What I know about 1920's Berlin.

In all honesty before this brief was set I hardly knew anything about 1920's Berlin. Obviously I knew about the War and Hitler but I didn't realise how seedy and into sex they were!

From the few clips I watched in my first class, I have come to the conclusion that Berlin became a place of sex and anything you wanted you were more than likely to find someone to do it for the right price. I also found out they loved their cabaret. However I don't know much about the lives of cabaret girl, ( this is something I would like to explore further).

One thing I did know already about the 1920's was the Art movements, there were two big art movements one being Surrealism and the other Art Deco. Both of these were completely different. Surrealism was to make you question what was going on, by adding two objects together that didn't go in juxtapositions. All Surrealist artist wanted an element of surprise within their work. Art Deco is more luxurious with geometric patterns and rich colours. This kind of design is mostly found on buildings.

I know don't anything about the films of the 1920's or what the fashion was like. There is lots I don't know but really do need to find out.