Napoleon by Abel Gance

Napoleon is a silent film from 1927 directed by French man Abel Gance. The film was revolutionary in many ways, despite being a silent epic during a period where talking pictures were close on the horizon. A story of the famous rulers life, the way this movie was created was in many ways ahead of its time.  During filming, the crew used new techniques like hand held cameras shooting in action, along with new age editing techniques such as creating color by painting right on the film strip.

This movie was very important for the time where crucial big steps were being taken in the film-making industry, and all directors, producers, writers and so on were concerned with creating films that captured audience’s attention, and held it. It was a race to create the most beautiful and epic films so far in the history of movies.  This movie was created to show new developments in cinematography, and create a project that incorporated many of the new developments.