The Silent Cinema and Hollywood

By 1912, major American Film Companies had set up production near or in Los Angeles. Los Angeles became the film industry. Director David Wark Griffith was the first to make a film in Hollywood ( 17-minute short film In Old California. Griffith is very important for the cinema because he invented the cinematographic language. How can I tell a story with images?

Charles Chaplin was a famous actor amb director in this time. His films typically follow Charlot's efforts to survive in a hostile world. The character lives in poverty and is frequently treated badly, but remains kind and upbeat, defying his social position, he strives to be seen as a gentleman. In music class we have wacthed The Kid

Another filmmakers in Silent Cinema from Hollywood were Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. We have watched differents films of these directors and they are pretty funny