Holocaust Imagery- Hitler at a Nazi Rally

1. How are vectors used in this image? What effect does it have? The Vectors draw your eyes to Hitler in the middle. He is the disruption of the almost perfect parallel lines. The vector lines draw your eyes all the way to the back of the mass rally. This shows you the scale of the crowd surrounding the important man of the day. The Nazi flags on either side of the image us vector lining to draw your eyes to the very important Hitler. The lines at the back of the image shows you the division between the people and the soldiers. All of the attention from all of these people points to Hitler showing that he is the most powerful man in the image and is extremely important. 
2. Describe the composition of the image and what is tells us about the Nazis and Hitler.  Hitler is in the middle ground and in the center and because of this he is the center of attention is on him. The symmetry used in this image is very strong. The symmetry isn't perfect but it does draw your eye to Hitler yet again. 
3. How is symmetry used? What effect does it have? The symmetry leads to the idea of order and hierarchy. No one else is trying to get ahead of Hitler as all of the people are very much in order. He is their leader and they accept this and they are not trying to overthrow him, this is hierarchy. The symmetry also gives you a feeling of Hitler being a god like figure. The mass of people have come to see him and seeing as he is the focal point and is climbing stairs shows power.
4. What effect does this picture being in black and white have? It feels very bleak as if it is very dull and has an absence of emotion. Their is no emotion and feeling in this photograph as it is very dull. Hitler and his official party are a lot darker than the crowd behind him. This is quite a large contrast between the dark soldiers and the light people, this also shows power. It gives a lot more order because the soldiers are a darker color as well as Hitler and the people are lighter. It also shows a bit of age, the color distances the audience from the people and also makes the people a little 'robot like' and not really like humans at all.
5. Discuss the use of line in this image. What effect does it have? The frame are the Nazi flags and the higher up soldiers. By the use of lines throughout the image it shows the huge order of these Nazi Germans. It is also very intimidating as the crowd is so huge and it looks like they are very willing to do Hitler's bidding. The carpet in the center of the image also leads to Hitler and his soldiers as it leads up all the way to Hitlers exact place of stand. This image makes me feel like they are in fact 'the perfect race' as the lines and symmetry are so exact. The image looks extremely perfect and how organised and important and powerful they are.