Near View of Battery from H.M.S. Terrible
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The Guns Go Boom Silently
The batteries of the H.M.S. Terrible let loose.
Much of the terror of gunfire from a capital ship is the roar of the guns, and silent movies are..... well, they're silent, with only a piano or perhaps a small orchestra to offer the aural side of the nerve-wracking, terrifying racket.
So how do you shoot that? How do you take a movie camera and make a movie that lasts less than a minute, that will inspire the accompanist, who will add his or her skill to the visuals, and so inform the audience?
William Dickson did that here.
Much of the terror of gunfire from a capital ship is the roar of the guns, and silent movies are..... well, they're silent, with only a piano or perhaps a small orchestra to offer the aural side of the nerve-wracking, terrifying racket.
So how do you shoot that? How do you take a movie camera and make a movie that lasts less than a minute, that will inspire the accompanist, who will add his or her skill to the visuals, and so inform the audience?
William Dickson did that here.
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- boblipton
- Jan 11, 2019
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