It’s the Old Army Game
The play, It’s the Old Army Game utilizes intertitles to introduce characters of the play. The intertitles are also utilized in placing the setting for the silent movie. The intertitles also explain to the audience, who might have missed the scenes of the play what is currently happening and helps them to understand the play. Intertitles in this film are directly incorporated in the film. The humour in the play is explained in the subtitles and it is enhanced by the use of animations. Animations in the subtitles make the scenes more hilarious as it emphasizes on the jokes being expressed by the characters. Intertitles express the thoughts of characters by informing the audience the thoughts the characters are having. The intertitles tend to build a story as opposed to just being topical based and they, therefore, contribute to the flow of ideas throughout the film.
The description of a scene determines the intertitle to be placed in the film to make sense of the actions by the characters. The intertitles are also used to separate one act from another or any form of multimedia production and in other cases the beginning or end of events within the film. Intertitles also show the date and information on the location and other events that occurred and the audience is not aware that it happened. The film is funny in the scene where Fields tells his nephew he will give him razor blades to play with because his nephew does not give him peace. His sister does not get the fact that his son is very stubborn and this even makes the joke even funnier.
Another scene that brings awareness is when Field and his family go to a picnic and after the activity, they leave the place littered and go home. This points out to more awareness of the environment and teaches on the wrongs and rights in the country. The film utilizes intertitles differently as compared to other films. Modern films use intertitles to show poetry and their use to be used as an explanatory tool has been greatly reduced. Intertitles are now used for providing narratives and not dialogue. For example, a movie like Threads utilizes intertitles to give a location, data information and the date in which other events will happen. Intertitles in other movies are used to introduce the scene in the movie. This aspect is applied differently as compared to how intertitles were used in It’s the Old Army Game film.
Intertitles were meant to give clues to the audience to what was happening and follow the storyline of the film. The texts in the film were determined by the causal effect of the film. The period was also important and it determined where the intertitle would be placed. Other factors included the relationship that the actors had with each other in the film. With the entry of advertisement as a way of marketing, intertitling had to be rethought on how appropriate they would fit in the film. Intertitles were important in a way that they can be able to cover poor narration because they can determine initially. Placing intertitles in the film enable audiences that were not so close to the characters to follow the progress of the film.