Film as Lit

Class Silent Movie CLASS PROJECT Example of PPT MLA Citation Link

Motifs Podcast Clip #1 Clip #2 Clip #3 Clip #4 Clip #5 What is a Motif? Dangling Causes Clip #1 Clip #2 Clip #3 Clip #4

Looking at the rubric - what would you rate this project? We will develop a deeper understanding of the features of silent films and create our own short silent films using WeVideo. Class examples Silent Film #1 Silent Film #2 Silent Film #3 Please join our class group with the code below. ROLES: Director - directs the project/app on phone Actors - writes the storyboard/acts out the story Editor - creates and edits the project REFLECTIONS Please write on sticky notes who is in your group and their role.

JUST FOR FUN! THAUMATROPE AND FILPBOOKS 1824 - Thaumatrope uses 2 separate images giving the illusion of one image. 1868 - Flick books are a collection of slightly altered images bound on one end to view images in quick succession to create an illusion of movement using persistence of vision. CLASS EXAMPLES 1884 - Zoetrope: A cylinder containing stills around the inside to create an illusion of a moving film. 1895-1902: The Birth of Cinema CHONOPHOTOGRAOPHIC GUN: Similiar to photo-burst today. The technique that captures movement in several frames. KINETOGRAPH: invented by Thomas Edison. He used devices from a clock and a film strip, to allow regular motion of the film strip through the camera. INTO FILM