Silent film
A silent film is the earliest form of a motion picture in which there is no recorded dialogue. The dialogue is conveyed through intertitles shown between frames and through the actor’s mimed actions. Typically, a silent film was shown with a live orchestra or band playing along to enhance the aesthetic qualities of the movie. Silent film actors and actresses developed a special technique of overly dramatic body language and facial expressions in order to convey the appropriate elements of the narrative to the audience. The silent era ended in 1927 with the first “talkie”, The Jazz Singer, which utilized the Vitaphone system and the audion amplifier tube.
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