Modern photoplay writing, its craftsmanship; a manual demonstrating the structural and dramatic principles of the new art as paracticed by the modern photoplaywright (1922)

Record Details:

Title:
Modern photoplay writing, its craftsmanship; a manual demonstrating the structural and dramatic principles of the new art as paracticed by the modern photoplaywright
Date:
1922
Publisher:
Franklin, O. : J. K. Reeve
Volume:
Modern photoplay writing, its craftsmanship; a manual demonstrating the structural and dramatic principles of the new art as paracticed by the modern photoplaywright
Leaf #:
00019
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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16 Modern Photoplay Writing — Its Craftsmanship to the facilities now known to be demanded of the playwright, i. e., power of analysis, recogni- tion of the dramatic, and the CREATIVE factdty. To him who thinks seriously of the profession of screen authorship, therefore, it shall not be amiss to suggest some test by which he may even if faintly measure his fitness for the work. Ques- tionnaires are, in most instances, mere memory tests or tests of special knowledge. They do not ordinarily test faculties. But faculties may be tested. They may be indicated by the ease or readiness with which the mind grapples with a problem or exercise presented to it; the greater the training in any direction the greater the ease of solving particular problems; but if the problem demands the labors of the creative faculty, train- ing will not supply a lack of the faculty itself. Therefore, I suggest that the reader undertake the subjoined tests for his own enlightenment ere he set his heart on dramatic authorship. TEST 1. (1) A bank forger who presents a fraudulent draft at the windows of a suburban bank is suspected by a quick- witted woman employee who consults a printed description of him sent to the bank by a national association; and after being pursued for several blocks by the police he is overcome after a struggle and taken to jail. (2) In court the man, whose lawyer has advised him to shave his beard in order to make his identification difficult, is recog- nized by the girl as her father, whose whereabouts have been unknown for years.