Story Board of Silent Movie

                         

Our task was to find a short silent movie and take screen shots to create a story board for the silent movie. When I found the silent movie I wanted to use for this task I watched a few times so I could place marks were I could take the screen shots, I was going to get six screen shots but I thought this would be too little to show the story line. So instead I used twelve screen shots this made it a little bit easier for me to find the screen shots I need. Once I cropped the screen shots I saved them put the filters on the individual images and them made them smaller and put them on two pages. The story board goes from left to right.

Page 1

This is were Charlie Chaplin runs into the lions cage and finds he is lock in with the lion and try's to find a way out. A dog shows up and wont stop barking Charlie Chaplin try's to get the dog to stop barking to prevent the lion waking up.

Page 2

A woman finds Charlie Chaplin stuck in the cage and faints with the sight also being kicked in the head by mistake from Charlie Chaplin. But while the woman is out cold on the floor the lion wakes up and finds Charlie Chaplin so the lion checks him out and goes back to the other side of the cage. The woman wakes up and releases the door but Charlie Chaplin gets cocky and stays in the cage until the lion jumps up. The next thing you know Charlie Chaplin is up a tall pole.

Laurel & Hardy Research

Stan Laurel

Date of Birth:

16th June 1890, Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK

Date of Death:

23rd February 1965, Santa Monica, California, USA (heart attack)

Birth Name:

Arthur Stanley Jefferson

Height:

5'8"

Trade Mark:

Usually played a childshly innocent man who always look up to his good friend Oliver Hardy,whether it was deserved or not. Common schticks included crying in cases of great predicaments, taking instructions literally at all times and mixing up his lines. He and Hardy often had a scene in their films where they would get into a fight with another person that consisted soley of destroying property. The duo would destroy something the opponent values while the opponent looks on and does not resist. When they are done, the opponent does the same to them, while they refrain from resisting, and so on.

Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup.

Personal Quote:

If any of you cry at my funeral, I'll never speak to you again!

Oliver Hardy

Date of Birth:

18th January 1892, Harlem, Georgia, USA

Date of Death:
7th August 1957, North Hollywood, California, USA (cerebral thrombosis)
Birth Name:
Oliver Norvell Hardy
Nickname:
Babe
Height:
6'1"
Trade Mark:
Usually played a childishly bossy man who barely tolerated his friend, Stan Laurel, but still valued him as someone to whom he could feel superior. With Stan Laurel, they often had a scene in their films where they would get into a fight with another person that consisted soley of destroying property. The duo would destroy something the opponent values while the opponent looks on and does not resist. When they are done, the opponent does the same to the duo, while they refrain from resisting and so on.
Black hair always combed forward.
Most famous costume was a dark suit, a black necktie, and a dark bolwer hat
A small mustache
Personal Quotes:
I don't know much, but I know a little about a lot of thing.

                         

Harold Lloyd Research

Date of Birth:

20th April 1893, Burchard, Nebraska, USA

Date of Death:

8th March 1971, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (prostate cancer)

Birth Name:

Harold Clayton Lloyd

Nickname:

Speedy

Height:

5'10"

Trade Mark:

Excelled at thrill comedy which had his characters in jepoardy with dangerous stunts (i.e. the clock hanging scene in Safety Last! (1923).)

In the prime of his career, Lloyd's most famous role was the "glasses" character, a young eager all American man who was out to succeed in life and absolutely no physical obstacle would stand in his way as he risked life and limb to achieve his goals.

Frequently played characters named Harold.

Personal Quote:

Comedy comes from inside. It comes from your face. It comes from your body.

                              

Buster Keaton Research

Date of Birth:

4th October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA
Date of Death:
1st February 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer)
Birth Name:
Joseph Frank Keaton VI
Nickname:
The Great Stone Face
Malec
Height:
5'5"
Trade Mark:
Flat hat, slapshoes, deadpan expression
His films contain elaborate gadgets of his own devising
Used the camera to help comedy e.g to create effct of rocking boat in the beginning of The Boat (1921)
Personal Quote:
No man can be a genius in slap shoes and a flat hat.

                           

Charlie Chaplin research

Date of Birth:
16 April 1889, Walworth, London, England, UK
Date of Death:
25 December 1977, Vevey, Switzerland (natural causes)
Birth Name:
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Nickname:
Charlie,
Charlot,
The little tramp
Height:
5'5"
Trade Mark:
A tramp with toothbrush mustache, undersized bowler hat and bamboo cane who struggled to survive while keeping his dignity in a world with great social injustice.
Highly descriptive facial expressions
Stories often reflect his liberal political beliefs
Personal Quote:
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and  a pretty girl.


                              

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