Photoplay plot encyclopedia; an analysis of the use in photoplays of the thirty-six dramatic situations and their subdivisions. Containing a list of all the fundamental dramatic material to be found in human experience, including the synopses of one hundred produced representative photoplays, with a detailed analysis of the situations used in each. Practical suggestions for combining situations, for testing the strength and novelty of plots, and for building plots; and an index referring to each producer, author, star, story and situation mentioned in the text (1922)

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Title:
Photoplay plot encyclopedia; an analysis of the use in photoplays of the thirty-six dramatic situations and their subdivisions. Containing a list of all the fundamental dramatic material to be found in human experience, including the synopses of one hundred produced representative photoplays, with a detailed analysis of the situations used in each. Practical suggestions for combining situations, for testing the strength and novelty of plots, and for building plots; and an index referring to each producer, author, star, story and situation mentioned in the text
Date:
1922
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Cal. : Palmer Photoplay Corporation, Department of Education
Volume:
Photoplay plot encyclopedia; an analysis of the use in photoplays of the thirty-six dramatic situations and their subdivisions. Containing a list of all the fundamental dramatic material to be found in human experience, including the synopses of one hundred produced representative photoplays, with a detailed analysis of the situations used in each. Practical suggestions for combining situations, for testing the strength and novelty of plots, and for building plots; and an index referring to each producer, author, star, story and situation mentioned in the text
Leaf #:
0007
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Includes index
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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PHOTOPLAY PLCHbENCYCLOPEDIA IM» TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE 7 The purpose of this work; the law of the thirty-six dramatic situations; plan of study. Part One CHAPTER ONE 11 The importance of the situations in photoplay writing; the relation of the situations to the thirty-six human emotions; what is a dramatic situation; what is a photoplay situation; combination of situations; the backbone of drama. CHAPTER TWO 14 The relation of theme to the thirty-six situations; examples of dramatic themes; characterization and its relation to the thirty-six situations. CHAPTER THREE 16 Plot interest and situations; the plot outline for combining situations; spot continuity of "The Golden Chance"; plot logic and a way to test it. CHAPTER FOUR 20 Creative imagination; dramatic and undramadc; the test of situations; a sum- mary of the law of the thirty-six situations. Part Two CHAPTER FIVE 25 Situations I to VI, inclusive: Supplication; Deliverance; Crime Pur- sued BY Vengeance; Vengeance Taken for Kindred Upon Kindred; Pursuit; Disaster; the subdivisions of each situation ; explanatory comment regarding the use of each situation in the photoplay. CHAPTER SIX 30 Situations VII to XII, inclusive: Falling Prey to Cruelty or Misfor- tune; Revolt; Daring Enterprise; Abduction; the Enigma; Ob- taining. CHAPTER SEVEN 34 Situations XIII to XVIII, inclusive: Enmity of Kinsmen; Rivalry of Kinsmen; Murderous Adultery; Madness; Fatal Imprudence; In- voluntary Crimes of Love. CHAPTER EIGHT , 37 Situations XIX to XXIV, inalusive: Slaying of a Kinsman Unrecog- nized; Self-Sacrifice for an Ideal; Self-Sacrifice for Kindred; All Sacrificed for a Passion; Necessity of Sacrificing Loved Ones; Riv- alry OF Superior and Infeuor. 111C301