Pardon for this not being the final installment on the basic aesthetics of the silent era, but I was buying a house and it closed about a month earlier than expected and I’ve been immersed in a move and haven’t had the patience for deciding on frames and clips. It’s already written though. But I […]
REVENGE starring Dolores Del Rio – hokum, but erotically charged Read More »
rack and tank film processing Another visual quality characteristic of the silent era you might notice is a pulsating in the image. The blacks do not stay at a constant level, but in a continual, subtle fluctuation. For most of the silent era, motion picture film, camera negative as well as positive prints, were processed by hand via
The basic visual aesthetics of the silent era pt. 2: lab work and speed Read More »
If you are new to films from the silent era, you may have noticed a distinctive look to the image, or depending on what you’ve seen, even thought the films look bad due to early technology being primitive and incapable of any level of quality. There are numerous reasons why films from the silent era
The basic visual aesthetics of the silent era pt. 1: ortho film and color Read More »
Hello, you don’t know me, but I want to talk to you about silent film. For my credentials: I am a graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman Museum. Beyond that, I have studied film and film history independently since my early teens. And, as an awkward, lonely teen, I
introduction and mission Read More »