I have noticed that a lot of people have gone off the beaten path with their blogs and it makes it difficult to make comments and learn things. The point of these blogs is to talk about things you have learned and relate them to current events or just talk about what you have learned.
To get myself back on track, because I myself am a culprit of getting off the beaten path, I will talk about the interesting things I have learned so far from this class.
I have learned a lot by perusing through the Chapters and watching some of the screenings posted each week. Before this class I had no idea how film started or how filming worked before sound. Learning about silent films and the 75 man orchestra that played through film was fascinating to me. I think that it must have been really difficult to film and act for a silent film because there is no dialogue it is only actions. I have also learned a lot about the different film industries and it was interesting to find out how Hollywood dominated the film industry. Hollywood films were being exported to countries especially France because France was showing a lot of Hollywood films in their theaters.
I have to agree with you that learning about the orchestra that played the music in silent films was very interesting and eye opening for me. I never really put any thought into how or where that music came from.
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