technology advancements

3D; Colour; Sound; Camera; CGI; Digital

Early films - actors came from theatres
- no sound or colour, had to act over the top
- no sound - pianist in the cinema, playing music live
- text - characters holding signs/subtitles

Silent films are what people wanted to see and enjoyed

SILENT MOVIES
- didn't have the technology to record the sound
- stock characters
- mellow dramatic - very exaggerated
- tragedies, romance, comedies
- Placards/signs/text
- Live music when shown

TYPICAL CONVENTIONS
- placards - black with white text
- jerky and fast
- grainy
- speed is meant to be 24 frames per second, but is 16-24
-  Charlie Chaplin - English, Theatre comedian
- Sepia Films gave off a warm effect
- Lighting - bright, due to vast amount of artificial light
- Slapstic - Clowning around, over exaggerated violence
- Started off 10 minutes per film, but as progress moved onwards, developed to 1 hour