Photoplay Studies (1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay Studies
Date:
1940
Publisher:
Educational and Recreational Guides, inc.
Volume:
Photoplay Studies (1940)
Leaf #:
00010
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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Photoplay Studies Volume VI Mr. Baxter : "Stick in your shirtfront." What type of comedy would you call this? Looks speak volumes. (Why does the expression of a player's eyes mean 'more in cinema acting than in stage-play acting?) SUGGESTED READINGS Booth Tarkington : Penrod Booth Tarkington : Seventeen (in novel and play form) Mark Twain : Adventures of Tom Saivyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Eugene O'Neill : Ah! Wilderness WORD STUDY Find examples in the picture of good applications of the following terms : Characterization : The portrayal of a person so that we get a clear image of his habits of thought and action, his attitudes and emotions, his purposes and goals in life. In a dramatist, a novelist, a screen playwright, a director, or an actor, the ability to develop truthful characterizations is essential to success. Continuity : Continuous action, where one cinematic scene flows smoothly into the next, without pauses such as are permissible between the acts of a stage-play. Dramatic Irony : An effect, sometimes comic, somtimes tragic, secured by placing a character in a situation where there is a contrast between what he conceives to be the facts and the true facts known to the audience or reader. Humor: A jolly, good-natured perception of the comical aspects of humanity; a sympathetic recognition of the amusing embar