WKC Level 2 Performing Arts

Silent Movie  Unit 3 ( Lock-down ) Research   During the lesson period, we looked at 2 different genres of silent movies, comedy and a horror. The horror silent movie we looked at was called NOSFERATU: A Symphony Of Horror. And the comedy silent movie was called The Cure.   The Cure is a comedy silent movie, which was released in 1917 starring Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin and was directed by Charlie Chaplin himself. This movie was considered as a short comedy because it had a duration of 31 minutes. The movie was loved by the audience. In fact, it was loved so much that the Chaplin Mutual Project restored in 2013 by the help of The George Lucas Family Foundation, The Film Foundation and The Material World Charitable Foundation Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror  is an unofficial adaption of the 1897 novel Dracula, which was authorized by Bram Stoker. Nosferatu was released in 1922 starring Max Schreck, Gustav Von Wangenheim,

Camden Peoples Theatre Performance (Silent Movie) I remember for the silent movie performance, we used white, blue and red lights. We used spotlights, blackouts and fixed focus lighting to convey the different emotions on stage. I feel that if we used flicker lighting with red coloured lighting for some scenes, such as the scene where Adina is forced to pick up the glow cane. The reason for this is because it creates more tension for the audience. But the reason why we didn't add this feature is because we didn't want anyone (with epilepsy) to get affected. Another feature which I think would've made the performance look better is adding Fresnel lighting with a tint of blue and red. I would add it in the scene where Adina gets possessed. The reason for this is because it creates a scary and anonymous character build up. The reason why we didn't add this is because we were very limited with time and resources.