Technique of the photoplay (1916)

CHAPTER LXV 327 should show the name of the story, its character, the companies to which it has been sent and the manner of its disposal. The sim- plest form is any cheap memorandum book in which you write the title of a story at the top.of each page. Below you record its trav- els. A two cent memorandum book will serve you for some time, but some form of loose leaf book or, better still, a card index, will be more convenient. Perhaps the most convenient form is that shown here. This is the ordinary three by five inch catalogue card costing ten cents a hundred. These cards, an index of twenty-five guide cards and a wooden or tin box to contain the outfit, sells for about half a dollar. The face of the card shows the entire record of the transaction. A Card Record for Keeping Track of Manuscripts. 14. This story was a two reel drama. It was the one hundred and twenty-sixth story written and was submitted to Edison, Vitagraph, Selig and Lubin, being purchased by the latter concern for forty dollars on March 19th and paid for five days later. When it was written and sent to its first port of call, it was filed under Edison. Later it was taken into the Vitagraph division and in turn to the Selig, Lubin, Accepted and Paid division. In use in the card file the alphabet guides are turned around to present their blank faces to the front. On these are written the names of the releasing com- panies with which the author hopes to do business. The first card is labeled "Live" and in front of this are placed the cards for all sto- ries that are in the author's hands ,but which he expects to fix up and send out again presently. These cards are kept in the front where they will be always in sight as a reminder. Back of the live cards come the cards with the studio names and behind this the guides read "Accepted," "Paid," "Dead." As soon as the Lubin com-