BFI Trip Wednesday 11th January 2023.

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 BFI Southbank

On Wednesday the 11th January we visited the BFI Southbank for a 'Silent Film for KS5 Film Studies'. Throughout the day Matthew Daintrey-Hall spoke to us taking about silent film and aesthetic/cultural movement, he also give us a talk about the focus film: Sunrise (1927) talking about aesthetics, institutions and ideology.

After lunch we watched the focus film: Sunrise (1927) with a pain accompaniment - John Sweeney. After this there was a Q&A with him.


(Below is the film we watched - it was the first film to come ready with a backing track however it was much more interesting with a live pianist.)

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