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364 APPENDIX POSITIVE—Film exposed to the action of light behind a negative and then developed. A print giving the proper light values, the reverse of negative (VI-1). PREMISE—The antecedent facts upon which a story is based (XLIII-4). PRINT—A positive film. PRINTING—The process of acting upon a piece of positive film by passing it through a machine in company with a negative against a source of light (\T-1). PRODUCER—See DIRECTOR. PROPERTY—Any object used in the course of a play. More gen- erally referred to as "props." A "hand prop" is anything car- ried by a player and not set in the scene (III-IO). plot. See PLOT. PROTAGONIST—The chief or central personage in a story: the one around whom the action centers. The protagonist may be of either sex (IX-24), PUNCH—The fact that gives force to physical action and holds interest to the story (XXV-2). The mental suggestion that adds power to a scene (XXXIII-16). RECONSTRUCTION—The revision of a manuscript to improve its quality or to fit it to the exact needs of the studio that will produce it (XLIX-19). REEL—The spool upon which the film is wound for use in projec- tion machines. An arbitrary standard of measurement. A film approxi- mately one thousand feet in length (XXXIV-2). REGISTER—To indicate clearly and definitely some essential fact. Sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for "expresses" as "Jim registers hate." Jim does not register hate, but if his expression is correct this emotion registers on the screen. A fact or scene does not register when it is not fully gotten over. RELEASE—One or more subjects oft'ered the Exhibitor as a whole (VI-4). day —The date upon which a release becomes available for public presentation. slip —A printed or written form in which an author releases or assigns to the purchaser all of his rights to a photoplay story unless there appears on the face of the release a reservation to him of the fiction, dramatic or other rights. The release slip is the legal utterance of the sale and no reservation holds good unless it is made a part of this release (LXV-31). RETAKE—A second or subsequent making over of a scene for any reason found to be faulty. Remaking a scene to obtain better action or photography (V-7). RIBBON COPY—A copy of a manuscript showing the impression of the typewriter ribbon as distinguished from a carbon copy (LXV-44) RUNNING SCENE—The uninterrupted action of a scene. SCENARIO—A description of the action of a play in its proper order, but not divided into scenes or giving the detailed action. Sometimes erroneously applied to the script as a whole (XXIV- 14). SCENE—All of the action taking place in one spot at one time without stop (XXXI-2). See SET. See PLOT. SCRIPT—Abbreviation of manuscript.