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Bong Joon-Ho

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Buster Keaton

Keaton defined silent cinema with his physical comedy and his dead pan expressions. A famous film of Keaton is ‘The General’ which demonstrates his comedic timing. Keaton inspired Soleman with his films.

Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin’s comedy focused much more on body movement. ‘The Kid’ is a film Chaplin based off his childhood which demonstrates his films could tackle difficult themes through comedy. Chaplin inspired Nicholas Roeg.

Harold Lloyd

Lloyd was heavily involved in comic stunts and action. ‘Safety Last’ is a film created by Lloyd that shows his climb a large building and swing from it. Lloyd inspired the film ‘I Flunked Out!’ due to its shocking comedy.

The Birth of a Nation was directed by D. W. Griffith. It has caused a lot of controversy due to its racism and representation of black people (played by white men in black face). However, the opinion is divided among critics as to whether it should be deemed a good film, due to its good use of cuts.

1918-1928: The Hollywood Machine

Buster Keaton. Keaton used many editing tricks and was highly inventive. the General is one of his most famous movies, all jokes are repeated throughout the film however amplified in the second half of the movie.

Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin’s first movie was inspired by his own childhood. City Lights (another one of his films) shows how he came up with his ideas due to the improvisation of the piece of wood in the sewer grate.

Harold Lloyd. Lloyd climbed a building for his movie while having vertigo and also missing two fingers.

Citizen Kane was ground breaking for the lighting technique and went on to inspire David Fincher’s “Mank”

Keaton inspired Ellie Suleman. Chaplin has inspired Nicolas Roeg as well as Billy Wilder. Lloyd inspired people such as Keaton and even Jackie Chan

1903 – 1918: The Hollywood Dream

Why did the hub of film production in the USA move from the East Coast to Hollywood?

This is due to Thomas Edison copyrighting the process of film making and in the west coast the laws were different and so film makers had freedom and escaped the patents.

Which nations film industry is described as the “best in the world” in the 1910s and why?

Denmark was the most innovative in film making and had a lot of importance in the industry.

Give an example of two films and two directors from this place and time cited as remarkable

HAXAN – Kristen Levring and The Passion of the Joan Arc – Carl Dreyer