Modern Day Propaganda Essay

Preliminary Working Title of Thesis
This will be refined and revised as required as your research progresses.
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Visual propaganda used in Nazi Germany and Great Britain in 1935-1942. How effective is it in modern day 2016 cinema.
How and if old cinematic propaganda influences modern day cinematic propaganda.
The effectiveness of Nazi and British cinematic propaganda from 1935-1942 and how effective is it on modern day cinema.

The Focus of the Research
What are you going to research?
In this dissertation the focus in this research will look into how the Germany and Britain managed to convince the masses using films. There will be an in dept knowledge in how these visual techniques will used, how visual propaganda portrayed popular figures

World War II Cinema. This book looks at how film became a popular form of entertainment mainly in Britain and Germany. She investigates each countries national cinema for political purposes. Within this book feature films as well as short films are investigated. She identifies that the main theme is escapism cinema that was crucial in maintaining morale. Fox analysis concluded that there are similarities in their film but there are differences which mainly lie in the different cultures between the two. The films with British propaganda are The Lion has Wings 1939,Freedom calling! The Story of the Secret German Radio by the Representatives in Great Britain of Freedom Station. (1939)

Propaganda: Power and Persuasion by David Welch. This book looks at how propaganda had contributed to films, books, posters etc over the past 100 years. The book looks at how propaganda has changed behaviours, influencing of ideas that are misleading, deceiving, even destroy peoples “taught” process back in the 20th century cinema in Germany and Britain.
Advertising and Propaganda in World War II: Cultural Identity and the Blitz. By David Clampins. This book looks at how “the period of Nazi bombing campaigns on civilian Britain during World War II - was a formative period for British national identity” (Amazon) this book focus on how advertising took advantaged on promoting war in films and how these films express national identify.