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FORGOTTEN FILM FROM BEGINNINGS TO “TALKIES”

FORGOTTEN FILM FROM BEGINNINGS TO “TALKIES”. UNIT 2. THIS IS CINEMA! LESSON 2. SILENT FILMS. SILENT FILMS. What are silent films? We call silent film all those films made between the birth of cinema and 1927.

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FORGOTTEN FILM FROM BEGINNINGS TO “TALKIES”

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  1. FORGOTTEN FILMFROM BEGINNINGS TO “TALKIES” UNIT 2. THIS IS CINEMA! LESSON 2. SILENT FILMS

  2. SILENT FILMS What are silent films? • We call silent film all those films made between the birth of cinema and 1927. • A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, with the recorded image.

  3. SILENT FILMS • Despite many attempts to synchronize sound and image, it was not possible until 1927. • From the start, film techniques were a challenge and many filmmakers developed what not many years before the Lumière brothers had started.

  4. SILENT FILMSBROKEN BLOSSOMS. D. W. GRIFFITH 1919 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9853ozGcsY

  5. SILENT FILMS Why do silent films need a greater emphasis on body language and facial expression? So that the audience can better understand what actors feel and what they want to express on screen.

  6. Actors in these films may seem to be overacting

  7. SILENT FILMS ? Overacting: Is the exaggeration  of gestures and speech when acting. It may be unintentional, particularly in the case of a bad actor, or be required for the role. In silent cinema it was necessary.

  8. SILENT FILMS Why was music an essential part of any film? Because it gave the audience emotional cues for the action taking place on the screen.

  9. SILENT FILMS INTERTITLES/ TITLE CARDS

  10. SILENT FILMS What were intertitles for? They were really important in silent films when films became longer and had more detail. They were necessary to understand dialogues and the story.

  11. SILENT FILMS Gradually: - Silent films became longer. - The narrative or storytelling became more complex.

  12. SILENT FILMS By the 1920s, the U.S. produced an average of 800  films annually. Among these films there were drama adventures, and romances, but comedy was the most successful.

  13. SILENT FILMS : COMIC FILMS Comic films began to appear during the “silent era”, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humourof many of these silent films is based on slapstick. ? ? ? It is when particular experiences provoke laughter and provide amusement, fun or entertainment.

  14. SILENT FILMS • Silent comedy emphasizes visual and physical humor, and what are known as “sight gags“ and “slapstick”. It is a type of physical comedy characterized by humour, absurd situations and usually violent action. Examples of slapstick Someone slipping on a banana skin, being soaked in water, wild chase scenes with trains and cars, or throwing pies at someone’s face....

  15. SILENT FILMS In comedy there were actors of outstanding talent and different styles. Max Linder (F) Charles Chaplin (UK) Harold Lloyd (UE) Buster Keaton (UE) Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy (UE) They had great success throughout the world.

  16. SILENT FILMSCharlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin. London 1889 - Switzerland 1977 He used mime, he was an actor, a filmmaker, a composer and a songwriter. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era.

  17. SILENT FILMSCharlie Chaplin He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent movie comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. Chaplin directed and edited his own films and he had a strong affinity for sentimentality. He could make audiences feel and think, as well as laugh. He combined comedy and drama.

  18. SILENT FILMSCharlie Chaplin Chaplin quickly became the most popular star when he created his “Little Tramp” character. The physical attributes of the Tramp which include a pair of baggy pants, a tight coat, a small derby hat, a large pair of shoes, a cane and the famous small mustache. In most European countries he was known as “Charlot”.

  19. SILENT FILMSCharlie Chaplin • The Rink 1916 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xBXYn-jjzE2’56’’ • The fireman 1916. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eosak_0rRfc10’15’’ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS52AeRKHYo&feature=related10’15’’ • The cure 1917 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRHGd7P4oGI8’33’’ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9kVXwAD0So&feature=related9’21’’ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2VJjbs0CVw&feature=related5’55’’ The circus 1928. Part 10’14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjGXaA9xGAY&feature=related TheGold Rush 1925 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZTIwSIuGw13’47’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGHR7J1lUQ3’53’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faS7YLWSEVM1’31’’

  20. SILENT FILMSHarrold Lloyd Harold Lloyd UE 1893-1971 Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and “talkies", between 1914 and 1947. His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes.

  21. SILENT FILMSHarrold Lloyd He is best known for his optimism and the character he created: the “Glasses Character” that represented the ordinary guy up on the screen, a guy with faults and fears, “the boy next door”. Safety last 1923. 7’35’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcTjhUN_7U Bunch of scenes from different films 4’05’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkryy5eru6k&feature=fvst

  22. SILENT FILMSBuster Keaton Buster Keaton UE 1895-1966 He is considered one of the greatest actor-directors in the history of film. He had great success although sometimes he was misunderstood by the audience. He is more suited to modern audiences.

