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June 08, 2009
Scribe Reports from Cory and Barbara's Group: The Navigator
Barbara and I mentioned a number of things in our discussion of The Navigator. Some subjects we touched on include:
- How difficult it is to convey conversations in silent movies, resulting in the usage of gestural language, as was seen among the men at the beginning of the film.
- The physical comedy seen in The Navigator was necessary for a successful comedy, because the amount of time it would take to pull off a verbal joke with the movie's intertitles would completely detach the audience from what was happening in the film.
- It was definitely a good thing that there was no canned laughter in the film, because that would have really detracted from the film as a whole.
- The lighting of the film was well-used, helping to create moods (such as the spooky atmosphere in the "Restless Night" scene) and to point out camera focus as well.
- Contemporary comedies just are not made like The Navigator was. There is less physicality in modern comedies, along with an entire host of differences.
Posted by cah68 at June 8, 2009 10:35 PM
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