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362 APPENDIX FLAT—A piece of painted scenery stretched upon a light frame- work of wood (III-5). FOLLOW SCENES—Scenes in which the camera, mounted upon a movable base, seems to follow the characters (XXX-22). FOOTAGE—The number of feet in a film. Film calculation. Too much footage is too many feet. Too small a footage is too few feet (XXXIV-2). Directors work "on footage" when they are paid for the number of feet of film made by them and turned into the studio and accepted. FRAME—A single photograph in the roll of film. A picture one inch wide by three-fourths of an inch high. There are sixteen of these frames to the foot (XXXIV-3). FREE LANCE—An author who writes on speculation and sells wherever he can find a market. One not under contract or other agreement (II-4). FRENCH STAGE—A front line, used originally by the French pro- ducers, which establishes a front line on which the entire figure is visible (III-S). FRONT LINE—The extreme front boundary of the camera stage beyond which the players may not advance toward the camera (III-S). HEAVY—A player or players of villainous parts. HERO—The chief male character in the story. See PROTAGON- IST. HEROINE—The chief female character in the story. See PRO- TAGONIST. INSERT—Any matter, not pictured action, shown in the film. More generally applied to all such matter except leaders (XXXVI-l;. INTERIOR—Any scene supposed to be played within four walls and a roof (XXX-2). IRIS—The common form of lens diaphragm, consisting of a series of curved movable blades acting in common, the manipulation of w^hich permits a larger or smaller opening to be obtained, regulating the amount of light admitted to the camera (XL-19). IRISING—Properly vignetting. A term applied to the use of an iris device placed in front of the lens for cutting off a part of the picture at the will of the director (XL-20). JOINING—Cementing together the various scenes and inserts in their proper order (VI-1). room —That part of the factory wherein the various parts of the film are assembled into complete reels. LEAD—(noun) The man and woman most prominent in the play, (verb) To write leader. LEADER—A printed legend conveying some fact not possible to show in action (XXXVII-1). , Break —A leader inserted between two scenes to mark a definite pause in the action or to interrupt the action for any other reason (XXXVII-30). , Cut-in —A leader, generally a quoted speech, appearing (or cut-in) within the scene and not inserted between two scenes (XXXVII-2). , Dialogue —A cut-in leader presenting in one frame two or more speeches (XXXVII-23). -, Time —A leader used to state the time supposed to have elapsed since the last scene (XXXVII-25). LINES—Real or imaginary lines defining the limits of the stage by following the angle of the lens employed (III-8).