There is a part of the film where Chaplin adds a sound effect of bones breaking to the musical score. This adds humor as the sound effects add emphasis to the character's action on the screen and also creates laughter among the audience as it successfully synchronizes the noise with the screen. So the use of sound effects became an advantage for Chaplin. The sound effects would help him in creating his comedy. They would help his scenes add more humor and allow him to experiment. There's also a scene where he uses sound effects for humor too. The scene where he is sitting next to a socially accepted and respected woman, the minister's wife, while drinking coffee. As he drinks his coffee his stomach begins to growl. The little tramp does the same and his stomach starts to growl too. This scene shows a great example of the sound effects created by Chaplin. He recorded himself blowing bubbles into a glass with a straw. This sound effect created the annoying gargling of their stomachs, adding further humor to the acting of the scene as we watch the dog get scared. Chaplin turns on the radio next to him and we hear some kind of advertisement about stomach pains. His reactions and facial expressions along with the sound effects create blissful humor. So, another great example of why sound effects had become Chaplin's asset in Modern
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