Silent Film Intertitle

サイレント映画の字幕カード / 1900s–1920s / Technique / Film Technology

Dialogue and narration cut into the film as independent text cards — the place where cinema and typography first met.

Text cards on black / Ornamental frames / Hand lettering / Alternating rhythm with the action

Silent Film Intertitle — チャップリン『キッド』の字幕カード 1921Silent Film Intertitle — 『キッド』の字幕カード 1921Silent Film Intertitle — 『The Nihilist』タイトルカード 1905
チャップリン『キッド』の字幕カード 1921 ／ 『キッド』の字幕カード 1921 ／ 『The Nihilist』タイトルカード 1905

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
The intertitle lettering artists / language-version replacements / the disappearance with sound

Related entries

Source: SF Silent Film Festival — Silent Cinema and the Intertitle

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