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GLOSSARY 365 SET (noun)—Painted scenery assembled to suggest an interior or exterior scene (XXX-3). (verb)—To assemble the scenery for a stage setting (XXX-3). up —The general operation of selecting the viewpoint, placing and leveling the camera and establishing the lines preparatory to working in a set or location (III-8). SHOOT—To direct the camera at a certain point (IV-3). SIGHT STUFF—Material in a photoplay in which the spectacular side is of greater immediate importance than the story. SPLICE—To join, by cementing, one piece of film to another. To assemble the various parts of a film (VI-1). SPLIT reel —A reel containing two or more subjects within one thousand feet. Two or more short films issued as one release. scene—Two parts of a scene interrupted by other action or a break leader (XXXIX-4). SPOT—Same as LOCATION. STAFF AUTHOR—One skilled in writing permanently employed by a company to write as directed (II-3). STAINING—See TINTING. STILL—A posed photograph. A representation of a scene made with an ordinary camera for advertising purposes. caiucra —A camera used for making stills. Any ordinary camera as distinguished from the motion camera. STOCK company —The actors employed by the week. The per- manent acting organization of the studio (V-4). stuff —Pictures made as opportunity offers of fires, wrecks, etc., and held in stock until wanted (XVII-8). STOP—See DIAPHRAGM. camera —Stoppage of the camera for the rearrangement of the field in some forms of trick work (XL-16). Stoppage of the camera to provide for the immediate appearance or disappear- ance of a person or object (XLII-11). STRUGGLE—The erection of obstacle to the achievement of the objective desired by the protagonist (IX-7). STUDIO—A place where pictures are made (III-l). . Daylight —A place where pictures are made without the em- ployment of artificial light (111-2). , Electric —A place where photography is accomplished through the use of artificial illumination (III-3). exterior —A studio scene supposed to represent some place out of doors, built in the studio for greater convenience in working (IV-1). Glass—same as DAYLIGHT STUDIO. A building with a glazed roof (III-2). , Open air —A stage in the open on which interior sets are built (III-4). SUB-TITLE—Same as LEADER. SUSPENSE—L'ncertainty as to the outcome of an action or the re- sult of an action (XIII-10). SWING—To change the direction in which the camera points. See PANORAM. SWITCH-BACK—See CUT-BACK. SYNOPSIS—A brief resume of the story intended to inform the Editor in a few words as to the general character of the plot (XXVIII-5). , Detailed —A synopsis more closely akin to a scenario (which see) intended to be submitted without the accompanying action. Here the synopsis covers more ground, as it is the complete