Week 8

    Chaplin this week is very attractive to me. He is a comedian familiar to almost everyone. When I watched The Champion (1915, Charlie Chaplin) (although Ihe is very famous, this is the first movie I have seen him), I truly felt the charm of comedy and himself. I used to never understand silent comedy movies, and I don't understand why without a line, they can make the audience happy. But after I watched Chaplin's movie, I learned that comedy doesn't just rely on lines and language. A really good comedian can make the audience laugh with one look, one action, and one reaction.



    The short video, Buster Keaton: The Art of the Gag, tells us how to shoot the movie, including the shooting process and the finished product after the editing. This video has taught me a lot, like the mutiple shooting shots used in post-editing, as well as special effects.



    There is also a particularly interesting lens: a minute hand made of iron and a magnet on the left side of the minute hand can make a picture of going back in time.

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  1. christathepotato2020年6月6日 18:27

    That's such a good point! Films can be funny even without sound or dialogue, it just takes a great actor!

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  2. Amy2020年6月14日 14:31

    I think that its amazing how so much of contemporary comedy can be traced back to the genius of silent era comedians. Keaton, Arbuckle and Chaplin create most of the visual vocabulary of comedy in these early years.

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