Return to the Silent Era

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  • Alan Levine
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The dawn of cinema had no audio; silent movies created an atmosphere with music and the use of cue cards. Take a 3-5 minute trailer of a modern movie and render it in the form os the silent era- convert to black and white, add effects to make it look antiquated, replace the audio with a musical sound track, and add title cards for the dialogue. As a prime example, see Silent Star Wars.

One of the best sources for music is Incompetech or the Internet Archive. For the title cards, try a google image search

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@mingea

Silent Kingsman

For my first assignment this week, I decided to Return to the Silent Era. I kept this up with the class theme by having

@_evanmay_

Silent Shrek

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So I saw this assignment and knew I had to try doing it. Unfortunately, Movie Maker isn’t the best at making this appear silent movie-y,

@rinko_anna

Wonder Woman ca. 1918

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@liamcaudill

Video Assignment – Return to the Silent Era

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@CadillacezMedia

Kingsman: The Secret Service Silent Trailer

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calebsnow14

Silent Era Star Wars

Behold! My Old Fashioned Star Wars Trailer. The assignment can be found here: Return to the Silent Era Assignment.

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boscoe6393

The Silent Suicide Squad

Yesterday, I was going through my things and found this gem. It is footage from the Suicide Squad back when silent films were really popular. As

sscott3

I Could Use Something Quiet with All This Noise

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afanghel

A Modern Take on Silent Films.

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mrosengrant

Jaeger Bomb

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meredith

The Book of Life Silent Film!

Hi there! I thought this assignment Return to the Silent Era (4 1/2 Stars) would be a good one to tackle! Last week in the DKC (Digital Knowledge

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Return To The Silent Film Era Tutorial

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Silent Drive Tutorial

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Remix #4 (Video): Frank vs the Tranq Tutorial

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