J. BERG ESENWEIN EDITOR OF "THE WRITER'S MONTHLY" AND
ARTHUR LEEDS LATE EDITOR OF SCRIPTS, EDISON STUDIO
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
CHAPTER I WHAT IS A PHOTOPLAY?
CHAPTER II WHO CAN WRITE PHOTOPLAYS?
CHAPTER III PHOTOPLAY TERMS
CHAPTER IV THE PHOTOPLAY SCRIPT: ITS COMPONENT PARTS
CHAPTER V A SAMPLE PHOTOPLAY FORM
CHAPTER VI THE MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF THE SCRIPT
CHAPTER VII THE TITLE
CHAPTER VIII THE SYNOPSIS OF THE PLOT
CHAPTER IX THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XIII THE PHOTOPLAY STAGE AND ITS PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS
CHAPTER XIV HOW TO GATHER IDEAS FOR PLOTS
CHAPTER XV WHAT YOU CANNOT WRITE
CHAPTER XVI WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT WRITE
CHAPTER XVII WHAT YOU SHOULD WRITE
CHAPTER XVIII THE TREATMENT OF COMEDY
CHAPTER XIX GETTING THE NEW TWIST
CHAPTER XX COMPLETE FIVE-REEL PHOTOPLAY SCRIPT "EVERYBODY'S GIRL"
CHAPTER XXI MARKETING THE PHOTOPLAY SCRIPT
APPENDICES APPENDIX A
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
Title: Writing the Photoplay
Author: J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds
Language: en
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