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Buster Keaton Information sheet and key terminology - Coggle Diagram
Buster Keaton Information sheet and key terminology
Realist and expressive
Realist - Realistic moments that are also relatable and actually likely to happen.
Expressive - Unrealistic moments that are unlikely to happen. Stunts that are over the top and exaggerated for comical purposes
Buster Keaton
'The Great Stone Face'
Grew up in a family of performers. Parents were Vaudeville entertainers. Began performing at a young age on stage. Developed strong physical skills and acrobatic abilities
Silent cinema that relied on visuals rather than dialogue
Often did risky stunts that could have injured him severely or killed him
Often depicted as the victim as everything doesn't go his way
Often put into small scale compared to others or objects to make him look more vulnerable or fragile. Casted actors that would be much bigger than him.
Slapstick
Physical comedy based on exaggeration. Examples as numerous accounts of falling over, collisions chasing, reactions etc.
One week and scarecrow
Style
Long takes continuity editing
Likes to play around with the audience's perspective. Could be breaking the fourth wall directly or even framing the subject in another place to surprise the audience later. Examples, the wife in the bath reaching for soap and the framing of the focus being on the train that ends up not running over the house but a train off camera coming in shortly after to destroy the house
Includes dangerous stunts that could get him badly hurt
Silent cinema, no dialogue
Slapstick and physical comedy
Often lasts around 20 mins and would be on two reelers.
Regular activity topples a domino into a big problem that is always ridiculous
curiosity in machinery and vehicles
Rube Goldberg
American cartoonist who made ridiculous contraptions for simple tasks and explored the advances in technology