Lesson 2 Wrap

Summary

Charles Chaplin’s influences in the history of cinema are hard to overstate. Chaplin’s comedic form and how he used these forms was very influential in relation to the talking picture, which is the next big step in the innovation and technological development of motion picture. Modern Times was an influential film on future cinematic language, as well as serving as an argument that the free-spirited human being seems to be incompatible with modern industrial ciivlization.

Check and Double Check

By the end of this lesson, make sure you have completed the readings and activities found in the Lesson 2 Course Schedule.

Coming Attractions

In the next lesson, we will watch Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, discuss director Frank Capra and his use of populist cinema, and begin to explore the studio system during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s.