Silent
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Silent film is a type of motion picture produced without synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue, relying instead on visuals, intertitles, and music to convey its story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silent canonical | 1 |
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film genre
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motion picture format ⓘ |
| archivalIssue |
high rate of film loss
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incomplete prints ⓘ nitrate film decomposition ⓘ |
| commonAspectRatio | 1.33:1 ⓘ |
| commonColorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| commonColorTechnique |
hand coloring
ⓘ
tinting ⓘ toning ⓘ |
| commonFrameRate | 16–24 frames per second ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy |
sound film
ⓘ
talkies ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
lacks synchronized recorded sound
ⓘ
lacks synchronized spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| hasLegacyIn |
art cinema
ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ modern visual comedy ⓘ music videos ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
avant-garde film
ⓘ
historical epic ⓘ horror ⓘ melodrama ⓘ science fiction ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| isStudiedFor |
development of film language
ⓘ
expressionist cinematography ⓘ montage theory ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | film studies ⓘ |
| notableCountry |
France
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ India ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableEra |
American silent cinema
ⓘ
surface form:
Silent Era
|
| notableFigure |
Buster Keaton
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Charlie Chaplin ⓘ D. W. Griffith ⓘ F. W. Murnau ⓘ Georges Méliès ⓘ Greta Garbo ⓘ Harold Lloyd ⓘ Lillian Gish ⓘ Rudolph Valentino ⓘ Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Battleship Potemkin
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City Lights ⓘ Metropolis ⓘ Nosferatu ⓘ Safety Last! ⓘ The Birth of a Nation ⓘ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ The General ⓘ The Gold Rush ⓘ |
| precededBy | photographic sequences ⓘ |
| reliesOn |
body language
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editing ⓘ facial expressions ⓘ visual composition ⓘ |
| typicalMusicSource |
live pianist
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phonograph records ⓘ small orchestra ⓘ theater organ ⓘ |
| uses |
exaggerated acting style
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intertitles ⓘ live music accompaniment ⓘ mime ⓘ non-synchronized music ⓘ physical comedy ⓘ visual storytelling ⓘ |
| usesTextElement |
dialogue intertitles
ⓘ
expository intertitles ⓘ title cards ⓘ |
| wasDominantFrom | 1890s ⓘ |
| wasDominantUntil | late 1920s ⓘ |
| wasSupplantedBy | synchronized sound film ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.