Silent Film Analysis

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Another significant aspect of creating a silent movie is its music. Because ‘The Artist’ is mostly a silent movie, music played an important role. As in the interview with the composer by Jason Guerrasio as well as biography of Ludovic Bource, it confirms that the man who was responsible for composing the Oscar-winning soundtrack was not very popular in the industry before. In fact, he only composed for a few different movies, including ‘OSS 117: Rio ne respond pas’ also with Hazanavicious. In the transmission of emotions to audiences music is also very helpful. Soundtrack to the film is especially diverse. Very suitable and matches specific scenes. Music is dynamic at times, nostalgic etc. However it is needed to help the emotions in the scene. …show more content…
Then the musician closely watched emerging materials and continue composing and correcting his soundtracks. They are working on the music they even during the editing, by precisely matching it with the final scenes. As the compositor said, the soundtrack come out sophisticated and light.
Second of all other issue that people in the industry had to face is acceptance of changes. At first not everyone believed that the sound is required in a film. For example Charlie Chaplin was making silent movies long after ‘talkies’ area started. In the film industry technical innovations play the huge role. Disregard of new trends, may have a destructive impact on the careers of people connected to the film industry. At that time almost all of the movie companies were converting into the sound. To support my argument I attach the part of the book, ‘The American Film Industry’, edited by Tino Balio ‘The coming of sound during the late 1920 climaxed a decade of significant change within the America Industry. Following the lead of the innovators – Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and the Fox Film Corporation- all companies moved, virtually en masse, to convert to sound’. As the research says companies would invest into motion

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