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The photodrama

Chapter 1: THE PHOTODRAMA
By Henry Albert Phillips
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This practical guide examines the motion-picture medium as a distinct artistic form, outlining its principles, technical differences from stage drama and fiction, and the components of a photoplay such as synopsis, scenario, scenes, and settings. It advises on visual devices—captions, inserts, close-ups, visions—visualization and economy of action, characterization, thematic treatment including censorship, and production constraints like duration and scene count. It devotes sections to generating and developing plot germs, structuring beginnings and climaxes, and dramatic construction and expression, and concludes with examples, a complete sample photoplay, and a glossary for practitioners.

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Title: 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

Author: Henry Albert Phillips

Author of introduction, etc.: James Stuart Blackton

Release date: June 7, 2023 [eBook #70937]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Stanhope-Dodge Publishing Company, 1914

Credits: Alan, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PHOTODRAMA ***

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