Silent Comedy Flashcards
1
Q
Define editing
A
Effects created by joining together different shots
2
Q
Define long take
A
Unusually long shot (more than 1 min) without any cuts
3
Q
Why is a long shot risky?
A
Because if a mistake is made, you have to start again, waisting celluloid, time, and money
4
Q
Silent comedies often follow the same pattern as what silent film genre?
A
Melodrama
5
Q
Comic scenes are often what melodramatic characteristic?
A
Situations
6
Q
What is metacinema?
A
Films about films
7
Q
What Buster Keaton movie shows elements of metacinema?
A
Sherlock Jr (1924)
