Writing the Photoplay
by
J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds
CHAPTER I
WHAT IS A PHOTOPLAY?
As its title indicates, this book aims to teach the theory and practice of photoplay construction. This we shall attempt by first pointing out its component parts, and then showing how these parts are both constructed and assembled so as to form a strong, well-built, attractive and salable manuscript.
The Photoplay Defined and Differentiated
A photoplay is a story told largely in pantomime by players, whose words are suggested by their actions, assisted by certain descriptive words thrown on the screen, and the whole produced by a moving-picture machine.
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Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds
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