Deutschland 83 Close-textual analysis
Scene 1: Garden/BBQ scenes (East & West Germany)
4.58 – 8.20 and 34.00 – 37.20
East Germany
There is a sense of happiness while music plays in the background. Family values are reinforced in this scene because Martin Rauch gets his mother a gift as well as the aunt does too. A quite friendly and homely environment is created because there is a lot of family an friends at the barbecue. The people are drinking alcohol from bottles and singing along to folk and pop music. There is a sense of community and togetherness. East reinforces stereotypes that men are the ones to go into the army because it is male dominated and men are more strong and aggressive. People are seen to be smoking including women as well. East Germany was seen as a 'joke' and outdated because of the clothing and traditional furniture and housing. East Germany did not reflect wealth, everyone seemed the same. Western consumer goods were not available in East and the Western culture was more attractive and desirable to the East Germany citizens. The song being played was from West Germany and talked about issues concerning nuclear weapons and war, the song was seen as a protest. East Germany does have a lot of freedom where they can say and do what they want.
West Germany
The barbecue here seemed like a business meeting, everything seemed too formal than East Germany. The people were dress very formally, the men were wearing suits and uniforms for example the General was wearing his full uniform and the women were wearing elegant dresses and skirts and blouses. This reflected the wealth in the West as well as the fancy upper class. The women were presented well and the daughter had elegant posture that she maintained the whole time she was singing. In the West, they have quite a big and modern house and garden, the houses seemed quite spacious. All the food was organised and it was luxury food for the 'elite.' Instead of beer bottles they had fancy champagne glasses and expensive alcohol which suggests that the West like to flaunt their wealth. West have live music instead of watching karaoke on TV. Inside the big house, their are painting that look very expensive which suggests West citizen like to indulge in the art culture. The people in the West seemed to be well cultured and educated. General Jackson is black which suggests that there is a more varied ethnicity in West than East, East would have been surprised. The camera movement used to show the West scene reflects a surveillance tracking style suggesting that every move of theirs is watched.
There is a sense of happiness while music plays in the background. Family values are reinforced in this scene because Martin Rauch gets his mother a gift as well as the aunt does too. A quite friendly and homely environment is created because there is a lot of family an friends at the barbecue. The people are drinking alcohol from bottles and singing along to folk and pop music. There is a sense of community and togetherness. East reinforces stereotypes that men are the ones to go into the army because it is male dominated and men are more strong and aggressive. People are seen to be smoking including women as well. East Germany was seen as a 'joke' and outdated because of the clothing and traditional furniture and housing. East Germany did not reflect wealth, everyone seemed the same. Western consumer goods were not available in East and the Western culture was more attractive and desirable to the East Germany citizens. The song being played was from West Germany and talked about issues concerning nuclear weapons and war, the song was seen as a protest. East Germany does have a lot of freedom where they can say and do what they want.
West Germany
The barbecue here seemed like a business meeting, everything seemed too formal than East Germany. The people were dress very formally, the men were wearing suits and uniforms for example the General was wearing his full uniform and the women were wearing elegant dresses and skirts and blouses. This reflected the wealth in the West as well as the fancy upper class. The women were presented well and the daughter had elegant posture that she maintained the whole time she was singing. In the West, they have quite a big and modern house and garden, the houses seemed quite spacious. All the food was organised and it was luxury food for the 'elite.' Instead of beer bottles they had fancy champagne glasses and expensive alcohol which suggests that the West like to flaunt their wealth. West have live music instead of watching karaoke on TV. Inside the big house, their are painting that look very expensive which suggests West citizen like to indulge in the art culture. The people in the West seemed to be well cultured and educated. General Jackson is black which suggests that there is a more varied ethnicity in West than East, East would have been surprised. The camera movement used to show the West scene reflects a surveillance tracking style suggesting that every move of theirs is watched.
Scene 2: Martin/Moritz first sees the West German supermarket
14.30 – 20.25
The supermarket is situated in Bonn which is West Germany's capital. The agents house that Martin is staying at has a nice fancy chandelier and stained glass windows. The houses are quite spacious and have wonderful views. The house is made of historic wood which suggests the West like to preserve and maintain history. In the West, they have modern western clothing and everything is clean. There is a sense of cleanliness and the market shelves are all stocked up which means they have no shortage of food. The is American English music being played in the supermarket suggesting the West enjoyed the pop culture. West Germany had fast food paces that the audience didn't see in East Germany. The same enigma code is shared with the audience and the protagonist because Martin hasn't seen this in the East before. West clearly have period aspects and shows authenticity because of the record player in the house. West Germany seems more relaxed because police officers are seen to be eating ice cream as they have nothing to worry about.
Scene 3: Training montage scene when Martin/Moritz learns how to be a spy
20.40 – 22.40
The audience can see some fast paced editing sort of like a montage/complication style editing. This sort of editing is used to show passing of time which can be seen as an audience pleasure. Upbeat music is being played in the back ground which builds a sense of tension but excitement at the same time. The audience is placed in Martin's shoes when he is taking pictures showing camera graphics. There are a lot of mirrors and glass shots to make the audience feel like spies which is considered as an audience pleasure. It makes the audience feel like they are doing something dangerous and makes the scene quite thrilling because not everybody is a spy. There is intertexuality between this scene and the 'Rocky' training montage, it sort of reminds the audience of James Bond.
The audience can see some fast paced editing sort of like a montage/complication style editing. This sort of editing is used to show passing of time which can be seen as an audience pleasure. Upbeat music is being played in the back ground which builds a sense of tension but excitement at the same time. The audience is placed in Martin's shoes when he is taking pictures showing camera graphics. There are a lot of mirrors and glass shots to make the audience feel like spies which is considered as an audience pleasure. It makes the audience feel like they are doing something dangerous and makes the scene quite thrilling because not everybody is a spy. There is intertexuality between this scene and the 'Rocky' training montage, it sort of reminds the audience of James Bond.
Scene 4: Briefcase scene when Martin/Moritz is stealing the NATO nuclear plans
31.13 – 33.30
There are extreme close ups of Martin trying to open the door and opening the brief case and the sound effects correspond with the shots. There are close ups of Martin's face and his reaction is captured when he sees the files and when he sees the General coming back, his reaction clearly shows that he was under pressure and he could have been caught. The music gets louder when the General is making his way back building up the pressure and tension. The documents are highly confidential and potentially could contain information about nuclear weapons that not only effect Germany but the entire world. The audience pleasure of surveillance is created as we are watching real life events being reflected and we are learning history from them. At the end of the scene, Martin and the audience are relieved as he got away without getting caught and succeeded which suggests that a personal relationship could be created between the main protagonist and the audience.
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