Essays about: "Silent Cinema"

Found 2 essays containing the words Silent Cinema.

1. 1. Synaesthesia and Visual Music in Swedish Silent Film

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gustav Ribbing Lygon; [2023]
   Keywords : Silent Film; Synaesthesia; Visual Music; Gesamtkunstwerk; Photogénie; Gesture; Symbolism; Correspondences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how visual music in Swedish silent film served as an allusion to sound, either as a cinematic effect or as an intertwined part of the film narrative. Drawing on the concepts of synaesthesia and visual music, a discussion on how both concepts relate to each other serves as the key method for analyzing a selection of films. READ MORE

3. 2. “The Silent Celluloid Salesman” : How and why Ford Motor Company became the largest motion picture producer and distributor in the world

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Pedro Scofano de Almeida; [2021]
   Keywords : Ford Motor Company; Industrial Films; Silent Cinema; World War I; The United States;

   Abstract : This study explores the under-researched subject of “industrial films” through the analysis of how Ford Motor Company made use of motion pictures to reinforce its political and economic interests during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1914, the automobile company constituted a motion picture department, establishing itself as the largest film producer and distributor in the world in the subsequent years. READ MORE