Silent Film Review 9-30-10

1.Metropolis

Fritz Lang

Chiaroscuro Lighting

Using a futuristic city

2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene

Low key lighting

Chiaroscuro lighting

Fill light

3. A Trip to The Moon

Jean Melies

Uses innovative animation

Special effects

4. The Great Train Robbery

Edwin S. Porter

Close ups

Cross cuts

5. Modern Times

Charlie Chaplin

Cross cutting

Fast pace music

Critique Projects 9-29-10

GROUP 1 :

Organization : Great [3]

Creativity : Then slides were creative

Entertainment Value : Not so exciting but it was good

GROUP 2 :

Organization : It had great organization [3]

Creativity : They were very creative with the way they did the videos

Entertainment Value : It was funny

GROUP 3 :

Organization : [3]

Creativity : It the silent films are great

Entertainment : The music is funny

Chaplin vs. Keaton 9-28-10

Keaton vs. Chaplin :

- More serious while everything that Chaplin did had a little joke.

- Keaton has a script while Chaplin doesn't

- Keaton does his own stunts

- Keatons facial expressions aren't as clear as Chaplin's

- The music is different

- Keaton does things in a slower way than Chaplin

- Some of Keaton's jokes were made on the spot

- Chaplins movies are easy to make out and Keaton's are harder

- The music is more of blues than Chaplin's upbeat music

- Keaton and Chaplin both do the "big man little man" thing

- Keaton had one of the most amazing montages ever

- Keaton's music doesn't really flow as good as Chaplin's

- Keaton's scenes are put together (some of them)

- Cleverness plays well with Keaton