For our assignment, I decided to watch the short film "His New Job" featuring Charlie Chaplin. This film was produced in February 1, 1915. This film was produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin himself. This short film includes several other actors including Ben Turpin, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Agnes Ayres, Gloria Swanson and Jesse Robins.
In this short film, Chaplin becomes a stage hand or assistant at a film production agency. Chaplin is extremely exaggerated with his movements in order to enhance the storyline. Throughout the short film, Chaplin is quite clumsy, causing chaos throughout his work. Chaplin goes from stage hand to a carpenter assistant in the background. Then he became one of the actors in the film they are producing, but do to his chaotic behavior, the director is less than enthused.
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