2. Silent movies mainly use tracking such as in chase scenes to emphasise the movement of the
characters and also we will be using dramatic zooms to create humour for our film.
Most silent films cut so they have a quicker pace when it is an action scene or a comedy. It is
iconic of a silent film to have their actions slightly sped up and we will try to edit our shots in
the same way. Also the shots must be edited to black and white which we will have to consider
while filming. The featurette will have a regular pace because it is a similar format to the
documentaries. This is because originally they do not need to set a tone because a featurette is
to express the real side of the movie like documentaries presenting real life.
For the silent movie itself there will be the stereotypical heroic and villainous characters that
are typically included in a drama. In the interviews of the featurette the actors will be comical
which is not conventional to a regular featurette. We will be including the two male actors and
the two female actors that act as themselves for the interviews and will also be portraying the
characters for the film. We will also feature the crew of the film as characters within the
featurette. The crew members will appear in different camera shots throughout the behind the
scenes stages of the product, this is conventional for a featurette as it shows them working on
the actual film. The director will appear in an interview, giving the audience information about
the film. He will be a comical character and appear to be naturally funny; this is unconventional
for a featurette as directors are usually very serious. However because the director will be male,
it is a stereotypical representation of a director.
Our production will have iconography of conventional silent movies. These will be things such
as black and white scenes, which will make it look authentic and like it is something from the
era that it is supposed to be set (1920âs). It will also feature chase scenes. Which are iconic in
many silent movies, these scenes will be sped up to make it more comical which is also a
technique that is often used within the silent movie industry. Within the short film we produce,
there will be meetings between male and female characters. In silent movies there are usually
both male and female characters, these scenes are usually slightly exaggerated.
The featurette side of our product will have iconographical elements to it. These will be aspects
such as interviews with the cast, showing a pair of actors together discussing the film, their role
within it and talking about things that happened behind the scenes. There will also be
interviews with the director which is another common thing in a featurette. Another thing that
is done in a featurette that we are also going to do is show behind the scenes shots of
production while the interviews are taking place. Doing this allows the audience to see how the
actors interact with each other.