I’m currently enrolled in a History of Motion Pictures class that I’m thoroughly enjoying, although I am beginning to reach my limit of old silent films. However, one man’s films have stuck out to me just as his have to most everyone who has seen the gold that Charles Chaplin produced back in his day.
As I’ve watched clip after clip of his comedy remaining relevant to this day, and after being frequently amazed by his ability to set up comedy, I’ve begun to really appreciate what Chaplin contributed to film development. I’ve also begun to appreciate the liberties he took within the creative process. He was producing movies in a time when people were still acclimating to shot sequences with multiple edits rather than just one shot takes, but managed to create complex humor based off of complex editing that controls what the audience is viewing and understanding. It’s incredible to me that his ingenuity and creative ability propelled him into his now American icon status (even though he is British). Charlie Chaplin new that moving pictures moved people.
Maybe not quite on the same scale as Chaplin (haha), but hopefully I can do the same at one point or another.
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