Silent Film Review

Metropolis

Directed by Fritz Lang

-Chiaroscuro lighting

-Special Effects

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Directed by Robert Wiene

-Chiaroscuro lighting

-Unrealistic sets

A Trip to the Moon

Directed by Georges Melies

-First fantasy film

-First film to tell a fictional story

The General

Directed by Buster Keaton

-Stunts

-High key lighting

Modern Times

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

-Slapstick Comedy

-Effective use of music to attach an emotion to a character.

Photobooth/Keynote Project Critique

Group 1

Organization: 3

Each topic was related, they talked about the type of film that came out of different countries.

Creativity:2

Not very creative, but not uncreative.

Entertainment:2

The recording parts kept the presentation entertaining.

Group 3

Organization:2

Creativity:2

Entertainment:2

Group 4

Organization:3

The two speakers understood the genres of film well.

Creativity: 3

I enjoyed how they used Chaplin to teach about comedy and the montage at the end.

Entertainment:3

The way the videos divided the text slides, and the chaplin segment in particular, was very entertaining.

Chaplin vs. Keaton

Chaplin

-Slapstick

-Joke after joke

-Less focused on story

-Faster paced

Keaton

-Situation comedy

-Jokes more related to story

-More structured plot line

-More space between jokes