1) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the
screening:
-In class we discussed the details to making a silent movie
and that it was a lot of improvisation to make it. When you are watching, you can tell that
improvisation was used to make it when the characters are interacting. Charlie Chaplin was a big name in the silent
movie era during that time and that it was really a jump-start to his career as
well as Keaton. Since a silent movie is
mostly visual except for some music streaming through, the maker needs to keep
the audience entertained. Charlie
Chaplin liked to use comedy in his silent films. In the Gold
Rush, he really used comedy as well as comedic gags to display his
character.
2) Find a related article and summarize the content:
This article was written in 1925 after the premiere of the Gold Rush and mentions: “the hungry days in London, the times when
he was depressed by disappointments, the hopes, his loneliness and the
adulation he felt for successful actors.”, speaking of Chaplin. The article describes Chaplin’s pride while
watching the movie and the struggles he has overcome. It is a summary of the movie and explains
that Chaplin is more sympathetic in this silent movie.
3) The article
changed my opinion because I didn’t know that Charlie Chaplin was more
sympathetic in this movie than his others.
It also states that this movie was a big time paying job for Chaplin,
which I also did not know, I thought he was very popular at the time and made a
great deal of money.
4) I was very
apprehensive about watching this movie because as a 21-year-old in 2014, I had
never even seen a full silent film. The
movie was actually quite entertaining and I found myself laughing a lot. This movie was very effective at portraying
the comedic effect through gags and improvisational scenes. In class we discussed how gags defined
Chaplin’s character, which the viewer could tell he was good at, but in the Gold Rush, he also had the romantic
effect of his character of falling in love.
Which was also stated in the article.
Overall, the movie balanced a great amount of comedy, romance and drama.
1.
(x)
I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2.
(x) If I reused any information from other
papers I have writing for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper
3.
(x) If I used any passages word for word, I put
quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the
text.
4.
(x) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the
bibliography in the text of the paper.
5.
(x) I have cited in the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the
bibliography in the text of the paper.
6.
(x) I have used direct quotations only in cases
where it could not be stated in another way.
I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography
7.
(x) I did not so over-use direct quotations that
the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8.
(x) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore
have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name: Laura Mazzola_________________________ Date:
2/28/14___________________
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