Silent Cinema

4 Short Buster Keaton shorts;

Silent Film;
 1890's - Approx 1930's
1927 was when the first film came out with sound.

Silent Comedy;

1910's-1930's

Aesthetics qualities and conventions

Representation

Buster Keaton;

Background
Persona
Techniques
Use Of Film Form

Social And Cultural Contexts;
Vaudeuville Theatre/ Audience Expectations
Technology and consumer culture
Social attitudes
Art and Culture references

1895- Lumiere ( Cinema of Attractions)
No Narrative, more about audience sensations. Normally Realist.

Soviet montage Theory
Expressive.

Ideologies ;
 Editing is deemed as manipulative towards the audience.

Narrative film making evokes ideological views

Silent comedy;
Physical/ visual comedy, often violent.
Occasional visual gags (Title Cards)
Chaplin Keaton could be perceived as early auteurs.