One never reads a book and is jumpscared from his/her seat. Shortly after the silent film era came the sound film era. ... George Melies's short feature films in particular were brilliant sound-on films, playing simply classic theatrical sound effects but successfully creating suspensions and climax as the stories went. ... Unlike words, moving images and sound keep the audience constantly engaged in the story. ... In other words, whatever feeling a person may have reading a book alone, the cinema experience will exaggerate it. ...

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The common element in both book and film versions of the story is the use of satire, making fun of the fairytale genre. ... Appearances are one of the most influential satirical devices in both book and film; however this is approached very differently in each medium. ... Dialogue remains one of the most important devices in both film and book, many excerpts remaining identical in both mediums. ... Indeed, combined with the use of music to set the scene, the importance of sound to the effect of a film tends to increase the reliance on dialogue as opposed to description, such as how Inigo tells...

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Direct sound and long takes are used. ... Physically, in certain scenes, Robert Crumb is present, guiding the spectator along the pages of his comic book, although he remains unseen. ... The nondiegetic sound of the antiquated music is heard at times during the film successfully drowning out any nostalgic sigh Robert Crumb makes. ... An example of this is in the comic book store when he is conversing with the young man with long black hair. ... Watching it without sound I felt that it was not as poetic as it was with the music. ...

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Some work in noisy rooms filled with the sound of keyboards and computer printers(Bureau "Writing" 3) as well as the voices of others. ... Employment of salaried writers and editors for newspapers, periodicals, and book publishers, is expected to increase as demand grows for their publications (Bureau "writing" 7). ...

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This outgrowth of post-graduate English literature studies Became an industry in itself (certainly with respect to the book trade, which spawned a halcyon period of auteur-oriented film titles in the early '70s) and was undoubtedly a boon to the programmers of the revival houses that flourished through the 1970s. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate