Color in the Brazilian silent cinema (1913-1933): production and language.

• Grant number: 13/03186-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Visual Communication
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Victorio Morettin
• Grantee: Natália de Castro Soares
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project intends to investigate the use of color in the Brazilian silent cinema. In order to do so, we will take as documental sources reminiscent film elements as well as diverse existing documentation and bibliography about this subject. The structure will be divided into two parts: production and language. This way, we aim to understand a complex process in which the object is conceived, produced, exhibited and, many decades later, restored. In the first of these divisions, we will try to understand how the assimilation of foreign techniques of film colorization happened in Brazil, or the possible creation of own techniques and how they were employed; in summary the structures and techniques used in the country. In the part dedicated to language, we will try to map how the Brazilian cinema approximated itself or not to the most known uses of color in silent cinema, being it related to the narrative, aesthetic or any other aspect.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SOARES, Natália de Castro. A cor no cinema silencioso do Brasil (1913-1931): produção e linguagem. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.