Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein;Arthur Leeds
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dialogue, inserted into the film during the progress of a scene, thus
becoming practically a part of that scene. INTERPOSE: A term used to indicate the process by which a scene merges into the next, one dying as the other comes up, so that there is no blank screen between them, as in the case of the fade out and fade in. As in the dissolving views of a stereopticon, the scenes merge one into the other. This device is used for the same purpose as the fade out and fade in, but, being more difficult to accomplish, from the camera standpoint, is used only rarely. LEADER: A sub-title used before a scene to assist the spectator in getting a clear idea of what the picture is to portray. LOCATION: When the setting for an action is out of doors, and takes advantage of some natural environment, such as the front of a house, a barn, or a lane, or a lake, it is called a "location." So, while any environment for action is broadly a "setting," one usually refers to an interior setting as a "set" and an exterior setting as a "location." MULTIPLE REEL: See _Reel_. NEGATIVE: The original emulsated film used in the camera when the actions of the participants in the photoplay are recorded. PLOT: The original idea worked into a compact number of scenes and individual situations, all of which in a series carry out the general idea. Sometimes this "plot" is referred to as the "skeleton" of the photoplay. "In its simplest, broadest aspect, plot is the scheme, |
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