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38 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY parents forced me into this hateful marriage. I was forced into it, sold to you, if you will have it that way." Then the story goes backward and tells all about Gwendolyn, about Reginald, about Percy, who is the man she really loves, the courtship of Reginald and all the rest. That's possible, because you can jump about as much as you like in a book and merely explain that this is something that happened five years ago. You cannot do this in photoplay. Photoplay is the record of life and when properly produced it seems a bit of life itself. To run along for a time and then suddenly explain that the next scene happened a week ago is as unreal as moving last Thursday over into next Friday. The scene that happens Friday must be shown before the scene that happens on Saturday and you must show what happened at nine o'clock before that which happens at half past ten. If you do not you will get your audience so badly mixed that they will lose interest in the plot and vote the play tiresome. You must start with your first scene, show each action in its proper place clear through to the climax and then drop the play as quickly as possible. You cannot explain in scene nineteen that along about scene five Jack was married to Mabel. Let your audience see the marriage if you would have the matter understood. Not only must each scene be played in chronological order, but each scene should aid in advancing the plot. Do not write in scenes because they will be pretty or because they will give a thrill. Write the essential scenes in pretty settings, if you will, and get all the thrills you can by making these thrills a part of the actual story. Before you start to write the script think out your action. Get the story running smoothly in your mind and, until you have gained experience, it is better to write out a reasonably full scenario. And please note we use scenario in its proper sense. A scenario is a brief sketch of the plot of a story. A few years ago scenario was used to apply to all photoplay scripts, but the use of the word in that sense is incorrect. It is one of the misnomers brought into the business by the stage managers and players. The scenario gives you a general idea of the action as you wish it to run, but it is a running story, much like a long synopsis. Now you must work from the scenario and develop the plot of action. Before you start be absolutely certain that your start is the proper one. You have only fifteen to eighteen minutes at best and you cannot waste time on a lot of meaningless scenes that precede the real start of the story. Start with the first scene