Cutaways are used between this scene and the Kit Kat Klub where the girls and Emcee are performing a dance, which turns into a mockery of the Nazi goosestep march. This technique is used to build tension, and highlight the almost hidden nature, and the satirisation, of these occurrences in German society in the early 1930s. The Beer garden scene portrays a world in which Nazi lifestyle is shown as idyllic and beautiful. Fosse's use of the paean 'Tomorrow Belongs To Me' becomes eerie as a swastika is shown on a Nazi man's arm. Low angle tilting shots are used to show that the song, representing Nazi ideal, is raising people to a position of power during the course of the song, representing their blind patriotism. The Hitler youth singing is an Aryan, who looks similar to Max; this causes the audience to link the two. This is important as it links back to the overarching theme of how an individual's behaviours can impact wider society, in this case it's the connection between Max and the Nazi infiltration. .
Sally's facade throughout the film, and her eventual acceptance of herself is a way for her to connect to the film's audience, encouraging the audience to sympathise with her as she is trying to accept herself. Her constructed facade and integrity reflects people at the time who were so self consumed that they were ignorant to the Nazi uprising around them. When Sally sings the song 'Maybe This Time', she is dropping her mask to Brian and to the audience, revealing her true emotions and fears. These emotions surface after her father doesn't meet a dinner arrangement that in Sally's mind represents his lack of love for her. Low-key lighting is used to reflect Sally's despondent state, in which her bright eyes are filled with looming tears to convey her despair for her situation. A cutaway is used between the scene of her singing in front of a glaring backlit spotlight and her and Brian becoming increasingly intimate.