Why do you always feel that people move faster when you watch early short films, especially silent films?

The reason why we feel faster watching silent films now can be explained, not the nonsense reason answered below, because silent films also have a lot of serious content. Not only Chaplin, but also Griffith and other great people, such as Lumiere and Merry.

Generally speaking, the early silent films used hand-held cameras and hand-held projectors, and the standards for shooting and broadcasting were not standardized and unified. The silent film we are watching now has been transferred from that era to our modern equipment. The difference between the two has led to different effects, just as we are not used to watching the ancient functional machine interface with full-screen mobile phones.

Specific aspects need to know these knowledge points:

1) The principle of film shooting and screening. What is visual persistence and what is painting.

2) The situation of early film production and screening, and various problems caused by technical and commercial reasons are just like asking why cars didn't run 80 yards when they were first invented.

You can look at the link, which is another Baidu question and answer. /question/9389458943 13726252 . html