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 #:
00023
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 PLOT E^XYCLOPEDL\ tion to enter into your story without re- gard to the theme and characterization, the finished play will be artificial, lifeless and mechanical. The test of a photoplay situation is its harmony and suitability to the theme you wish to emphasize and to the characters you have made live. 8. After having studied the examples of situations that have been used in photo- plays, you will also recognize that a second test is that of novelty. If your use of a situation is precisely like that of someone else, it will naturally not make a distinc- tive appeal to an editor. In this connec- tion, it is well to remember that the nov- elty of a story often depends upon the new point of view the author takes to- wards his theme and the freshness and originality of his characterization. 9. We shall find in the following pages a number of examples of old plots vitalized and made human by insight into theme and characterization. No mat- ter how often a situation has been used before, if you are positive that your theme is big enough and your characterization unusual enough to carry it to success, do not hesitate to employ it, for it is treat- ment rather than the situation itself that distinguishes your finished product. SUMMARY. 10. There are thirty-six fundamental dramatic situations, which form the back- bone of all drama, and a kn'-vledge of which is essential to a photoplaywright's success. 11. Let us now proceed to an investi- gation of the thirt>'-six situations and their use in photoplays. 12. Once again we would insist that the reader drop any idea of finding herein ready-made plots, or of attempting the artificial and mechanical combinations of situations that might form plots. Such methods will always prove ineffective and their products will be dull and uninterest- ing. Seek, instead, in the following pages, suggestions of value in your future work, study the pitfalls we point out, and use the list of situations and examples as a reference with which to test the strength or weakness of vour own ideas. 21