I'm
currently in a class surveying Vampires: Power, Self, and the Other.
We analyze both films and texts on vampires and compare the two in a
multicultural context. The first film we watched was called Les
Vampires, a silent film series from 1915. I found that the experience
of watching a silent film can be compared with that of watching a
foreign film. You must take greater detail in the actions and the
words used. Silent films require your attention to stay onto the
screen the entire time, otherwise you will miss the action. This
technique can be useful because it requires the viewers full
attention. One creative way that the director Louis Feuillade was able to still capture
the viewers attention in another sense other than visual is through
the music used. The orchestration suggests through the
crescendos and decrescendos of the soundtrack what is about to happen
in the film. In this way, if the viewer has begun to lose
interest, the music's ability to build suspense brings the viewer
back into the film to make them wonder what will happen and peak
interest. This is a successful tool for the silent film artist to use
so that the audience can remain captivated the entire film.
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