Component 2 section C - Silent Cinema
Component 2 section C - Silent Cinema Study will include Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov 1929) A Propos de Nice (Vigo, 1930) Man with a Movie Camera (1929) Early days of Silent Cinema and its distinctiveness Modernism in the context of filmmaking Soviet Montage filmmaking and Constructivism Starting Points By the mid-1920s Silent cinema was mature, established and creative as a visual medium It was never entirely silent - although there is no recorded sound, most films were accompanied by soundtracks which matches the visuals and enabled spectator interaction Some filmmakers even feared that the coming of sound would drag the narrative-driven features of cinema down The lack of recorded dialogue can e seen as a strength, not a weakness The argument is that the lack of recorded dialogue draws the spectator into a much more active engagement with the film Even when we have inter-titles, these rarely do more than provide a summary indication of what is being spoken between...