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· 1 Months ago

How can films talk??

Question:
DIRECTIONS: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


When sound _(a)_ the world of cinema, mime made a gracious exit.  _(b)then, it has stood proudly as a performing art in itself, independent and _(c)_ in style, approach, treatment and performance not matched however, by _(d)acceptance. During the silent era, actors in silent films had to _(e)totally on mime as the only way of _(f)_ their emotions, expressions, incidents, events and interactions between and among characters. German Expressionist cinema, the acting of classic performers like Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton used mime they had _(g)_ as part of their theatrical _(h)_ in their films with great effect. A French mime artist once said, Mime is the poetry of silence. But once talking _(i)_ entered the scenario, mime was _(j)_ ever used in films.

Mark the correct option for blank _(i)_.
Options:
A)

mimes

B) worlds
C) films
D) people 
Solution:
Solution: (c)

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· 1 Months ago

Dear Student,
The given answer is correct.
A film with a soundtrack is called talking film , as distinct from a silent film.

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