In Class Shorts and Videos for Review:
It is hard to believe that Edison, who invented the phonograph and the American filming camera, did not put sound and picture together from the beginning. However, many early movie makers rejected the idea of sound in the movies. They felt that adding sound would destroy the importance of the acting and cinematography.
Unit 6 will explore the various inventions that led to connecting the two mediums together. Like in the previous unit clips rather than the entire movie will be shown. I am including the entire movie on this website for students and parents; however, I will only be utilizing the time stamps listed below the titles.
Vivaphone- Hepworth
Review Alice in Wonderland in Unit 2.
Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk
Excellent Documentary for students who missed the lecture on how sound was connected to film.
Unit 6 will explore the various inventions that led to connecting the two mediums together. Like in the previous unit clips rather than the entire movie will be shown. I am including the entire movie on this website for students and parents; however, I will only be utilizing the time stamps listed below the titles.
Vivaphone- Hepworth
Review Alice in Wonderland in Unit 2.
Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk
Excellent Documentary for students who missed the lecture on how sound was connected to film.
Kinetophone- Edison
Synch Problems (In class demonstration)
Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
Problems with Synchronization:
Singing in the Rain (1951) - This is a comic recreation of problems that exist with early sound. While it is not historically accurate, it gives you a good idea of the frustrations early directors experienced with the new technology.
Singing in the Rain (1951) - This is a comic recreation of problems that exist with early sound. While it is not historically accurate, it gives you a good idea of the frustrations early directors experienced with the new technology.
Vitaphone- Bell Labs
Movetone- Don Juan- Warner
Movietone Newsreel- Warner
The Jazz Singer- Warner (Beginning of the "Musical" genre)
Lights of New York- Warner (First completely "talkie" film)
City Lights- Chaplin (Chaplin rebelled against the sound era with this film. It is a unique combination of the silent film genre and full sound.)