The technique of the photoplay ([c1913])

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162 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY Cutting — (a) Eliminating useless portions of the film: editing. (b) Dividing a scene for the purpose of inserting leader or other matter. — room' —A room supplied with projection machine and screen where the prints are run through and the matter to be eliminated is decided upon. Cut-back —Repeated returns to a scene or character after inter- polated scenes of related action. Denouement —The climax of a play; the end at which the action has been directed. The natural consequence of the preced- ing action. Development —of plot—The elaboration of the start or leading action into a complete series of incidents. of film—The immersing of the film in a solution which brings out the picture, through the action of chemicals on the silver in the emulsion. Director —One who produces photoplays, directing the prepara- tion and action. Dissolve —The gradual introduction or withdrawal of a character from a scene by means of double exposure and stopping down. Double —exposure. The exposure of the same negative film twice. —printing—Exposing the same piece of film behind two negatives in succession, impressing a double figure on the sensitive emulsion. Drama —In general any form of stage play. In photoplay the word is applied only to serious plays. Editor —A person employed to select plays and prepare them for production. Educational —A film possessing an educational as well as enter- taining value as pictures of industries, foreign people, etc. Exterior —A scene in which the action is laid outdoors. Fade —Dissolving the end of one scene into the commencement of the next by means of double exposure and opening or closing the diaphragm. Farce —The broadest form of comedy; a comedy in which abso- lute probability is subordinate to the creation of comedy action and situations. —comedy—A play not so broad as farce, yet livelier than high comedy. Flash —A few feet only of a scene or insert; a fleeting glimpse. Flat —A piece of scenery stretched upon a framework of wood. Frame —Each single picture on a film.