The White Rose is a short but powerful video written and directed by Ian Kim that tells the story about two students in Nazi occupied Germany who began a secret literary outlet inciting resistance against the government. The students posted leaflets around their university campus, with hopes that Germans would rise up and resist the tyranny of the Nazi regime.
Kim’s video is extremely creative with its imagery, using paper cutouts and stop motion- like animation to help tell the story. It’s extremely well produced and a very engaging retelling of a forgotten piece of history. My favorite piece of imagery in the film is the white rose made from paper. I imagine that each of the petals on the flowers is one of the few leaflets that the White Rose writers posted around their campuses. I also love all the animations with the dirt combined with other animations. The b-roll mixes well with the animated sequences and adds to the grim tone of the video.
The context of the story itself is inspiring yet sad as well, especially when you learn the fate of the film’s main subjects. I think Ian did an outstanding job producing this film. The length is perfect and Kim manages to cover the whole story in under three minutes.
I would personally give this film 5/5 stars.
Reilly Wisniewski is a recent graduate of Compass College of Film and Media. He is currently on his way to receive his Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts with an emphasis on Film Editing. He is a Film and Video editing intern at CMRubinWorld working on their Net Zero series
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