The photoplay writer ([c1913])

Cinderella's rags into beautiful clothes; turns a pumpkin into a carriage/ and rats and mice into coachman, grooms, and ponies. She then sends the radiant Cinderella to the ball. There, she meets and charms the prince. She will not tell who she is. Running from the ballroom at midnight, she loses her little glass slipper. The prince picks it up and, next day, goes in search of the wearer. He tries the slipper on the feet of many girls. Cinderella's stepsisters cannot squeeze their toes into it, but Cinderella slips it on easily. The fairy godmother again appears and transforms Cinderella into a beautiful princess, and the prince leads her away to become his bride. Now, from the synopsis we work out the scenario. Each time the action changes from one place to another, it means a new scene. A scene is the action taken by the camera in one spot without stopping. Besides numbering each scene, you must indicate the set- ting—that is, whether it is in a room, in the woods, on board a ship, etc. Under the title of your scenario, write out a cast of the characters of your play. CINDERELLA Cast of Characters Cinderella The Prince Her Stepmother The Fairy Godmother Her two Stepsisters Guests at the ball, heralds, etc. For the first scene, you have the picture of Cinderella's home life. She is unhappy, being nagged and forced to do drudgery for her stepmother and stepsisters, while they think only of their own pleasures. Finally, they go up- stairs to dress, while Cinderella crouches on the hearth, sifting the ashes for the seeds the malicious stepmother has thrown down just to make her work. Now, that is all that can be shown in the first scene, for that is all that takes place at that time in that set. So the first scene will be as follows: 8