Writing the Photoplay

About this eBook

Author

Leeds, Arthur

Credits

E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Motion picture authorship

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17903

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17903

Release Date

March 3, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Writing the Photoplay — — BY
2. 2.ARTHUR LEEDS — LATE EDITOR OF SCRIPTS, EDISON STUDIO — THE WRITER'S LIBRARY EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN — REVISED EDITION
3. 3.Table of Contents
4. 4.List of Illustrations
5. 5.CHAPTER I — WHAT IS A PHOTOPLAY?
6. 6.CHAPTER II — WHO CAN WRITE PHOTOPLAYS?
7. 7.CHAPTER III — PHOTOPLAY TERMS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE PHOTOPLAY SCRIPT: ITS COMPONENT PARTS
9. 9.CHAPTER V — A SAMPLE PHOTOPLAY FORM
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — THE MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF THE SCRIPT
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — THE TITLE
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — THE SYNOPSIS OF THE PLOT
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE SCENARIO OR CONTINUITY
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — THE SCENE-PLOT AND ITS PURPOSE
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE USE AND ABUSE OF LEADERS, LETTERS AND OTHER INSERTS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — THE PHOTOPLAY STAGE AND ITS PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — HOW TO GATHER IDEAS FOR PLOTS
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — WHAT YOU CANNOT WRITE
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT WRITE
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — WHAT YOU SHOULD WRITE
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — THE TREATMENT OF COMEDY
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — GETTING THE NEW TWIST
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — COMPLETE FIVE-REEL PHOTOPLAY SCRIPT "EVERYBODY'S GIRL"
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — MARKETING THE PHOTOPLAY SCRIPT
26. 26.APPENDICES — APPENDIX A — APPENDIX B
27. 27.INDEX
28. 28.FOOTNOTES

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