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History of Cinema - Silent Era

Maeva Carvalho

Created on May 11, 2023

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History of Cinema The Silent Era

Horror Movie
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
The Phantom of the Opera

Music set the rythm of the film

1922

Based on makeups and light effects Popular horror figure : vampire, phantom...

1925

True or fictional stories that can scare the viewer or inspire the scripter

Silent Comedy
Her Friend the Bandit Mabel

Related to but distinct from mime

The Kid

1914

It has influenced comedy in modern media as well Vaudeville traditions

1921

Stan Laurel in Oranges and Lemons

Visual and physical humors "Sight gags" Slapstick comedy devices

1923

Technicals
Directors & films
Directors
Films
Intertitles
Live music
  • David Wark Griffith
  • Mary Pickford
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
  • Birth of a nation 1915
  • The Lost World 1925
  • Little Annie Rooney 1925

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Usually played live in the cinema

Acting technique
Kuleshov Effect

Body languages and facial expressions

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Sources :

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/nov/22/top-10-silent-movies-films

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2011/nov/06/ten-best-silent-movie-stars-in-pictures

https://collider.com/best-silent-comedy-movies/

https://www.wikipedia.org/