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226 ESTABLISHMENT has been hurt through this inattention. Perhaps this man has been seen before and more than once. Then we were mildly curious. Now we go back over those scenes and see how the casual action all had a bearing on the arrest. By the time we get back to our interest in the play the villain is in jail and perhaps the story is done, but the detective had to be assigned his place in the story before interest in the story could proceed. 5. It will be better to establish the detective at the proper time— which is when he enters the story. A leader flashes and the scene is played in this manner. Leader—Bessie engages a detective to clear Clem. 47. Office —Watkins on—Bessie enters—speaks to him—he calls— Bell enters—listens to Bessie—makes brief notes—nods—exits —Bessie offers Watkins pay—he tells her to wait—she exits. After this when we see Bell we know that he is busy on the case. He may suggest no definite result, but if he does not he does not greatly disturb us, but all is plain \\\\tn we come to the climax and instead of a leader that kills the scene we have no leader, but this clear action. 63. Library as in No. /—Bayard. Bess, Jack, Tom and Clem on— Maltravers enters with plainclothes man—points to Clem— Officer shows his badge—starts to put handcuffs on Clem—Bes- sie clings to him—he comforts her—Bell appears in doorway with policeman—points to Maltravers—goes to plainclothes man—shows paper. On screen —Police circular—Wanted for Burglary, John Taylor, alias Griggs, alias Maltravers—description of man playing Maltravers. Plainclothes man looks uncertain—nods—officers exit with Maltravers—Bessie thanks Bell—introduces to Clem, who also thanks him—Bell and others off—Clem clasps Bessie in his arms. Establishment of the detective makes clear the later action without further explanation and we are able to give our entire attention to the action of the moment. 6. Establishment of persons in a scene is as important at times as the establishment of their relationship to the plot. In the first para- graph we sketched a plot in which Harvey, a mill worker, is in- jured during a strike at the mills. Later the blow results in in- sanity which leads him to kill the mill owner. Harvey is not a leader in the strike. He is just one of the mob. He is shown and identified, but he does not take a position in the play so prominent as to make him one of the persons looked for in a scene showing a mob. He does not become important to the plot until the insanitv develops. It is quite probable that in the mob scenes his presence- may be overlooked. By the use of the close-up we single him out and call especial attention to him. At the time it merely suggests that this detail is shown to vary the effect. In reality we make his pres- ence known and his injury apparent. When the proper time comes