The silent film was probably the most different project I have done in my time as a history major. In my time at UMW I have never had an assignment quite like this one. I have made movies before but they have always been guided […]
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When the assignments were finalized I became rather nervous. I had no idea what skills or actions involved making a silent film. The only experience of silent films I had under my belt came from my grandpa. He loved Charlie Chaplin and his films. However, making a silent film seemed to be a bit overwhelming […]
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Silent film, produced by myself, Shawn, Cole, Billy and Will.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17xZpAenKHyXZf5PXGUTf6gFT2BG4V_hA/view?usp=sharingh For the silent film we decided to depict Charlie Chaplin’s experience if he traveled through a time machine to UMW 2019 campus. Sources for Silent Film Brownlow, Kevin. “Silent Films: What Was the Right Speed?” Sight and Sound, (Summer 1980): 164-67. Accessed February 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20111109054638/http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/18_kb_2.htm. Doll, Jen. “How to Sound Like the Bee’s Knees: A …
The process of creating a silent film was an interesting and eventful one. Compared to a standard film, there were fortunately some considerations that we did not have to worry about, such as background noise or extensive scripts that needed to be memorized. We were able to simply film using a basic script with the …
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This week we worked on the silent film project. Throughout the duration of this project I learned about several different forms of technology that I was previously unfamiliar with. While filming the video we used a GoPro. I have never used a GoPro before and honestly had no idea how it worked. We had to […]