In order to bring the film closer to the historical atmosphere created by the novel, Soderbergh not only chose to shoot in traditional black and white, but also used early footage and soundtrack, and imitated the rear projection effect in the background shooting. He limited filming to the set and limited locations, and borrowed some of the documentary footage, some of which were shot by Billy Wilder and William Wheeler in Berlin shortly after the war. In addition, only incandescent lights were used on set, and this harsh, unnatural light source was just the thing to add to the graininess of the picture. At the same time, Soderbergh did not allow the use of wireless microphones, so all the crew on the set could only speak softly in whispers so as not to affect the quality of the film. Recording was done the old-fashioned way, too: The crew would attach the mic to a stand and lift it over the actors' heads.
The Good German Shooting Technique
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Extended Reading
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Jake Geismer: She could get people to do things, and they didn't know how she did it.
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Lena Brandt: A Factory inside a Mountain. Tunnels where the American bombs couldn't reach. What were once sulfur mines. Someone had to take them out. Slave labor. Prisoners, detainees. That was how they built the rockets. Emil was asked to calculate how much to feed them...... to keep them alive just three months until the tunnels were completed. It's here, in his notebooks. Eight hundred calories a day. After that, let them die and bring in new workers. The correct answer, it turned out. It was more efficient. They called it Dora. Camp Dora. Thirty thousand died in that camp. Bettmann ran it.Every detail.He hanged people from a crane right outside his office window.