Explained about directors and actors influenced me

1. FMP CONTEXT
Jack Bevens

2. CHARLIE CHAPLIN

3. CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889 TO 1977)
• He is British comedian actor and filmmaker. He born 16th April 1889 in England.
• He wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in and composed the music for most in his films. He was
perfectionist performance because he always acting as slapstick in his films without dialogue.
• He created lots of short films during 1910s to 1930s. He created his first length feature film The Kid (1921)
and followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925) and The Circus (1928).
• However, after 1927 where the talkie are developing and he continued create more films without
dialogue in 1930s because he refused to move on the sounds. He created City Lights (1931) and Modern
Times (1936). But in 1940, He created his first film with dialogue called Great Dictator (1940) where he
was performance Adolf Hitler and speech to the audience with his talking .
• In 1940s, He spend nearly 10 years with controversy because he don’t want create film with dialogue and
his popular has become decrease since 1940.
• He influence me because he had both jobs actor and director. I want to be actor and director in one film
because I like two things make me more energy and action. He is comedian and I am comedian too. I
think Charlie’s film have good fit in my work because I’m rather to be comedian actor and director same
time in one film and I like to reasonability to create my own film.

4. HAROLD LLOYD

5. HAROLD LLOYD (1893 TO 1971)
• He is American comedian actor and stunt performer. He born 20th April 1893 in USA.
• His parents were divorce and he lives with his father in California. He acted in theatre since he was
child. In 1912, he was 19 years old and he was the first acting in comedy film. Two years later, he join
Universal Studio to become professional acting, writer and production in his films since 1914.
• He created nearly 200 films with silent and talkie between 1914 and 1947 before move on different
projector Radio.
• He created 12 feature films release in 1920s while Charlie Chaplin release only 4 feature films in
same years. He made more money than Charlie’s because he gets $15.7 million and Charlie gets
$10.5 million. He was become successful in 1920s.
• In 1924, he had his own film production company called The Harold Lloyd Film Corporation
• Two films: Safety Last! (1923) and The Freshman (1925) made him a rich man but the true, he was
sober citizen in real life too and unlikely many of his peers managed to hang on to his money.
• He influenced me because he was excellent stuntman who used slapstick in his films.

6. LAUREL AND HARDY

7. LAUREL AND HARDY (1890 TO 1955)
• They are American and British comedian actors. Stan Laurel born 16th June 1890 in
England. Oliver Hardy born 18th January 1892 in USA.
• They worked together as one thick and one thin and combative friends. They are
opposite because Oliver is more sensible and Stan is childlike.
• They created lots of short films with slapsticks. After 1930, they started to create a
lot of short film with talkie.

8. MARIE DRESSLER

9. MARIE DRESSLER (1868 TO 1934)
• She is Canadian-American stage and film actress and comedian. She was born 9th November 1868 in
Canada.
• She was successful stage in vaudeville and comic operas. She was already become film star in 1914
called Tillie’s Punctured Romantic, comedy-romantic film where she worked with Charlie Chaplin. She
was won The Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 to 1932.
• She was 14 years old to learned early appreciate her talent making to people laugh. She played on
stage for more than 10 years before she become the star in her first comedy movie. Since she on the
stage play and she became more improve comedian and continue to make people laughs.
• Between 1919 to 1927, almost a decade that she decided to return in vaudeville and in 1925 she
became retired from acting. But in 1927 she received acting job from the director who wants her to
be acting in his film and she accepted. She return film actress from 1927 to 1934 she died from
cancer in 1934 aged 65.
• She influenced me because she was marvelous melodramatic body language and facial expression. I
will part of actor in my film and I want to be like her. I want to become professional comedian actor
because I love to make people laugh. In my film I want my actors to be perfect melodramatic with
body language and facial expression because that is important to understand communication while
my film without dialogue.

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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• Unknown. (2020). Laurel and Hardy . Available:
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• Unknown. (2020). Harold Lloyd . Available:
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• Unknown. (2020). Charlie Chaplin. Available:
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