How to Write Photo-Plays (1915)

Page scan 000153 from How to Write Photo-Plays

Record Details:

Title:
How to Write Photo-Plays
Date:
1915
Volume:
How to Write Photo-Plays
Leaf #:
000153
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Photoplay writing
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
September 05, 2024
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HOW TO WRITE PHOTO PLAYS 149 but they would all fail to convince because in the amateur's mind a murder in a script is a murder, an accident an accident, and so on. He has not yet learned to appreciate the fact that success or failure lies in the handling of the dangerous element. It takes time and experience to absorb that fact. The one and only safe way for an amateur to do is to avoid those things the censors are known to frown on, at least in the beginning. After a time he will become more skillful, and will be able to use them without offense. There are plenty of other things to write about, and your scripts will not lack action simply because you have not incorporated a lot of forbidden things into them. Do not think that the editor is trying to furnish an excuse when he tells you your script was returned because certain incidents wouldn't pass the censors. He is under no obligation to furnish an excuse, and the mere fact that he pointed out your weakness shows that he is trying to help you. A DESCRIPTIVE LINE. Though not at all necessary to sell a script, it is of great benefit to the reader and editor if you run a short descriptive line under the title of your story on the first page of your manuscript, telling the class and length of your play. Thus, if you have written a two-reel modern drama, entitled "The Lost Love," you would arrange it in this manner: "THE LOST LOVE." A Two-reel Drama of Present-day Life.