Holocaust Imagery - Hitler at a Nazi Rally

This is an image of a political rally in 1934, a staple of the Nazi regime. In your own blog post answer the questions below and include the image.

• How are vectors used in this image? What effect does it have?

The vectors in this image is the Nazi Banners which draw your eyes to the centre of the picture which is Hitler and his party. The Vectors are used in this image to make Hitler who is at the very front of the Generals seem more important and/or higher than everyone else

• Describe the composition of the image and what is tells us about the Nazis and Hitler.

The Composition is that there are the Common people out to the side of the Nazis who are separated then you have the normal Wehrmacht or the Nazi normal soldiers who again were separated from Hitler by an invisible barrier but then the most important is the fact that Hitler is in front of his official party which indicates that he is higher and thinks he is more mighty than everyone else

• How is symmetry used? What effect does it have?

The symmetry in the picture are the crowds who are in complete order which in the black and white look exactly same also the Wehrmacht soldiers look symmetrical apart from the swastikas on their arms they could be almost the same this creates this idea of power and influence because people will think that if they can make that all symmetrical than what can't they do

• What effect does this picture being in black and white have?

The Effect of the Picture being black and white makes the people seem almost more menacing and also it allows there to be more symmetry because you don't see the colour

• Discuss the use of line in this image. What effect does it have?

The Line in the Image is the the line of SS which keep the Citizens in control and don't allow them to pour out onto the parade ground there is also the line of Wehrmachtwhose lines are Symmetrical.