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TOOLS OF THE TRADE 23 out and leader is removed or added as circumstances may seem to require. The approved print goes back to the negative depart- ment where the negative is marked exactly to correspond with the first print and sent to the printing room where the necessary number of prints are made from each piece. These are sent to the joining room where girls cement or splice the scenes together, after which the reels are inspected and if properly joined are shipped to the exchanges. You have ceased to be a manuscript. You have become a film. CHAPTER IV. TOOLS OF THE TRADE What is required—the proper paper—necessity for typewrit- ing—envelopes—manuscript record—mailing the script- things to be avoided. Having gained some knowledge of technical terms and an idea of studio methods, we are ready to turn our attention to the mak- ing of the script, but a good workman needs good tools and while the tools of the photoplay trade are few, it is important that they be good. A manuscript written on butcher's wrapping paper in red ink may be a literary gem, but as a rule it's unlikely that the script will repay reading and so it will be passed over. It is argued that the man who knows how to write a good script knows also how to give that script the proper attention. So small a thing as a paper too thin may spoil the chances of acceptance. Today a typewriter is the first essential. When the demand for good stories greatly exceeded the supply, the editors were willing to read the script so long as it was written in ink and with a fairly legible hand. There was always the hope of finding a new idea, but now that time is passed and it is very logically argued that the man who does not know enough to have his manuscript typed does not know enough to hit upon a good idea. It is possible to have the manuscript typed by some professional stenographer for ten or fifteen cents a page, but it is far better to do your own work and it is by no means as difficult as it seems to a person who has never tried. It is recommended that a machine be hired for a time. Every city has rental agencies where a machine may be hired for five dollars for three months. Generally this first deposit may apply