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COMPLETE ACTION 165 Synopsis —A brief resume of the story or its salient points, en- abling the Editor to get an idea of the story without reading the entire script. Title —The name or caption given a play. Tinting —Dyeing the film in various colors to suggest moonlight, lamplight, firelight, etc. Trick —Any effect not gained through straight photography. Turning —Operating the crank of the camera and causing the mechanism to pass film through the box behind the lense. Vision —A small scene shown as part of a full frame, the re mainder being given to the main action. CHAPTER XXX. COMPLETE ACTION Two sample scripts showing the action developed to the highest reasonable point—the extreme of fullness. Throughout this book the examples show a development that is recommended as being sufficiently full to give a producer all the needful information, but for the purpose of comparison we pre- sent in this chapter two studio scripts, one a drama, the other a light comedy, written by Lawrence S. McCloskey, Editor for the Lubin Manufacturing Company and produced by that com- pany. This form should be followed where an Editor or pro- ducer particularly requests a "full script." FRIEND JOHN. By Lawrence S. McCloskey. Synopsis. Time—Present. Place — Quaker Village in Pennsylvania. John Franklin, a stolid Quaker, devotes his simple life to the Lord and horses—worshipping the former, shoeing the latter. His sister, Priscella, is housekeeper. In the depths of John's big, simple heart, love is growing for Ruth, daughter