Welcome to Cinema R-Evolution
This informative and entertaining tour will guide you through the history of celluloid.
You know, if you want to make good cinema, you have to know good cinema!
Some actors will offer you their help, but I'm afraid they are so big-headed
they won't do it unless you guess their names.
Anyway, let's start with our first section: The Silent Era.
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The Silent Era
(1900 - 1930)
The Silent Era
(1900 - 1930)
At first, films were very short, sometimes only a few minutes, and they showed them at fairgrounds or music halls. They were about real events, like street scenes or trains in movement . The first time they showed a film about a moving train, it frightenend people so much that they run away from the room. You can watch it here:
Other early films were about people dancing or singing, and they were accompanied by live musicians. However, they did not have any plot. The first film which actually told a story was D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). You can have a look at how it was shown (music included) here:
Other early films were about people dancing or singing, and they were accompanied by live musicians. However, they did not have any plot. The first film which actually told a story was D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). You can have a look at how it was shown (music included) here:
People started to pay to see movies, and in Hollywood they also started to build the first studios, which attracted directors and actors such as Charles Chaplin, who became a great comedy star. He is famous because of his looks: moustache, round hat, big shoes and a cane. His most famous films are The Tramp (1915) and Modern Times (1936). This is a short scene from The Tramp:
Look for Charles Chaplin in the wikipedia, and answers questions 7 and 8.
Look for Charles Chaplin in the wikipedia, and answers questions 7 and 8.
Now, if you want to continue, answer this question correctly. In Spain, Charlie Chaplin's famous tramp character was known as...
