CGS HU 101 Lecture Notes - Citizen Kane, Complete Control, Kid
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He took a theatrical approach to film-making longer than they previously had been. Before him movies were only 5 minutes long. moving the camera towards the moon because in theatre the audience wouldn"t get up and move closer. Important- he was the first great narrative film maker. The moon prop moves towards the camera as it would on set instead of. Born in 1889, born into poverty in england. Taken away from his mother and put through a workshop. Performed as a child in music hall, he was a comedy mime. He was discovered in 1914 was the biggest star in the world by 1916. The depiction of poverty by chaplin becomes even more timely during the. Feeling of a stage play, the camera didn"t move much. The lil tramp (the father)= fallen gentility, aristocratic pretentious even though he. His films were comedic but his films spoke on great social issues.
