Buster Keaton: (4th October 1895 - 1st February 1966)
He was named Buster, when he was 6 months old and Harry Houdini saw him fall down a flight of stair unharmed. He was a Filmmaker, Director, Actor and stuntman who did all his own stunts. He first started out doing shows with his parents. Their act was about how to discipline a child and resulted in Buster being thrown all over the stage. The act was named the most dangerous act in Vaudeville. When he reached 21 he started to work in the film industry, creating films similar to Charlie Chaplin, who he also worked with at times. His style was silent movies, where instead of using voices and talking to convey the emotion he would used music and acting together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xh108cLbo
This video shows some of Buster Keaton's stunts
^This is a picture of one of his stunts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lvPMCPWog
This video is the trailer for his film 'The General'
The book 'The Grammar of the Edit' explains in simple terms how to edit together shots to get the most effect out of the and the different ways to edit them together. This book will be very useful for the editing topic to help me progress my work.
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