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THE PHOTOPLAY STAGE—ITS LIMITATIONS 20I besides the twelve men composing the jury, a number of witnesses and spectators are shown, in addition to the others necessary to develop the plot. The story justifies the setting and the number of people used; it is, literally, a big scene. Now suppose that you wish to show a bit of by-play between two principal characters—perhaps the exchange of certain papers. The detail of their actions would be lost in the scene with so many other people; so you introduce a "bust," showing them sitting close to- gether and carrying out the business already mentioned. In this case, you introduce the bust because you do not want to have your characters leave the court-room while the trial is in progress. But suppose you show a ball room scene, and Jack, who has been forbidden to call on Stella, is seen disguised as a musician, sitting at the farther end of the room. He is very anxious to speak to Stella, but finds no opportunity imtil an intermission occurs. The floor is pretty well cleared, but even then, he being at the far end of the room, the expression on Stella's face as she passes close to him and he speaks to her, would not register as plainly as though they were closer to the camera. Yet, here, a bust picture would hardly be advisable, although the limitations of the camera do not allow of your "getting over" the point as you would wish. There are two ways in which the difficulty could be overcome: by making this a separate scene, in which case the camera would be moved closer to where Jack sits, yet not so close that the scene could be termed a bust; or making it an entirely different scene, having Jack watch his opportunity and follow Stella into another room, there to steal a few hasty words.