Technique of the photoplay (1916)

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304 TALKING PICTURES movement of the characters and to supply a sketch of the stage set- ting as well as a more or less complete description of the setting and its decoration. 7. Plays are generally written on the eight and one-half by eleven inch paper with a left hand margin of ten spaces for binding. It is covered with stout paper and is permanently bound into a book form with McGill fasteners or staples. Each page is numbered in the upper right hand corner. 8. With these hints it will be possible to make a trial of the work on the next revival of the talking pictures, but it will scarcely pay the writer of photoplays to give much study to ine work Untii ttie per- manent success of this form of entertainment is assured.