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42 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY difference to the director in reading. In the same way it is well to select short, easily remembered names. If your Spanish heroine was christened Juanita, shorten it to Nita for the sake of brevity and pronounciation. Use the shorter names for leading charac- ters and the longer ones for the minor players. Call your hero Steve, but your villain Stephen, because you are not as friendly with the villain. Now that the note is written John should get it. He might receive it at the house or on the street. It is better to have the maid meet him coming out of the house, because that saves show- ing the front when she arrives and then his room. We cut out one scene and yet get a better effect. The real art of practical photoplay writing lies in looking out for these little things. We have the scene: 4- Front of John's home- John enters from house- Maid enters- gives note- John reads- On screen- flash of note from No. 3- Back to scene- John kisses note- puts in pocket- exits up street. In scene two we had Nell exit into the house and now we have John entering from the house. This rather upsets our notions. We thought people entered a house or made their exit from it. But we are speaking now of the scene. John enters the scene by making his exit from the house. Nell makes her exit from the scene by entering her home. There is no real need of flashing the note in this scene, since it is the only note yet used, but it only takes about three feet and there is a sort of definite identification that is worth those three feet. It is best always to show what is written at the time it is written and what is read at the moment that it is read. These four scenes complete the introduction. We know John, Nell and her father, their homes, their circumstances, their names and the position in which they find themselves. Now we are ready to go on with the story. All of this happened in one day, but now there is a jump. We cannot show John in the park with- out explanation unless we would have it thought that he went from scene four straight to the park, so we preceed the next scene with a leader. Leader- Several weeks later. An accidental meeting. 5- Park- As in No. 5- Nell loitering along walk- John enters- sees her- surprised- pleased- comes forward- greetings- they walk slowly toward camera- exit.