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THE FORM OF THE PHOTOPLAY 35 Every character should be cast, no matter how unimportant, unless a crowd is used, when each member of the crowd is not indicated but merely the fact that a crowd is needed. If a large cast is employed and many of the characters appear but once or twice, it is well to number the scenes in which they appear, that the director may "double" them, having one player take two or more parts with the aid of the disguising make-up. The leading characters, the first four or five, who appear in a ma- jority of the scenes, are not numbered. Only the minor char- acters should be so identified. Here is such a cast properly done. John Smith- Mary Morton- Henry Smith-John's father. Anna-his mother. Maid-in 3-9 Cook-in 8-11-15 Butler-in 8-9 Letter carrier-14 If the director is working with a small company he knows that he can have the same woman play the maid and the cook and that the same man can be the smooth shaven butler and the bearded postman. The best way to keep track of these appearances is to keep a slip of paper beside your typewriter. On this enter the name of a character as soon as used. Then, at each appearance of the minor characters, note the scene number. When you have done you have a list of the characters in the order of their appear- ance. All that is necessary is to pick out the leading characters and write them in the cast first and then follow with the subor- dinate characters. Do not attempt to double the characters. Leave that to the director. And if you have in mind a play that will just suit a particular company, do not give the names of the persons whom you desire to play the leading roles. And do not seek to impose upon the director your exact idea of the characters. Sometimes it is necessary that this should be done where a character must be of a certain type, but do not say that the heroine has blue eyes and blonde hair when the part would suit a brunette just as well, and do not ask for a hero six feet tall when one five feet, eleven inches will be just as good. If you use the scene plot keep a memorandum of the scenes on a slip as advised for the cast, but check these up before you enter them on the synopsis page. The scene plot is merely a list of