Analysis Of Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph Of The Will

The film by Leni Riefenstahl's, Triumph of the Will (1934) is an important part of history that is important to screen as a college course because it allows students to engage in critical thinking and assessment. Therefore, from a film point of view, Triumph of the Will (1934) through elements of mise en scène created a film promoting Nazi ideology through camera angles, sound, and creative editing. Film and media play a big part on influencing audiences to a desired ideology through visual persuasion, such as displaying a tranquil environment displaying clouds, flags, people such as crowds and youth men as future military, and Germany architecture of buildings. The diegetic sound in the film consist of marching tunes to Horst-Wessel-Lied songs
that plays a major part in the mental manipulation of the minds of many which makes the goal of Nazi ideology majorly accepted among the Germans. In film and especially in this film, the camera angles are a main element in programming the mind to see whom is in power, particularly the low angle shots of power for Hilter. Overall, this film is a warning to ourselves and others that propaganda can easily be placed in our favorite television shows without even noticing that our minds are greatly influenced by what we see and hear. Finally, Germans may deny or accept the fact that suggest that fascism was already present before Hilter became the catapult that lead to mass destruction of human life, however, it is a good warning that the human mind can be easier changed with the right approach of any correctly presented ideology that would appeal to one’s desires or needs.