of genocide seen.. The medium close ups (MCU) of Hitler were shot either at his height or slightly below. So we either have a feeling that he is strong and powerful, but down to Earth. The crowd shots contain the most cuts to replicate the idea of an endless crowd to a long motorcade. Whenever Hitler speaks or passes by onlookers stare up and are completely focused. Everyone takes in what he says and believes it.

Night and Fog we see the horrors of the holocaust. Dead bodies, high angled shots to make the victims look even more miserable. Fewer cuts to expose the audience to the horrors longer. It's almost like getting back at the Nazis by making the audience suffer. The audience can wonder how could anyone not see that horrible acts committed. This film gives Germany a terrible reputation and paints every Nazi or Nazi collaborator as a killer.

Neither one of these films are propaganda, but each one has a motive on how the audience should feel about a topic. I feel that propaganda doesn't really exist, but it is more of an insult to someone you disagree with. For the past 8 years, "I have said Fox news is propaganda. How could anyone believe what they say?" Fox news takes the same information as another news station, but gives it a little slaint to further their motives. I am positive, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. do the exact same thing. It is not a bad thing, one just has to realize it.