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94 HOW TO WRITE PHOTO PLAYS
Let us consider the thing from a "horse-sense" point of view.
After you have written your scenario, you know that you must write a synopsis to tell the editor briefly what its plot is about. If the scenario is for a one-reel subject only, there can be no doubt in your mind but that it will run right through to the finish. Now, why should two, three, or more reels cause a writer to pause and wonder "how it's done"? The idea is just the same in both cases. You wish to briefly outline your story for the benefit of the reader or editor who has to read it along with hundreds of other scripts. The answer is: "Write your synopsis straight through, regardless of reels."
While some editors may prefer to have a division made, we think the majority simply want an outline of the story in as concise form as possible, and told without a break. It saves space, and does away with something which is not really essential. For the free lance it is better, therefore, to make no division in the synopsis of a scenario written for the general market.
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Lubin recently inaugurated a new way of "getting over" a statement without using a leader, the style used being to insert the words spoken by a character in the scene itself by means of double exposure. This is indeed an enterprising move, but we doubt if another company would like to do the same thing, especially since it is not their invention. Therefore, the amateur who, after seeing one of these pictures, hurried home and rewrote r