One of the people who accept this offer can also be seen and heard in the video. A resident of the Vincentius house explains why she lives separated from her husband in the facility and still feels comfortable.
How is the video structured? Starting from last year, which was overshadowed by the Corona crisis, numerous Offenburg burgers are initially shown for a few seconds in the three-minute opening credits or introduced with a catchy sentence.
“Because it is above all the people who make Offenburg what it is today,” explains Marco Steffens. He himself can be heard again and again either in the background or in the picture and leads the viewer through the entire video and the city.
Most of these special people then have their say in more detail during the course of the film under keywords such as education, integration and community.
From the past, Steffen’s gaze is directed towards the future: All districts of Offenburg are presented after the people. At this point a woman’s voice begins to enumerate the planned developments. She sounds like a typical television voice, explanatory, but unfortunately also promotional, as if she wanted to sell a product. The OB’s typical Baden voice sounded more sympathetic.
Even the music, which can almost always be heard a little too loudly in the background, starts to disturb after half an hour at the latest. When the narrator talks about the planned school expansion and the new fire station, the pictures and explanations speak for themselves – even without constant rumbling in the background.
What emotions does the film evoke? Regardless of whether they are from Offenburg or not: when the mayor talks about the hurdles of the past year in the film, the children regret that they cannot see their friends or the restaurant owner complains about the lack of customers – at such moments every viewer feels addressed. rewinds his own annual review in his head and thinks about the omissions and limitations. The sad music does the rest of the melancholy, thoughtful mood that arises in some places.
It is precisely the personal fates and their people that make it big in the film and also arouse great emotions. The dialect of the OB also arouses a feeling – in a positive sense. He literally speaks of attachment to home and love for the place where you live. You also notice that when Marco Steffens continues his tour through the city, meets and talks to all kinds of people. He appears close to the citizen and interested in the opinions, impressions and experiences of his fellow human beings.
How is the video implemented on film? Sharp images, moving motifs, no sequence is shown for too long – there is little to criticize in terms of craftsmanship in the video. Except for the length. With more than an hour, the duration for an image film is already a bite – which most likely only die-hard Ortenauers and at most participants of the video will watch in full.
It is a shame for the great efforts that everyone involved has made. Nevertheless, the film is exciting, emotional and, above all, human, especially at the beginning. This is also what makes the video so special: The very different inhabitants of Offenburg who make the city something special.
“We all want to be happy,” says Steffens at the end of the film. And that is what most of the people who were seen in the video also broadcast: satisfaction, happiness and above all hope. Hope that fellowship will soon be possible again.
The one-hour video “Offenburg l (i) ebt dich” about the largest city in the Ortenau district can be viewed on the Internet via the City of Offenburg’s YouTube channel and on the homepage at www. film.offenburg.de can be viewed. The idea for this came about as an alternative to the canceled New Year’s reception.
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