Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-12-05 | Page 19 | Gives Fundamental Principles Governing Writing of a Photoplay

F lert pert Gives Fundamental Principles Writing of a Photoplay Register Now 1 to lot Contest Contest Edi Editor or Fi J Telegram Salt Lake City I I I Dreb enter The Telegram J. J Read v Jr scenario t. t t. t Iss 1 Dato Dato I JOSEPH OSEPH EPH F. F POLAND Staff of J. J Parker Read Ji br r of the Screen Adaptation of housand p to One and Other HolB Ho- Ho Bosworth lB Vehicles sUn sin the J. J Parker Read Jr Tele- Tele ario contest total to be bei ice i into to first second and third of 2500 1500 and 1000 rek re- re k ael y re-I re contest is now open and any anya a The of Telegram is eligible It January 1 1921 scenario nario must be written sped sped- I fit tofit fit Louise Louse Glaum J. J J. JParker Parker brilliant screen star The three leal photoplay at ideas will be sent I Angeles to c compete for final wards with the best from other othern n the contest article prepared espe- espe t help heP Telegram contestants Experts Expert's advice ad from which you beable able to glean many pointers nature together with t of features bearing on the tho appear in hi this paper from accompanying contest reg- reg AND AND START YOUR ST SCENARIO TODAY ff Author thor for J. J Parker Read raly peaking I may t I say that g out of a photoplay has four m. m steps I the idea of the the idea into a au I u HB embodiment of the built up idea ideal l toa a synopsis Development of the synopsis into ity or a motion picture seen seen- Ice ke these various phases In Inn n eal with them in the widest I since space space is limited I fl fim t step obtaining the idea is first step in any creative he e short story the book the I painting music each music each lave its idea of THEME to be beLf Lf t. t I I for the screen the idea or orIL IL best drawn from real life I I he you know best from I attim of society in which you are I I I a ove ve mother Jove self he regeneration of a man or ora a a a. a man or woman's womans struggle I t a. a cloud that unjustly hangs hangs' hem hem these are suggestions for f f. which there thre a ar are many MAIN METHODS ond phase is also similar to toona ona step in other creative lines lInes lInes- of the tho idea h I photoplay as in the short dhe he book bool and the drama there r main methods of developing 0 a CHARACTER or Dr a group of characters to depict they seem human and Ifo their th ir actions will logical logical- a series of situations that the idea dramatically up logical dramatic SIT SIT- Oi ONS lea leading to the big situation flax nax and then select proper char- char tofit into these situations fully ping iping the idea first method is called CHARAC CHARAC- the second is classed as TING G. Often the two methods combined advantageously third step i 1 is 1 where the photo- photo egins to differ from creative With your your- our idea now expanded plot wherein are characters Ilon Ions ons complications complications' and climax tell it 11 briefly and andi T. T i rY-ln rY In tho the simplest of lanI lan lan- I n t flowers of speech 0 I Tj without LT without unnecessary ton ton- tor dwelling on unimportant t J. J LY outlining your plot t ching on all the high lights and essential de- de mUting nothing that is vital and glin nothing that is trifling emphasis cannot be laid i writing a good synopsis since the sells your stor story It is the tying ying- of ot your Wares tho pat or present tense c can cn n but the present tense is isable table able as it suggests action more mor IiO Ii- TO O TELL YOUR STORY 14 D. D OUR STORY AS THOUGH RIDING G SOMETHING THAT HAVE SEEN that SEEN that u and be sure that its lb proper sequence Just would want to see them on the tho thel l the dramatic interest Ung Jn each successive paragraph fourth step the continuity is pe- pe photoplay The ten called the scenario is the C n of ot th the syn synopsis into scenes l h- h hevery every step of ot the storys story's l part of ot the work worl generally is isle l le t to the tho scenario experts con- con th each studio Submitting stories it si sl best to th them merely in synopsis form s all Ii 11 any studio desires as each ellch ahas has a different idea as to how hown n are to be developed orlet rief article is able merely to ather ther arbitrarily upon topics could be expanded Into several l Nevertheless the rules given general can safely be beo o over the fundamental ov the writing Ing of the pho- pho er helpful Poland article to to- Watch j-watch W- W watch atch Th The Telegram