THE AUTHORS’ HAND-BOOK SERIES
THE PHOTODRAMA
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ITS PRINCIPLES, THE NATURE
OF ITS PLOT, ITS DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION
AND TECHNIQUE ILLUMINED BY
COPIOUS EXAMPLES
TOGETHER WITH
A COMPLETE PHOTOPLAY AND A GLOSSARY
MAKING THE WORK
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
BY
HENRY ALBERT PHILLIPS
Author of “The Plot of the Short Story,” “Art in Short Story Narration,”
Formerly of Staff of Pathé Frères, Successful Contestant in
Vitagraph-Sun Contest
INTRODUCTION BY
J. STUART BLACKTON
Pioneer Manufacturer and Producer and Secretary of The Vitagraph
Company of America
(SECOND EDITION)
THE STANHOPE-DODGE PUBLISHING COMPANY
LARCHMONT, NEW YORK, U. S. A.
Copyright, 1914, by
HENRY ALBERT PHILLIPS
(Published September, 1914)
The William G. Hewitt Press
Brooklyn, New York
TO
ALL LITERARY WORKERS
WHO STRIVE TO ELEVATE AND DIGNIFY
THE PHOTODRAMA
I DEDICATE
THIS LITTLE VOLUME
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION | ix | |
| FOREWORD | xv | |
| PART I.—THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PHOTODRAMA. | ||
| I. | —A NEW MEDIUM OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION The Premise of All Art; the Battle of NewStandards; the Drama of the Eye; Not “MovingPictures”; All the World’s the Stage; aField Without Limitations. | 27 |
| II. | —DIFFERENTIATION How Photodrama Differs from Stage Dramain Construction, Technique and Expression;Also from Fiction Construction and Narrationin General and the Short Story and Novelin Particular. | 32 |
| III. | —PARTS OF THE PHOTOPLAY AND THEIR PURPOSES Title; Synopsis; Cast of Characters; Author’sRemarks; Scenario; the Scene; the Setting. | 39 |
| IV. | —VARIOUS DEVICES—THEIR USE AND MISUSE The Caption; the Insert; the Close-View; theVision; Dialog; Breaking Up Long Scenes;Preserving the Illusion. | 48 |
| V. | —VISUALIZATION ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |