Fernsehen der DDR - Start of Broadcast Day

What if East Germany still existed? What might their TV networks be like in the 21st century? This was my excuse to invent some graphics for a lovely socialist morning news program.

(Note: I'm not a neo-Nazi or fascist sympathizer, or a socialist, or whatever else East Germany is known for in the public mind. I take no responsibility for any comments left by nutjobs like that. This is just an exercise in creating motion graphics, nothing more. )

Category:

Film & Animation

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• East
• Germany
• German
• TV
• Fernsehen
• der
• DDR
• Deutsche
• Demokratische
• Republik
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• Aus
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• news
• countdown
• anthem
• morgen
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• fictional
• socialist

[strangelove262]

DDR TV Morning News is brought to you in part by Bread; now available in stale and slightly less stale! And by People's Wireless; We Listen To You! (no, seriously, we do.)

[migu70jok4ever]

What would life be like in East Germany if it still was among the European nations? I think there could have been many political reforms and other signifcant changes in the whole DDR-system, so things could be much better today. The reunification happened too fast, perhaps the West should have given a real chance to East Germany to renew itself. At least there would be much more freedom in today´s DDR because the USSR is not ruling the east germans anymore. Well, please don´t be angry with this.

[feylezofriza]

@migu70jok4ever I guess many easterners did not have any patience left for socialism anymore by 1989. So, a slower reform program might not have had the popular support it would need to succeed. Gorbachev tried it in the USSR and it led to the dissolution of the socialist regime. At least the east Germans did not end up in the total anarchy which was Russia in the early 90s. But I agree with you that the way the re-unification happened was less than ideal.

[DUSKWERK]

SUPER!!

[SJdC2004]

Imagine if somehow Honecker was brought back to life and he saw this,not knowing it was just a creative fantasy!

[TheTomatoHater]

The russian empire flag rised in 3:10

[Nicordore97]

Which is the name of the track that sounded since the minute 3:04?

[autouniondkw102]

What if the DDR still existed? Well I would defect from the England to the DDR. Buy a new Wartburg, work in the Trabant or Wartburg factory. Listen to a RFT radio, watch a RFT tv.

Drink Wartburg pils bier and want to get rid of the party leader... sounds like he was the worst part of the DDR.

[njudahchronicles]

Ain't no commie but you nailed this. Good work. You have a career ahead of you in TV.

[happyhourkid]

wow this was really good.  Nice work.