A silent film has no recorded sound synchronised with the performance of characters within the story. There is no spoken dialogue in it although diagetic sound can be used. The only type of diagetic sound there may be in these films are screams or breathing. Silent films will often use the non diagetic sound of music just to portray and set the atmosphere, fun jumpy music may be used for example to reflect a happy mood, or slow and scary music may be used to reflect an situation where tension is built.
Dialogue in silent films is shown through gestures and mime. This also usually meant body language and facial expression were sometimes exaggerated in these films because it was one of the only ways to show the audience how the character was feeling, or the relationship between two characters.
I believe silent films are good for the comedy genre because you don't necessarily need dialogue to be funny, actions speak louder than words in that sense. My film is a much more serious and dramatic one, I feel like I need some form of dialogue to help my audience understand the situation as its much more complicated than a general 'funny film', due to this I don't feel like filming my opening idea in the style of a silent film is very fitting or suitable, I also don't personally enjoy silent films as I like for a film to have dialogue and therefore, I will not be using it.
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