Well its dones and before I forget this is where you can access the movie https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/gishc/FlyingCircus.wmv , that is if it works. As I think about this project and the ones I did when I was a kid I really wish I would have had some freer inquiry. This project was actually fun for me. I still am a little hesitant in handing it in as I have never had such a free experience and I can almost see it being all wrong. Then again I am not sure if I would have had the maturity to do free inquiry as a child. Maybe if a teacher was watching me closely.
I must say though this project was unlike any I have ever did. This was the first project where books weren't the main resource tool. I used movies more than anything and gleaned ideas off of them. Even though they didn't come out straight and tell me, they gave me an idea on what music to use, how a word card should look and even how the lettering of the time period looked like. I'm not sure how you would site that stuff but I guess that is how music and movies work. Its the musicians and producers of the past that newer artists imitate which then turns itself into new work. You can't site a musical style, its just kinda there, same way with movies. I guess nothing is new under the sun.
Anyways if you are interested in any of the websites I used, here they are.
How to Make a Silent Movie- http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Silent-Movie - what I started with in my original search. Very basic, almost common sensical listing of how to make a movie.
Prelinger Archives- http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger - This site contains thousands of film clips in it from the olden days, including those old corny educational films (which might be a neat idea to do next). There are so many of them that I'll list a few I watched to give me some ideas
College- http://www.archive.org/details/college - a nice Buster Keaton feature film, had some good laughs
The Electric House- http://www.archive.org/details/TheElectricHouse - a Buster Keaton short film that features him hooking up a house's electrical supply
Between Showers- http://www.archive.org/details/CC_1914_02_28_BetweenShowers - I wanted to see a really early film so I tried this one with Charlie Chaplin. A little tacky and most of it is done through body language.
World War I Aircraft- http://www.theaerodrome.com/ - one of the few sites out there that deals with World War I aircraft. I just used this to spot check if I was as accurate as possible in my movie.
Copyright Question- http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/beginners2/beginners2_qa2.html
Copyright Law- http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/clj/cl2_1.html#cl2_1+A30 - These two sites dealt with some of my copyright questions though it is still a bit hazy with me.
After doing this film I really want to create a few more. I think I just have to wait a little longer for my main actor to be able to go along a little bit better with the script
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I thought you created a GREAT final project! It really showed you learned a lot and tried to glean as much information as possible from your resources. I really appreciated your use of mainly video sources. Print sources are great, but it's easy to forget that there are some great video sources to utilize as well, which obviously helped you in your inquiry.
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