Charlie Chaplin

By Agoudan Kamilia

Presentation
v

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin Born: 16 April 1889, London, United Kingdom Died: 25 December 1977 (aged 88) English comic actor, film director and composer Silent film

United Artists
v

Chaplin co-founded the United Artists film distribution

company
v

Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith Complete control of his film production => assured

Chaplin's independence as a film-maker

Chaplin continued to focus on silent films He considered cinema essentially a pantomimic art

Filmmaking techniques
v

He began making spoken dialogue films with The

Great Dictator
v

Improvise gags and "business" around them Chaplin's unique filmmaking techniques became

known only after his death, when his rare surviving outtakes and cut sequences were carefully examined in the 1983 British documentary Unknown Chaplin.

Actors: exactly how he wanted them to perform and

shooting scores of takes until he had the shot he wanted

v

Perfectionism Poor quality prints Long since worn out It was able to transcend language barriers and

cultural differences

The public demanded movies with dialogue Only things that really talk are inanimate objects like

radios
v

He sang gibberish lyrics (Modern Times) Sound effects and music with melodies based in

popular songs or composed by him

a cane, baggy pants, a tight

coat, huge shoes and a small derby hat.

v

Character in the movie: to be

old=> he added a small mustache so

THANK YOU !