There are many ways to tell a story without using words. Part of the magic of filmmaking is that the information one gets from the imagery is often leagues beyond what one receives through dialogue or voice over. Just as in life we get most information from each other through body language, so it is in movie making.
A great way to start planning any sort of movie you are about to make is to first write it down. Write down a theme or idea you are trying to convey, and then translate that into a Shot List.
A shot list is a play by play of all of the different angles you want to record so that later in the editing room, you may allow for a lot of different possibilities in your cut. A shot list may look like this:
1. girl running down the street towards the camera. camera is on the ground. girl runs past.
2. girl running down the street shot from an above fire escape.
3. hand held camera running down the street as the view point of the girl.
4. shot from behind some bushes for a voyeuristic effect to create suspense.
Below are some examples of scenes/movies that have little to no dialogue.
This Point Break Chase Scene is one of my favorite chase scenes. It's action packed and entertaining, and you feel like you're in a maze. Sorry Youtube wouldn't let me embed it here so you'll have to link to it.
Here is the trailer for the beautiful film Treplets of Bellville. This is an animated movie, but I feel there is certainly much to learn that can be applied to real world footage. The entire movie is sans talking, and it's just great, I highly recommend it.
And finally the classic Red Balloon. This film is only about 30 minutes long, and it is also silent. Check it out it's a delight.
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