Deutschland '83 Representations

Deutschland '83 walk through

Deutschland 83 intro

Season 1, Episode 1 'Quantum Jump'
October 2015 aired in Germany, January 2016 aired in UK

(Episode titles taken from actual NATO military exercises)

Verisimilitude = Very realistic (Using real life events)

Channel 4 poster:

- 2 sides - Split down middle - East and West

- Dark side, East - Grey, communist, barbed wire

- Light side, West - Colourful, love, fruit, games

- Character split in two - Uniform and casual

- Young character but historical programme

- Binary Opposites - Two hands each side - fist on the left connoting violence/rebellion and peace sign on the right showing freedom with kites coming from it. 

- Space invaders connoting the 80s

- Dictatorship Vs Love

- Binary opposition of colour

- Grass vs concrete rigid structure

- Consistent yellow font through both sides showing they are happy each side no matter of living standards, 

Distributor is 'Walter presents' 

Trailer:

- Song is 2 tribes by Frankie goes to Hollywood
- Ronald Reagan - speech, cold war
- Fast editing - action packed - high production value
- Enigma codes - 2 sides? Romance? Spy? running?
- East vs West = Violence 

Assessment