VM100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Carl Laemmle, Sarah Bernhardt, Lois Weber
19 Oct 2017
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Weber starred in and directed hundreds of short films in this early period and went on to successfully direct many features until 1925. Suspense (1913) used dramatic camera angles and hyper-expressive point- of-view shots to build suspense in the plot of a woman in peril . Used many shots of the villain from the woman"s perspective. In 1913 leaves biograph after directing hundreds of short films, because biograph is opposed to making feature length films. Griffith goes independent and makes birth of a nation, set in the civil war and reconstruction period. Many racist elements and stereotypes, and both the portrayal of. It was bitterly opposed at the time by the. Naacp and other groups leading boycotts and demonstrations. The film was, however, hugely successful commercially and even is acclaimed by president wilson after a screening in the white house. Telling a story through narrative continuity and editing as opposed to a series of tableaux or vaudeville style skits.
