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A practical manual of screen playwriting : for theater and television films (1952)

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XIV CONTENTS 238 The verbal cliches, going to pieces, surprise names, surprise place names. 240 Prop cliches, the pajamas, long underwear, the buy-off, cigarettes. 242 On learning from seeing, your own picture, not your own picture. 245 Props, props for pantomime, character props, props for actor ease, write in props, props for child actors, props for suspense, props as symbols, props come in handy, done with mirrors. 249 The subjective camera 251 Conventions 252 Composition, composition definition, three-way composi tion, emotional-content analysis, establish mood patterns, simplicity, old-fashioned attraction, keep it simple, variety. 255 Balance, off-center balance, lower left to upper right, strive for depth, frame foregrounds. 25 j Movement composition, limit background movement. 258 Dynamic symmetry, dynamic symmetry with low angles, dynamic symmetry with set furnishings, static close-up with dynamic symmetry. 260 Epiphanies 262 Symbolism 265 Topicalisms. avoid year dates, avoid dated gags. 267 Sound, know your sound effects, selectivity, establish sound, indirection with sound, sound sequences, fill in with sound, recalled sound, sound transitions, sound leitmotifs, three-dimensional sound, avoid sound on cue, cap with sound, volume important, sound volume increases, sound filters, phone filter, echo chamber, Sonovox, budget with sound. 2J4 Music, plot music, background music, avoid familiar music, functions of background music, informative music, foreshadowing music, intensifying music, identification music, psychological music, dramatic music, chase music, atmospheric music, building with music, transition music, crutch music, commenting music, dialoguedisplacing music. 282 Format