Film Propaganda Essay
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
The essay prompt is 'How have totalitarian regimes used sport and athleticism in films and iconography to support a “cult of personality?"
It's mainly about how different film makers during the1930s and 40s used propaganda films to influence and show dominance in their country, include different shots like mis en scene, angles, etc. Talking about the 1936 berlin Olympics, with people like Jesse Owens
Huns - name for Germans
Look for articles discussing “totalitarian cinema,” think Fascist cinema of the 30s in Italy, Germany, and even Japan
Look for information discussing the Olympics as an important international relations event, every four years (think conflicts that are planned around the Olympics, like the most recent conflict in Ukraine, also in Ukraine in 2008, google this for more info)
Look for information on Leni Riefenstahl and her images of perfection and the human body, how this tie into fascism and nationalism
Actually, watch these films, take notes, and look at the way that sport is framed as propaganda
Fascinating Fascism Susan Sontag
Claim: Propaganda films have persuaded the world in sports through their films to present the “cult of personality” in different countries.
CC: Propaganda films have no effect on the ability of the country's athletes.
needs to be 3500-3900 words
It's mainly about how different film makers during the1930s and 40s used propaganda films to influence and show dominance in their country, include different shots like mis en scene, angles, etc. Talking about the 1936 berlin Olympics, with people like Jesse Owens
Huns - name for Germans
Look for articles discussing “totalitarian cinema,” think Fascist cinema of the 30s in Italy, Germany, and even Japan
Look for information discussing the Olympics as an important international relations event, every four years (think conflicts that are planned around the Olympics, like the most recent conflict in Ukraine, also in Ukraine in 2008, google this for more info)
Look for information on Leni Riefenstahl and her images of perfection and the human body, how this tie into fascism and nationalism
Actually, watch these films, take notes, and look at the way that sport is framed as propaganda
Fascinating Fascism Susan Sontag
Claim: Propaganda films have persuaded the world in sports through their films to present the “cult of personality” in different countries.
CC: Propaganda films have no effect on the ability of the country's athletes.
needs to be 3500-3900 words