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240 WRITING A PLAY Jack. He does not know about Flanders and Ruth and so he is not guilty of any breach of faith in leaving immediately. 22. As soon as Jack goes we speed up the action. We are coming to the end of the reel and must get up a momentum that will carry us over into the second part. Ruth sends word to Flanders. He comes. They are interrupted by Cort. His departure gives Flanders an idea. Now that she is going away Ruth no longer worries about Jack. Flanders does. It will be better for his peace of mind to have Jack suppose that Ruth is on the ocean with Cort, so he has her write the letter and then go, taking the maid with them. We must get her out of Jack's way or he might force her to confession. The Butler can remain, because he knows nothing, and we need him in the last scene of the reel. 23. In this last scene the value of the cut-in leader is shown. The Butler, like the spectator, is led to suppose that Jack intends to shoot himself and seeks to prevent. The use of a straight leader before the scene would have prevented this mistake. The scene would all be patent in advance. As it stands we get the cut-in-leader that gives a punch and then close on a tableau. That threat will take the interest over to the next part. 24. The last scene in this reel is thirty-one. It has been said that from forty to sixty is the average number of scenes to the reel. It has also been said that the length of the action and the footage of inserts and leaders must be considered. Here we have one twenty-five- foot letter and one of twenty feet. There are four short notes or telegrams and a flash. Allow about fifteen feet for the notes and wires and five for the flash. In leaders there are about forty feet. There is a ten or fifteen foot title and a ten foot tailpiece that reads to the effect that the second part will follow. We have less than eight hundred feet for the picture and some of the scenes will run rather long. Our footage should be just about right if played in normal action. 25. Now we are ready for the second reel. The first closed with the threat. A leader tells that it is two years later. In writing the scene we also call attention to this fact that the' setting may be changed. Jack has the same office, but he has not the same calendar on the wall, the furniture may be rearranged and the papers on his desk moved about if not replaced. There are some explanations to be offered the spectator, as well. Two years have passed and Jack has not found Cort. Why? When Cort left the letter for Jack in twenty-nine he suggested that he might ,be lost even to the address given there. This prepares us for the letter which tells that Cort is in California. 26. We cannot well have him in South America. This would make a lot of trouble and some expense for which there would be no return in effect. It would be necessary to hire the use of a steamer for a half day to show Jack on his way down, and it would be necessary to search for tropical settings. !More than tliis. it would