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THE PHOTOPLAY STAGE—ITS LIMITATIONS 195 of Sicily," or the court-room scene in Selig's "The Finger Marks," a larger stage is obtained by setting the back part of the scene (or set), as shown by the dotted line E, and laying down a special pair of "V" lines to cross the perma- nent ones on the studio floor. When the camera is placed at the apex of this larger V, the picture is, naturally, made many feet deeper, with a corresponding width of back- ground as the lines diverge. This special stage is used, too, in setting most ballroom scenes, so as to accomodate the greater number of people appearing, as well as to add to the scenic effect. 2. Number of Stages Used As a rule, there are at least four of these "stages" side by side on the floor of the studio in any of the big producing plants. Thus four entirely different sets may adjoin each other; and, as was pointed out in a previous chapter, a producer may finish Scene 8 in Set I and move directly to Set II, where the scene "done" may be 9, or any later scene, depending, very often, upon whether the players will have to make a change of costume or make-up. A careful producer will always try to avoid waits by having his scenes set up in the order that will allow him to proceed with as few delays as possible. In some studios, the fact that walls and ceiling are of glass permits the taking of most scenes, on a bright day, without the aid of artificial light. There is, however, at least one big plant where all scenes taken inside the studio are produced with the aid of artificial light, daylight being entirely excluded.