There are many different types of new ideas that were created and used in the movie "Gold Rush." For instance before these particular type of movies, short films were usually shot with one view for a specific period of time. Directors would never cut in between scenes or use close ups for a more personal point of view. Also when it came to the movie itself the camera would usually stay with one set of characters on the same screen and that's how the story progressed. However, due to recent developments in the cinematic industry, directors realized that they can cut in between characters to make sort of a story within a story and make the general plot more interesting. The movie "Gold Rush," was one of the first films to perfect this new type of direction. In an article from http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2000/nov/27/artsfeatures1, it states how Charlie Chaplin, (the main star in the movie Gold Rush,)composed most of the music in his movies. Within the article it states "Chaplin's scores have a foot-tapping catchiness; they get stuck in your head and you find yourself whistling the tunes," which I actually found to be true. Most of the music from this movie had a catchy tune which sort of reminded me of old bugs bunny cartoons. Also the music that he composed went hand in hand with the emotions and what was actually happening within the plot of the movie. Music was very important to express pain, laughter, sadness, happiness, etc. because of the fact that back in those days there was no sound to the movies. Therefore I felt that Charlie Chaplin really took advantage of the music and made his movies something to be remembered by not only the quality of his productions but also the quality of his scores. Personally I really enjoyed this movie a lot. Restating my past words in a different context, it seemed to me that this movie was somewhat of a live action bugs bunny cartoon in the sense that Charlie's character is always getting into various situations that are humorous but could be potentially life threatening. An example would be the scene when he and his friend who was looking for his gold mountain are in the cabin dangling over a cliff because an avalanche unknowingly moved them to that location and they are trying to figure out why the cabin is rocking back and forth. Also I was very surprised at how through the music you can catch emotions of sadness when the girl that he liked stood him up on New Years Eve. Even with no words you could really feel the negative emotions coming from his character. All in all I really enjoyed his production and would be interested in seeing some of his other works.