Monday, March 31, 2008

Silent black&white movies

-A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound.
-Most films were silent before 1920s


They used to have intertitles.





They had music too.


Most of them were short,only a few minutes

-Acting tecniques: The silent actor had to emphasize body language and facial expression.

-Nitrocellulose was used as the first flexible film base.




-The silent films were recorded in a slower way than sonourous films.
In silent films:16 to 23 frames per second
In sonourous films:about 24 frames per second


-Chaplin is considered one of the most creative and influential personalities in the silent-film era.




2 comments:

techno said...

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ZTG blog said...

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