The Circus, Charlie Chaplin Productions, 1928
We discovered that many silent movies had the same features. They were all silent, apart from music (usually a piano), they were in black and white, used exaggerated gestures and expressions, had cue cards and often involved policemen, chase scenes and slapstick comedy.
Source: Silent Comedy Sample, Footage World, 2009
We saw some very funny silent movie clips today! We also found out that the director would often talk to the actors while they were shooting the film, because they were not recording sound, so he could give them advice about exactly how he wanted them to look.
Next week we will be getting into teams and thinking about storylines for our own films!
2 comments:
I can't wait to start filming!
Amelie c said i loved watcing the silent movies and writing our own in a group
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