Deutschland '83 intro

Season 1, Episode 1 'Quantum Jump' 

Released October 2015 (Germany) / January 2016 (UK) on demand on Channel 4. 

(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 

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