  23. SILENT FILMSBuster Keaton He createdhischaracter as himself: he had a beatutifuldeadpanface, witheloquentlargedeepeyes. Hisnicknamewas“The Great Stone Face” Batlling Butler 1926. 5’02’’ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=buster+keaton+boxing&aq=f Secenefrom “The general” 1926. 3’25’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xh108cLbo Scenefrom “Thecollege” 1927. 3’48’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-WV9jJEwY

  24. THE SETTINGWhere does the scene take place?

  25. THE SETTING Where does the scene take place? FOREGROUND

  26. THE SETTINGWhere does the scene take place? BACKGROUND

  27. THE SETTINGWhere does the scene take place? IN THE TOP LEFT- HAND CORNER AT THE TOP IN THE MIDDLE IN THE TOP RIGHT- HAND CORNER JUST HIGHER THAN THE MIDDLE ON THE LEFT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE ON THE RIGHT COMING FROM THE BACKGROUND TO THE FOREGROUND IN THE BOTTOM LEFT- HAND CORNER IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT- HAND CORNER AT THE BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE

  28. SILENT FILMSLaurel & Hardy (UK 1890 – 1965) (UE 1892 – 1957)   They were one of the most popular comedy teams in the early Classical Hollywood  era of American cinema, composed of thin Stan and heavy Oliver. They became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. The team also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. In Spain they were known as “el gordo y el flaco”. ...

  29. SILENT FILMSLaurel & Hardy (UK 1890 – 1965) (UE 1892 – 1957) Their performances reminded the audience of traditional clowns and they were the best representatives of slapstick humour. The music box 1932. 27’51’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nxnNdJzQI TheDevil’sbrother 1933 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiFEFL6ThRI1’46’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoPb-amgbs&feature=related9’09’’ Hollywood party 1936. 8’55’’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cvUuRQtSc Busybodies 1933. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvn1NValjWA&feature=related8’30’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ8D-bnwBK06’6’’Coloured Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy

  30. SILENT FILMSMurnau. Nosferatu. 1922 NOSFERATU. Murnau http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=patgT_qG65U

  31. SILENT FILMSMurnau. Nosferatu. Which is the main difference between Laurel & Hardy’s films and Murnau’s film? The genre ? ?

  32. SILENT FILMSMurnau. Nosferatu. In film theory, genre  is based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. Synonymous: category, class, group, kind, style, type...

  33. SILENT FILMSMurnau. Nosferatu. There is a basic distinction in genre between  fiction and documentary

  34. SILENT FILMSMurnau. Nosferatu. FICTION HORROR ADVETURE Film genres can be categorized in several ways: ACTION HISTORICAL MUSICAL COMEDY ROMANCE WESTERN Genre SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER DRAMA HORROR BIOPICS FANTASY

  35. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Metropolis. 1927 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAdQ5anhZE&feature=related4’28’’

  36. METROPOLIS 1927 FRITZ LANG

  37. SILENT FILM SCIENCE FICTION COMEDY INTERTITLES BLACK & WHITE SLAPSTIC EMPHASIS ON BODY LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONISM POLITICAL IDEOLOGY EMPHASIS ON FACIAL EXPRESSION SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927

  38. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Frankenstein James Whale 1931 Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974

  39. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 C3P0 Star Wars George Lucas 1977 One of the most recognized robots (droids) in the film industry.

  40. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Back to the future Robert Zemeckis 1985

  41. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Queen Radio Ga Ga 1984 Back to the future Robert Zemeckis 1985

  42. Underground. Air-rair shelter Madrid 1938. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Internment camps / concentration camps. Germany 1944. Internment camps / concentration camps. Spain 1939.

  43. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Sydney XXI Century Kuala Lumpur XXI Century

  44. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 New York Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur 1998

  45. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 Fritz Lang was ahead of his time His film shows inventions such as, robots (droids), television, trains on elevated tracks, urban motorways, impressive skyscrapers…

  46. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 luxury poor skyscrapers oppressed rich Enslaved /slave class wealthy nameless futurism underground life elite exploited privileged industrialists Art Déco

  47. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 • The film exhibits the influence of historical events occurring during its time. • A time of economic misery and the rise of fascism in a pre-Hitler Weimar Republic Germany following the First World War. • The rise of the American labor movement and unions during the 1920s due to oppressive working conditions.

  48. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 • The rise of immigration into the US and exploitation of workers. • It also reflects the ongoing modern science. • The 1917 communist revolution in the Soviet Union. • The contrast of poverty with the upper classes of the Roaring 20s. • The class struggle. Adapted from:http://www.filmsite.org/metr.html

  49. SILENT FILMSMetropolis. Fritz Lang.1927 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8Ba9rWhUg&feature=related2’38” Queen. Radio Gaga 1984 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEI4U5KyAS0 Bibliography http://www.filmsite.org/metr.html http://home.comcast.net/~flickhead/Metropolis.html

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