Film Shoot - Thursday 19th November

Tomorrow on Thursday 19th November is the first shooting of my silent film. In preparation for the shoot i need to ensure i take certain props, equipment and paperwork.

Nosferatu

Nosferatu 'A symphony of Horror' is a German Expressionist film directed by W. Murnau. It is a Vampire film that was made in the early 192o's and is silent...apart from the music. After watching the digitally remastered version of the film I can't help but feel inspired to go down the same route as adding a touch of colour hint. After shooting my footage I shall be able to edit it and experiment with different styles, using all sorts of silent films for inspiration.

Silent Films

Alice in Wonderland - 1903
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onfUau7Smbs

Witness to a Robbery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKAS_vTS8g

Clown Photograph Edit

Silent Movies - Research

Wikipedia - The first film was created by Louis Le Prince in 1888. It was a two second film of people walking around in Oakwood Grange garden, titled Roundhay Garden Scene. The art of motion pictures grew into full maturity in the "silent era" before silent films were replaced by "talking pictures" in the late 1920s. Many film scholars and buffs argue that the aesthetic quality of cinema decreased for several years until directors, actors, and production staff adapted to the new "talkies". The visual quality of silent movies — especially those produced during the 1920s — was often extremely high. However, there is a widely held misconception that these films were primitive and barely watchable by modern standards. This misconception is due to technical errors (such as films being played back at wrong speed) and due to the deteriorated condition of many silent films (many silent films exist only in second or even third generation copies which were often copied from already damaged and neglected film stock).
Because silent films had no synchronized sound for dialogue, onscreen intertitles were used to narrate story points, present key dialogue and sometimes even comment on the action for the cinema audience. The title writer became a key professional in silent film and was often separate from the scenario writer who created the story. Intertitles (or titles as they were generally called at the time) often became graphic elements themselves, featuring illustrations or abstract decoration that commented on the action.

Laurel and Hardy present the exact kind of slap stick comedy i imagine to be portrayed through mine therefore I have looked into some research on them and have watched some of their footage on youtube etc.

'DID YOU KNOW?' taken from Official Laurel and Hardy Website: Hardy died at 65 in '57, which is 75 backwards, Laurel died at 75 in '65, which is the age when Hardy died in '57, which is 75 backwards, which is the age when Laurel died, in '65, at age 75, which is '57 backwards, which is when Hardy died, at age 65, to infinity to the tenth power, which is how long Laurel & Hardy will continue entertaining a world in need of laughter ...

Mood Board

This is just a mood board to show initial responses to the silent film idea that I have had.