Because orthochromatic film stock could not be used in low-light situations, blue became the most popular tint, applied to scenes shot during the day and when projected, signified night.Ī variation of film tinting is hand coloring, in which only parts of the image are colored by hand with dyes, sometimes using a stencil cut from a second print of the film to save keep colouring the same piece on different frames. Both the Edison Studios and the Biograph Company began tinting their films for setting moods. The discovery of bleaching methods by pirates soon put an end to this. The film was tinted amber, the color of the safelight on film printers. The process began in the 1890s, originally as a copy-guard against film pirates. Tinting was used for this sequence to make his cloak red. This is how audiences in 1925 would have seen it. Jacques Tati gifs are allowed on his birthdayįollow on Twitter for more silent movie gifs and related content
This also applies to Chaplin and Lloyd, and other silent stars at discretion of mods If you want to make gifs from Keaton's sound movies, or his appearance on the Twilight Zone or whatever, more power to you. Example, it would be fine to post gifs from the sound version of Ben-Hur alongside gifs from the silent version for a comparison, or post a gif of scene and then a photo showing how scene was shot.īuster Keaton gifs are exempt from first rule Mods will add flair for filmmaker/star if applicable.Īlbums can also include non-gif images and gifs made from things other than silent movies, if these are used to provide context to some silent movie gifs. Please also try to include the year it was released. This can be either in title, or as a comment on your post. If there is another gif hosting site you think should be allowed, please let mods know. Please use Imgur, Gfycat or Reddit uploadsĪutomod will remove submissions not from those sites, in an effort to prevent spam. Movies released in sound and silent versions (example Blackmail) are also allowed. Submissions should be gifs made from silent moviesįor the purposes of this subreddit, including some sound effects or even brief segments with speech (example Modern Times) does not disqualify a movie from being considered silent.
Sort by: Chaplin Keaton Lloyd Lang Albums Rules: