[Shacky]

I have just started creating a similar project, and found that a good effect is to use a number of keyframes to change the ‘Fast Blur’ blurriness settings from zero to around 10-20 and then back again.

Combining this with changing the zoom level of your footage and/or intertitles by using keyframes on concurrent frames from 100% to 99.5%, then 100.5%, then back to 100%.

This will give the impression of the traditional ‘jumpy’ look that goes slightly in and out of focus every now and then.

using the Sepia overlay and altering the contrast settings, as well as possibly adding some ‘dust and scratches’ should give you that authentic early 1900’s Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton Silent Movie effect.