Photoplay Scenarios
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ISBN13: 9780217529372
Paperback|9780217529372
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: m WHAT 18 DRAMATIC PRINCIPLE? DRAMATIC principle is that apparently mysterious quality of a play, whether for the stage or the screen, which vitalizes it with an interest for the spectator or auditor holding him enthralled, uncertain of the results, sympathizing with the emotions and efforts of the characters, hoping and mentally fighting with them for the successful denouement, and ultimately satisfied with, or reconciled because of, certain natural laws of justice, to the completion of the action of the play. The life-germ of dramatic principle is STBUGGLE. The life-nourishment of dramatic principle iS HEART INTEREST. The life-stimulant of dramatic principle is Suspense. The life-joy of dramatic principle is ULTIMATE JUSTIFICATION. Dramatic principle is not mysterious What can be learned can be taught Many successful dramatists have derided the idea of a practical application of systematized technique to the writing of plays. They declare that their own successes were due to genius, and inspiration, unhampered by set rules and stupid conventions. Many of them are sincere, others are undoubtedly defending with jealous solicitude the sanctity of their own halos?halos for the most part painted with the silver gilt of the busy press-agent Successful playwrights are much as otherLAWS OF DRAMA 29 men, ?some even more so And when their best work is analyzed?whether it be the plays of Shakespeare, or of the modern men of our own generation?it can be seen that there are certain definite laws upon which the permanence of their excellence is based. Without structural foundation the best idea is lost in a play, the most interesting characters fail of their purpose. As indicated before, a dramatic composition is not a character portrayal, nor yet a narrati..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217529372 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217529372 |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.17 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 70 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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