This comparison project by Luke Sumpter annotates Lois Weber’s 1916 silent film Shoes. In one of the annotation sets, the first contributor traces the film’s narrative through its use of intertitles to establish a timeline, pathos, dialogue, and its overall exegesis. The second set of annotations traces the film’s editing techniques, which in 1916, were perfecting their ability to capture time and space. Taken together, the project demonstrates the way in which film form creates story in the hands of a pioneering woman filmmaker.
