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    How much do you know about Silent Cinema?

    What is the 'Vitaphone effect' in silent films?

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    A wide screen projection system.
    A sound system on disk that allowed the audio (music, sound effects, dialogues) to be synchronized with the cinematographic image, being key in the transition to sound cinema.Correct
    A color system for silent films.
    A type of cinematographic camera.

    The Vitaphone was a disk sound system developed by Western Electric and Bell Laboratories, which allowed the audio to be synchronized with the cinematographic image. It was fundamental in the transition from silent films to talkies, being used in films such as 'The Jazz Singer'.