Julius Caesar Wielser Analysis

and authority, and also his indifference and coldness to the man he is trying to break. His figure is stiff, his posture is perfect and he only makes quick deliberate movements. His face is completely emotionless, adding again to how little empathy he has towards a man who is married and has children, and who has done nothing violent in nature. The room around him is drab, dull, ugly, empty and harsh. Wiesler, with the cold colors of his uniform matching the cold colors of the room, seems to meld right into it. The clothing design contains many blunt horizontal and vertical lines. He wears it impeccably with a perfect posture. Wiesler’s clothing actually becomes a motif and appears differently as his character deforms. Vertical lines appear …show more content…
In each of these scenes, there is dramatic shift from the mise en scene from earlier in the film. +++++++++++++++++Weisler still has not acted out these changes in a way that will be felt in the world around him. Wielser gets an opportunity though, when Christa-Maria Sieland she needs to have sex with a man that is not her boyfriend that she does not love, in order to not lose her acting career. Wiesler is affected by the tragedy of this as he listen with his bulky headphones. He is shown here in a medium shot. The camera pans around him, reflecting the newfound depth of his character. In contrast to the beginning of the films, the objects on the desk and Wiesler are separately visual by a ball of light, caused by a lamp on his desk. This illumination is now separating him from what his job is asking from him. He is his own device now. Wielser is interrupted by his assistant, who makes very obnoxious jokes. Wiesler ignores the jokes, showing how immersed he is in the drama and seriousness of these other people’s lives. He is shown next in a wide shot, emerging from the shrubbery at the bottom of his building. He walks staggeringly and almost runs into a woman, showing that he’s lost in thought about what he should do next. The next wide shot shows him again walking, but this time much more assuredly. He walks through a set of …show more content…
Wiesler is in darkness, compared to Christa-Maria, who is very well lit and in vibrant white dress. The way she is portrayed here does not so much represent who she is, but who she is to Wiesler; an innocent and beautiful thing to be protected. Christa-Maria extends her arms out, almost impatiently, as if waiting for Wiesler. She is shown at medium shot, with Wiesler unfocused above her left shoulder. She pulls at her hair upset, while Wiesler sits behind her unfocused. His position represents the potential good he can do and not being focused shows that he still has not committed to coming