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CHAPTER XLV 227 and he becomes an important figure in the plot, we do not then have to waste time explaining all about it. 7. Written as a single scene, the riot would give us this action 53. Mill yard —Strikers, including Harvey, Joyce, Briggs and Camp rush in—Joyce leads the mob—they yell for Dawkins—he ap- pears—Deputies at his back—someone throws a stone—Daw- kins gives an order—the deputies charge the crowd, clubbing them and driving them from the yard—all fighting desperately—■ Harvey clubbed over head. In this scene Harvey is no more important than anyone else. A di- rector following this scene would try to show Harvey close to the camera, but he is more likely to work in the close-up and get this effect. 53. Mill yard —Joyce leads men in—all excitement—an old man falls —is trampled on—Harvey drops out of crowd—others rush on —Harvey picks old man up—he is not much hurt—Harvey tells him he had better go—old man limps off. 54. Yard, hut closer to the office —Harvey comes up—Dawkins speaking to the men—someone throws a stone—Dawkins turns and gives an order—deputies start to clear the yard, clubbing the men—desperate fighting— 55. Close-up of fight—Harvey fighting—beaten down by deputy with club—others turn on deputy—Harvey raised and led off. 56. Back to big scene —Fighting ad lib—strikers driven out of scene— The first close-up seems merely to be a little touch of sentiment and the second merely a detail of the big fight, but by establishing Har- vey in the first of these and establishing the blow in the second there is no longer any uncertainty as to how the blow was deliv- ered that is responsible for the insanity. 8. Like preparation, establishment should be planned to seem as casual as possible. The advantage of this is shown in an example in Chapter XXXIX, in which one development shows a scene in which a man is established and a later one in which he is used, the first being a cut-back of no seeming importance. In the later develop- ment he must first be established and then used, which makes for some delay in the action. The first requirement is that establish- ment be made, but it is almost equally important that this estab- lishment should not be given undue importance or made to appear too palpably an effort to identify the character. 9. It may be argued that the casual introduction of Harvey is not unlike the casual action of the detective mentioned in paragraph four, but there is this difference: The casual establishment of fact or person will immediately connect itself with the later development where with the detective it was necessary to go back and remember what he did to detect. With Harvey we know what he did; now we see the result. The detective was not established; he merely hap- pened to be in the scene and now, knowing what he is, we reason back to remember what he did. d.LVIrlS) (2.XIV:16) ('4.XLni:l7) CS.XLHIrlS) (6.XXXI: 8 XXXIX :4 XLVI:1) (S.XXXHI :22 XXXIX :4 XLVI:4).