the movie was the weird totally different look of the 3 main characters, with Mel Funn's sailor outfit, Marty Eggs' aviator gear, and Dom Bell's pre-1950s shirt, slacks, and wide-brim hat. Overall, a very disappointing Brooks film but not as much of a snore-fest as Young ...
This short film should have been along the same lines and the same animation style as the failed (but loved) cartoon series. This, however, is not the case, and rather seems to use "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" as its jumping off point. From there, it is an endless stream of ...
Plan, film, and edit your silent movie to create a story told with visuals and music. Part 1 Creating a Screenplay 1 Prepare by watching old silent films. Silent movies haven’t been popular since the 1920s, so you may have never seen one before. Before you make your own, learn ...
Over 400+ songs / demos / ideas ended up on cassettes in shoeboxes, and then on hard drives between 1996 and 2012. Some songs worked over and over until they were destroyed rendering my efforts foolish and fueled by digital ego. Some songs ended up straying away from home and for the ...
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Russian culture was a hotbed of innovation. In constant conversation with Europe, Russian painters, writers, musicians and filmmakers were rapidly absorbing new ideas from France, Italy and Germany, and blazing new trails of their own. ...
Bow was not only a film icon, but also an inspiration to young women who wanted to challenge narrow ideas of femininity that were widespread in the 1920s. “Men wanted to have her, and women wanted to be her,” adds Stenn. “You have to imagine a time ...
Why do you select ‘Silent Film' as a teaching unit for drama class? Jessie:I am thrilled to share more information on our Silent Films unit! Firstly,the inclusion of Silent Films into the Drama curriculum offers a wonderful opportunity to transcend linguistic barriers by focusing on ideas rath...
The Kampong (Siglap?) Malay residents would have been activated to pitch in ideas as to how the wedding ceremony should be conducted… The ‘kompang’ ensemble. … After “Samarang”, Ward Wing the film director reportedly made another three films in Singapore and Malaya, namely “Rimau! Rim...
“it” girl. This article discusses Fluffy Ruffles as a popular phenomenon and incarnation of anxieties about women in the workplace, and how she underwent a metamorphosis in the European press, as preexisting ideas of American youth, wealth, and liberty were grafted onto her character. A ...
Using ideas from rhetorical genre theorists Amy Devitt, Anis Bawarshi and Carolyn Miller (among others), in addition to Bolter and Grusin, I argue that not only are early forms of comic book captions remediated silent film intertitles (boasting a similar style/layout/image), but that they ...