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Frame study : Charlie Chaplin's movie The Modern Times and The Great Dictator

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           "   Life  is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.  "  - Charlie Chaplin. Hello friends !     Welcome to my world !! Here I am going to present my views on two movies by Charlie Chaplin. I am doing a frame study of this film. The movies are  The Modern Times and The Great Dictator.      It is an interesting study through the perspective of the modern age and twentieth century. How the camera works, and  how the portrait situation relates to the particular history of the century. How he portrayed comedy with high seriousness, that became noticeable. If you watch both these movies without any deep understanding and context then you may say that these are great comedies. But , if you watch a movie in a critical way then this becomes more serious. Let's know about  a comedy king with high seriousness, Sir Charles Spenser Cheplin was an E...