Frame Study
The Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin
Hello everyone, I'm a student of the Department of English,M.K.B.U. In this blog I'm going to do Frame Study on Charlie Chaplin's film 'The Modern Times' which is based on the Setting 20th Century.
Points to Ponder :-
Introduction of The 20th century
About Charlie Chaplin
About Modern Times
What is Frame Study ?
Frame Study based on this Film
Conclusion
Introduction of The 20th Century
The 20th century was like no time period before it. Einstein ,Darwin , Freud and Marx were just some of the thinkers who profoundly changed Western culture.The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nuclear weapons, nuclear power and space exploration, nationalism and decolonization, the Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts, and technological advances. These reshaped the political and social structure of the globe.
Characteristics of the Age :-
Imperialism
Social Unrest
Anxiety and Interrogation
Art for Art’s sake
About Charlie Chaplin :-
Charlie Chaplin, byname of Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (born April 16, 1889, London, England — died December 25, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland), British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history.His character "The Tramp" relied on pantomime and quirky movements to become an iconic figure of the silent-film era. Chaplin went on to become a director, making films such as City Lights and Modern Times, and co-founded the United Artists Corporation. He spent more than 75 years making his career from his childhood when victorian era was running until his death 1977.
"We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost."
This famous line is spoken by Charlie Chaplin. This famous and remarkable line was from The final speech of the movie 'The Great Dictators'.
'Modern Times' :-
Modern Times is regarded as one of Chaplin’s most lighthearted films. There is certainly plenty of social criticism (the film highlights the dehumanising impact of technology), but he plays the story mostly for laughs. The sight gag of Chaplin haplessly trying to keep pace with the assembly line in the factory is regarded as a classic comedy sequence.
The film also gave Goddard, who was living with Chaplin, her first starring role. The movie introduced Chaplin’s trademark song “Smile.”
Modern Times, American silent film, released in 1936, that starred Charlie Chaplin as a man at odds with modern technology. It is regarded as the last great silent film.The film, which was set during the Great Depression, centres on a luckless factory worker (played by Chaplin) who finds himself so unnerved by trying to cope with the modern equipment he must operate that he suffers a breakdown. After being institutionalised, he is freed, only to be mistaken for a communist agitator. He is arrested but released after preventing a jailbreak. He subsequently falls in love with a young girl (Paulette Goddard) whom he met when she was running from the police after stealing a loaf of bread. The factory worker and the girl have many adventures together as they evade the police and struggle for a better life. Eventually they escape for the open road.
What is Frame Study ? :-
Basically in the study frame is a single image of a video. Framing involves composing the visual content of a series of frames as seen from a single point of view. frame is the term used by screenwriters to indicate the entrance of a person or thing into a framed shot. Frame study is all about the study of a particular image, what that image indicates and what the purpose symbol of that image and other things.
Frame Study based on this Film :-
Industrialization :-
Clock and Calendars are symbols of Industrialization. In this Film also we can find that how industrial workers becomes the slave of clock and Calanders. Normally , human are controlling machines but when time passes they are eventually becomes the slave of machines. In this Frame we can get the idea how man is doing his work with the help of a machine but after that man is doing his work according to the machine even though he may not be able to do work as fast as a machine.
Rich-Poor Divine :-
In this Frame ,we can find an image of rich people and poor people. Rich people carry animals like a Dog with them as their friends and they are not feeling uncomfortable with Animals but they are feeling uncomfortable when they are with poor people.
In this Frame ,we can find an image of rich people and poor people. Rich people carry animals like a Dog with them as their friends and they are not feeling uncomfortable with Animals but they are feeling uncomfortable when they are with poor people.
Mechanisation :-
In this Frame we can find how machines controlled the human mind. In the era of industrialism no one can be free from the machine. People are becomes the slave of machines. Owner takes care of their machines and does services of that rather than their workers.
American Dream :-
This Frame defines how the poor people were dreaming for food, because at that time machines took the place of workers. That's why There is no need for workers in factories . When workers don't get Job or Work they can not earn money. That's why they are not able to fulfil their basic needs. So , at that time American dream is for food. In this Frame we can find how much happiness they get when they get food.
Poor people as the product of an entertainment for rich people :-
Machines were takes the place of workers that's why poor people can not get the work. Poor people can not get job that's why they can not be able to fullfill their basic needs. So, they are searching for a job ,they were becomes ready for do everything. In this Frame we can see a poor girl is doing dance for the entertainment of Rich people.
Jail as a safe place for Poor people :-
In this Frame Charlie Chaplin is released from the jail, he helps the police to catch the thieves that's why he is being released from the jail ,it is a kind of a gift for his help. When he realises he is out of jail he asks the policeman "Can't I Stay More ?" . He wants to stay because he can get his basic needs like.,Food, Shelter and Clothes. Through this statement he try to defines how poor people are facing the problems for getting their basic needs.
Hope :-
This Frame is symbolises the hope of the poor people. Even with the long struggle they can not get their ambition but they can not do give up and still they have hope for their ambitions.
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