The art of sound pictures (1930)

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Title:
The art of sound pictures
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Volume:
The art of sound pictures
Leaf #:
000106
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 09, 2024
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CHAPTER V YOUR STORY THE PLOT AND ITS CONSTRUCTION Building a plot for a sound picture is the simplest part of the whole technique. In its simplicity lies its enormous difficulty. For very few people can think simply. In this respect, plot work is the opposite of designing sets. The eye easily takes in and enjoys vast and complicated scenery that is full of many objects, forms, and colors. But when the mind endeavors to observe men in action, it usually fails to grasp the larger patterns of human behavior. Turn to your own personal experiences with people for the most convincing proof of this fact. How many of your intimate friends do you thoroughly understand? How much of their conduct is an open book to you? How easily can you explain their motives, their emotions, and their attitudes? Let us suppose, for argument’s sake, that you do know some of your friends pretty well. What is the basis of your knowledge? The odds are a thousand to one that it is founded on a myriad of walks and talks, of impressions, of exchanges of opinion, of emotional outbursts, of quarrels, conspiracies, passions, fears, cooperations, and all the many other human relations and acts which make up the web of life. To amass all these, you have spent years. 82