An Elementary Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Photoplay Scenario Writing

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Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Photoplay Scenario Writing: According to Present Day Standards as Recognized and Employed by Successful PhotodramatistsThe Great Train Robbery, produced in 1897, was the first attempt at photodrama. Many of our students will remember it. So, this new art is several hundred years younger than the stage drama. It has had to pass through various stages of experimental effort to find its strength, it has made its mistakes and suffered its hurts. But today it is firmly started on the path of life it is to travel.It has all of the fascinating charm of youth. It belongs to the new order. It thrills with the latest creative impulses. It is democracy. It speaks the universal language and belongs to all classes, all races and all nations. Someone has said that the last century discovered electricity, and that this century would discover life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.