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GLOSSARY 363 LOCALE—The country or section of a country wherein the scenes of action are supposed to take place. LOCATION—Any place selected for the playing of an outdoor scene (IV-1). MAKE-UP—The various materials such as grease-paint, powder, crepe hair, etc., with which the players change their appear- ance. , Character —A make-up that more or less completely dis- guises the appearance. -, Straight —Make-up employed merely to cover up skin im- perfections. Since retouching each minute figure is not pos- sible, make-up is resorted to. The face of the player is "re- touched" instead of the negative. MANUFACTURER—One who engages in the production and sale of film. MANUSCRIPT—The written photoplay. Abbreviated Ms. in the singular and Mss. in the plural. Also called "Script." MASKS—Metal cut-outs employed in pairs to shield parts of the film in double exposures. Single masks are used to give some odd form to the picture on the screen to suggest what may be seen through a keyhole, spyglass, binoculars, etc. (XL-23). MATCHING—In direction to plan the exit of a character from a scene to be in harmony with his appearance in the next. MELODRAMA—A form of dramatic composition more vivid in plot and more strenuous in action than true drama (LIV-1). MOB—Any large number of persons employed in a scene whether riotous or not (XVII-12). MORGUE—A collection of scripts, unsalable in their present form (LXV-30). MULTIPLE REEL—A story produced in multiples of the thousand foot reel (LVIII-3). NEGATIVE—Film exposed to the action of light in the camera and subjected to a chemical reaction whereby the image is brought out and made permanent. This gives a reverse, the blacks being clear and the whites dense (VI-1). PANORAM—A contraction of "panoramic" employed to denote a scene in which the camera is moved on its tripod to follow the action of the players without moving the tripod (XXX-20). See FOLLOW SCENE. . PART—A role assumed by a player. One of the acts or divisions of a multiple reel. PHOTOGRAPHIC STAGE—That part of the stage nearest the camera. A small space on which the players work when it is desired that their images may be large and their expression clear (IILS). PHOTOPLAY—A story told in pictured action instead of words (XXXIII-1). PICTURE EYE—The ability to see being played the action you write or think of. , Ability to visualize action from written description (XXXin-3). PLOT of the story—Tht essentials of the story (IX-25). ,_ Master —The last reduction of the story. The base from which many variations may spring. of action. See ACTION. , Property —A list^of all objects used in a play (V-4). . Scene —A list of all sets and locations required in a play (XXX-24).