Silent Movies
Discuss the following questions in small groups:
Now as a class we will discuss some well known facts and examples of silent films.
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Watch a movie and record a discussion:
- What are silent movies?
- When were they made?
- How were they made?
- Have you ever watch one?
- What was the general opinion of silent movies when they were new?
Now as a class we will discuss some well known facts and examples of silent films.
Video about top 10
another video about top 10
Watch a movie and record a discussion:
- In a partnership you will watch at least 30 minutes of one of the well known silent films and record a discussion you had about that movie. You can choose any movie you like from the silent movie era. Here is a list if you need help. You can also search on google.
- Please use the following questions as a guide for your discussion. You can of course add your own discussion questions. You are to record this conversation and upload it to your blog. The discussion should be 10 minutes or more.
- You can record this audio using your smartphone or iPad then upload the audio to YouTube and post that video to your website. Or you can use the application Audioboom and link the audio file (Audioboom will limit your conversation to 10 minutes).
- What is the movie about?
- Who are the characters? What are your personal opinions about these characters and actors?
- What genre is this movie? Why do you think this?
- Is this movie easy for you to understand? Why or why not?
- Do you think this movie would be better with sound effects and audio? Why do you feel this way?
- Try to think of a modern movie with a similar story to this movie? What movie is it and how does it connect?
- What are some thing the movie makers and actors have to do to help you understand what they were saying, without having audio?
- Review this movie using a 5 star rating system. Out of 5 stars how many do you think this movie should get and why?