The Gold Rush Micro Elements

Scene 1 - 8:20 - 9:10


This scene is set in the house. Charlie Chaplin is being told to leave the house by Big Jim however the cold wind is stopping him from leaving. Big Jim is wearing a large fur coat whilst Charlie Chaplin is wearing a much smaller coat, making him much more desperate to get back inside the house when he is sent out by the cold.. The props include the furniture within the home such as the table, as well as the home itself. The lighting looks to be natural within this scene. The camera is set to film the whole room and get a side view of the characters movements. When the characters are outside, the camera will be in the same position and will not move to follow the characters. The sound in this film is non-diegetic. The original contains now sound as it is a silent film. There would have been a band playing music to fit along with the plot when the film was being viewed. The music and commentary in this version was added much later.




Scene 2 - 21:15 - 21:45




In this scene Big Jim is hallucinating and seeing Charlie Chaplin as a chicken. Chaplin is in the costume of a chicken within this scene, as well as the same small coat he was wearing in the previous scene, while Big Jim is also in the same costume as the last scene. The camera angle is also still the same, giving a view of the whole house. Nothing has changed in terms of their surroundings either. Editing is used in this scene to give the illusion that Charlie Chaplin has transformed into a chicken. This scene is designed to show how the characters are suffering being in the home surrounded by the cold with very little food. The sound in this scene is still non-diegetic as the film is a silent film. There would have been a band playing music to fit along with the plot when the film was being viewed. The music and commentary in this version was added much later.