See Films Differently · Nº 01
How Does The Crowd Find One Man in a Sea of Desks?
Follow King Vidor's office-camera movement in The Crowd, from a city facade to one desk, and see how scale makes a worker visible.
Journal topic
Silent Film
Essays connecting silent film with cinema and the act of looking.
See Films Differently · Nº 02
How Chaplin’s Tramp Became Someone We Could Feel For
Five shorts from 1914 and 1915 trace Chaplin’s Tramp from demanding attention to disappointment, responsibility and a rescue that belongs to a dream.
See Films Differently · Nº 03
Minions and Silent Comedy: Why the Jokes Work Beyond Words
Why can Minions make sense without translation? Follow their looks, voices and mistakes alongside Chaplin’s The Gold Rush and Keaton’s One Week.
See Films Differently · Nº 04
What Is a Talkie? When Movies Started Talking
A talkie is a film with recorded, synchronised speech. See how The Jazz Singer, Blackmail and Modern Times changed what audiences could hear.
See Films Differently · Nº 05
How Did Silent Films Have Music? Live Scores, Cue Sheets and Why Editions Sound Different
Silent films usually had live music from a pianist, organist, ensemble or orchestra. Learn how cue sheets worked and why modern editions can sound different.
See Films Differently · Nº 06
Why Do Silent Films Look Sped Up? Frame Rate Explained
Silent films can look too fast at the wrong frame rate. Learn how capture, projection and restoration shape motion—and why there was no single silent speed.