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There would be someone at the front of the theatre playing the piano. They would play fast when there was excitement, soft music for a love scene, mysterious music, etc. In the big cities, they would have a large organ, so in addition to the music, different sounds could also be made to accompany the action on the film.
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MaxineThe conventional explanation for the use of music in silent film is functional: music drowned out the noise of the projector as well as talkative audiences. But long after the projector and the audience were quieted, music remained.
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Are Silent Films Ancient?
Yes
What does the term 'talkies' mean?
A film with spoken dialogue as opposed to a silent film where the dialogue is on a card to be read.
Did silent films have any sound?
Pretty much every theater showing silent films had an instrument, usually a piano, playing music during each film. Usually the player would just improvise music based on what appeared on the screen, sometimes a film maker would write music for the player to play. As one studio exec noted, there never was a truly "silent" film. Because doing the latter meant more control over (and money from) his films, Chaplin often wrote musical scores for the films he directed, produced, starred in, and wrote the screenplay for.
When were silent films invented?
Well no one actually invented silent films people just never made silent films ever only very few silent films were made for the deaf most of them were old so they neeeded rest and din't quite watch films that much)
What is the time period of silent films?
it was in the 1435 and 6789 so
