Study of Frames in Charles Chaplin's "Modern Times" and "The Great Dictator"

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In the online class on 7 April, as Dilip Barad sir gave a task to watch both these films and study frames of the films. On  The Modern Times & The Great Dictator.

Charlie Chaplin  :-(April 16, 1889 ­ December 25, 1977)

Charlie Chaplin, who brought laughter to millions worldwide as the silent "Little Tramp" clown, had the type of deprived childhood that one would expect to find in a Dickens novel. Born in East Street, Walworth, London on 16 April, 1889,  Charles Spencer Chaplin was the son of a music hall singer and his wife. Charlie Chaplin's parents divorced early in his life, with his father providing little to no support, either financial or otherwise, leaving his mother to support them as best she could. Chaplin's mother Hannah was the brightest spot in Charlie's childhood; formerly an actor on stage, she had lost her ability to perform, and managed to earn a subsistence living for herself, Charlie, and Charlie's older half ­brother Sidney by sewing. She was an integral part of Charlie's young life, and he credited her with much of his success. Sadly, she slowly succumbed to mental illness, and by the time that Charlie was 7 years old, she was confined to an asylum; Charlie and Sidney were relegated to a workhouse­­ not for the last time. After 2 months, she was released, and the family was happily reunited, for a time. In later years, she was readmitted for an 8­month stretch later, during which time  Charlie lived with his alcoholic father and stepmother, in a strained environment .

Frames from "Modern Times" :-

In Modern Times , Charlie Chaplin plays a factory worker at the Electro Steel Company, tightening nuts on a fast-moving conveyor belt. One scene shows a mechanical contraption designed to feed workers lunch while they remain on the assembly line, but it malfunctions, throwing soup in Charlie’s face. Other scenes depict a capitalist owner who maintains closed-circuit surveillance over the plant and demands increases in the speed of the line. Unable to keep pace, Charlie falls into the giant gears. He has a nervous breakdown, and loses his job. On the street, he’s mistaken for a communist leader and arrested. He accidentally prevents a jailbreak, is pardoned and released, but with his old steel plant idle, Charlie cannot find employment, and begins to long for the shabby security of incarceration. The political message of “Modern Times” would seem unmistakable.

 This frame talk's about Time Management. You Gain a Sense of Fulfillment. Once your time management efforts start to pay off in the form of accomplishments. You Relieve Stress. Managing your time can have a direct impact on your stress level . It Improves Self-Discipline. If you are good at managing your time, you’re probably also very self-disciplined. but as we are not able to make a time for our-self in this  modern world . we can see that people is wasting there time in doing instead of being a happy .

This both image talk about the Reality of people who is working . We can say that director has try to show  picture of city that how  people are walking like a sheep on the SUBWAY with there food. we can also say that now human are becoming robot by only giving a most of time to work and reason of that they are not able to enjoy life and we have also watch in this movie that chaplin used to fix bolt when he is fir from the job , so we can say that job was hire from him but then also in  his mind job was  still  alive.
 

we get to know that honor of the factory  is playing gaming in his office and worker's are doing hardwork   by that we get and idea that how upper class people use middle class people and pay then less amount and most of the profit they only get.

This  image shows that how on the one slide  factory honor is reading a newspaper and on the second hand people are working as a machine in the factory and we can also get idea that he has an assistant who give her medicine at fix time.  at the one side if worker has to go out of the work then also he need some one who take a place of him then only he might go. because machine did not understand human emotion.

 while watching this 3 image in our mind comes "Big Boss" ( upaar vala sab dekhta ha !!) in first image we can see that there is a boss who has having a coat and he is looking at all his worker throw his chair and giving a advice to worker. on the second had we can see that there is one young man who has not wear proper cloths and when his boss call him he come quicky but putting all his work aslide nd in the last image we get to know that how when charles is in the washroom and when boss give a order "get back to work " then he started working. so, we can say that boss is watching him throw cctv and he want that all worker do work  as robot .

when security guard is whistling  that time all the criminal  start working in one direction, in the first whistle the all open there cell and stand  in one row on second  whistle they start going to eat there food , on third whistle they start eating food and on fourth whistle  they go towords there cell and at the finale whistle they all go inside the cell. all the thing is going in whistle.

In the first picture we can see that it is an imagination of there home and house and all the things are in proper position and when he wanted to eat fruit  then he is easily plucking  out and eating grasp and when he need milk then cow come near his home and he take out milk so, we can say that this image is of ambition that people are free to imagine and people always think of being rich person in the second image we can see that his real life is totally different where house is maid up of wood and when Chaplin put his hand on any thing then then it started falling and when Chaplin sit for break fast  that time chair brock and it's show the reality of life that how middle class people has to struggle for "A cup of tea ".

On the one image we can see that in imagine house where here he think of being rich person with that he is following  a habit of upper class people and having his food with spoon and on the second side we can see that how Charlie comes in real world where the middle class people has to eat food with there hands. so, both the image show's the upper class & middle class life style of eating food .

when Chaplin is not able to  remember  the song's word then his friend tell him that he will write on his cuff but while dancing when the paper is lost then he is not able to speak a single word then his  friend tell him to speak a word then started speaking a thing by his skill and all enjoyed it so, instead of doing copy we should do hardwork . we can compare with student that how when his or her copy part is missed then he or she is not able to write and on the second side some student do hard work 24 hours 7 days then also not able to get good score , but some student who read during exam and achive  grand score by trick .

Charlie Chaplin attacks Hitler in The Great Dictator :-

The Great Dictator was Charlie Chaplin's first truly talking picture, and when it was finally released in 1940, it was a worldwide sensation. Many people mistakenly think that the character of the Jewish Barber in the film is the Tramp, but Charlie Chaplin was adamant that they are different characters. Although the barber uses many of the Tramp's mannerisms, he is also clearly an individual in his own right. And the barber is far more long­winded, as the famous "Look Up, Hannah" speech at the end of the movie reminds us.

In order to gain acceptance, politicians tend to touch the soft corners of public which is children. as we know that children mind are pure they does not know the politics so, if someone speak nice to theme then they can easily started believing theme so,  Such political stunts are still relevant in today's time. Politicians knows the mass psychology and also know how to win people's heart. In order to collect  majority vote they follow such practices. they provide tablet to collage student because they know they are fresher and now, they are able to give vote .

Dictators are majorly in self-love. they spend just only think  of himself They give orders to prepare statues and portraits of themselves so that their identity remains recorded in the history. People come under the influence of the gigantic lifestyle of power people and start making temples of them instead of questioning them. we can connect with the political leaders that  how they keep on wasting money in making idol . they are increasing  tax on m necessity thing and using that money  for making rich people comfortable and not thinking about poor people who is not getting one time food.

The barber shop is also considered as the discussion corner of various political events.  whenever we go to Barbers shop we  forgot everything and we fell relax in Barbers shop and often Barbers used to ask or try to make conversation with us about society and politics leader. It throw the light of reality .

The dream sequence begins after Garbage's dialogue. Hynkel's hunger for power is highlighted in this frame. He plays with the balloon  we see that here balloon is taken as the world map. that how politic gets a right to dictat upon the world if he wish then he can make a  modern world and if he want to destroy a world then also he can . so, we can know by this image that who has a power they can dictator upon  the world.

the double role of charlie chaplin makes significant mark in the film. people think that hynkel is making a speech but it is barber who is giving a remarkable note on liberty and equality. all have equal rights to live peaceful life and earn good wage.

so, while  watching both movies we can  say that Charlie Chaplin has try to show the reality of society that how middle class people has to suffer a lot in world and how upper class people is ruling with them .