Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 118, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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UKE AFTER DINNER SPEAKER,
SELDOM KNOWS WHEN TO STOP
-MING STORY TO END AS SOON AS YOU HAVE STRAIGHTENED
OUT COMPLICATIONS, ACCOMPLISHED PURPOSE OF PLOT AND
PROVED THEME, EMER80N AND LOOS TELL AMATEURS, WHO
THEY SAY, SHOULD FIRST M AKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE NAT-
URAL INCLINATION FOR WORK BEFORE ATTEMPTING SCEN-
ARIO WRITING.
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By,John Emerson and Anita 1 -os ""afc
8 «f like Photoplay VVritinp Profession. \Vh< Now Collaborating on
the Constance Talmadiic I'utuns>
Book Pjbliihcd by Jarno
CHAPTER XXVII
The Final Ciose-Up
"Knowing when and hi.w to stop i-
•8 important io a phot.-; '..y writer a-
*o au. after dinner si.< ::ker, ).,it ..
•eur. scenaristi, like a: ...'."or < • it- •
aeldom seem to know whin or how
4n hring their stones to a lonclmsior
Beginners, therefore, will do well
in wilting the lust few scenes of their
■toxics to follow thei-e two simple
•tiles:
First—Stop as soon as you hav
•traightti.ed out trt- cnvnplicntious of
yiiir situation, accomplished the pur-
#<>se of your plot in -I proved your
theme, if you have r- •.
Sexond—Stop as soon after the big
4icenc as possible. Many compara
thely poor stories have brought their
authors large financial returns simply
„ 4ncause oj a wrll-construeted, original
*n - -jmd timely ending.
' | t Your Last Argument
Any salesman v>ill t< II y• -u that hi
•Jast arguments are tlie ones which
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to your conclu-
de where earlier in
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on
JjjL j^buvers remember and act upon. and.
ithrough this same psychological law
4hr cl o se "f your story is what will b,
le uppermost in the scenario editor's
id when he fconsidi'fs. it for pur-
r^haso—it is your last argument as t-
he should buy it. So "follow the
4wo rules mentioned above and avoid
,*S!te-ctiniax.
IS any considerable action takes
plarc after the climax, in the "big
•ftreiu," jou will h. w ruinid your
photoplay with one of these deadly
aatr-climaxes. On the ether hand it
«joti write "The Knd" before your plot
been fully unravelled, you havt
bailed to accomplish anything—you
ive no story at all.
Many amateurs are prnne to cheat
Hieir audience** by ending the story
rfchout some bit c f action which fpec-
itorstiavc been led to i'Hj>cct rt
jing to see. I t u> pappose that
ifflet y<1ur tirro has trjumi.hantly res-
cued the heroine, y • * end the <tory
-■rith a sub-title, "And They I-ived
%4ap]>ily Kver After." This ks too
it. You mu-t udd jm«t a few
•cents lo satisfy the very tinciersund-
•ble craving to see the fcero reaping
4he rewards of heroism .-s the girl
comes to 'his arms.
"Hut lhi.s is the same crtd end ng,"
Imju protest. True tm-utjh. Hut it is
«atiit"u)I_ it your atidn-oce is to feel
.satisfied.
In tiu" same way, if tihe villain is
A«iail,y defeated, you Joust gr.tify
[-Tour audieJICe's di --ire to see him
alrimgi J alf to jail. Vaee this
_ ort of thing to imMfnitkxi
We tiRve tried in wribng "TV Pf-r-
^rft Woman" and "The l-ove Kuwn,"
Cuurtance Talmad^e's Kir.M JtiL-ionaJ
l-jitteactiom,. lo providi fust k:
B as flic audit nee vc;.r,t to
i ewding
mtt.
The Happy finding
K<Vt stories which <3 >of <- d hap-
*<4>i)y taft to find a pi!itiha.s.-r. It is
etter to.Kacrilice some ft the artistry
I whu ti inight be attained by a .u;il
|4ia -ii J-nale" and give Che wM*y a
] *j -.st tliat will el i-,in..te tl e tntter-
ImH and depression and L<-ei your
J. •■dienee from fining home eiih har-
rowed ieclings and a rrsolve to avoid
■wii.h picture* in the luturt. tieorgi
-*lr. Cobalt's classic rule his keen. "-M
way: leave them lanifjiing."
The stock ending is. "f WW*, the
it i
sior
the story.
Bringing Down The Curtain
There at. <• ,r methods of "rur-
tainiug" a scieen story.
You can iral abruptly by simply
cutting the la^t seme short and flash-
ing the sub-title, "The End." This is
usually too Hidden an ending and
rather savours of throwing yrfir audi-
ence out of the theatre. However, it
is sometimes necessary in storii s
wherein the chief character, reformed,
perhaps, by experiences undergone in
a terrible dream or by incidents in the
plot, ru-hes (;iit to had a new life and
put his resolves into i fleet.
THE FINAL CLOSE-UP
Photnbtay amicrj tan always rely on
Iftr' effectiveness of such an ending
■Vlimjh" wherein the c;rtlrra mv out
«m the embracing couple- li you (an-
nul think up .ome vhim-•. ..I b,t of
liumor or romance i<-r viur 1^!' ene,
jiitirt to this time-hoBomd fornula.
.M you can think up au orig<rikl scene
•whitb. accomplishes {he same r«.-ult,
all the belter.
J We warn amateurs r lavt
•ci-nes, which stress the ch<<r,e to^
niucb, such as shovi-g the hi«o and
*leroiec together pledging tVtr. elves
to the c;' i temperuwr.. t" t
-much I'we' en- ■ .g ,i .**■, ■ %
^Atnc:/ Stress ;, ar ('*• -">t / pr.
to thj^ ..id then los. .-r-'i ) u":
interesi i. -ne ar. «n .1 In * e hi
*mI not lo the minris |V
a vn< i w,ii h as the \ <■ <^>. . .
T*di^iJ^' off togethir n .1 viri<*t or tile
eefoiinid erook ii«r,v.itt; 1 re-
*feiHi himsrlf as a nH.ile the
(i-fio rwade .1 n.an (jf 'bmi Uktes ^
> Iir.nvr goodbye. Kvt-n (f yo.-r aud
jt nil I does start to leave «-hi 0 they
# nee the twain preparing fur the cu^
? tun.ay kiss, th> v i^ll leave fully
1 * satmlied nnd happy.
"* It as dangerous to enperimertt wiib
endings which bring matters i>acl ti
rhr. exact condition 111 *hich thev
w re in the first place ■ending whir'i
•r id to show that history rri., |1. I
tirli. Ihat tilings run in a ryele, .
■fiat, the end of this story 1- 111 tV
, ♦^giiu'iing of another and • • 11111.. r tal
jfoit^ might >vnte ... > I
demonstrating the fai t that r (
• «i • "ldu able feature of f.iv'li'i.'' 1 -
.•Hi hil/itlg hl'OOl l)t e | 'Ti J'
1 -Ktrini "! • fit .1 close >011 I
leuu'ti',1 to : hew j ),.ji
«tfling down to hm 1 |
^paimt preparing (or tit c lit a ... • >.,
I/"S from "Ihe J'crfecl Woman," star-
ting L ens tame Talmadgc
^ ou can iris e>ut your last seenr.
In this case the frame of your -creea
picture gradually narrows down to a
pin po:nt. ]f you desire to call at-
tention to romc particular feature of
this last scene, pch as the expression
of you: lovers or the stolen diamond
from the mystic shrine which the
heroine wtars io her hair and which
ctnsed all the trouble by its occult
influence, the iris w most convenient.
The ins c1om-s in the frame of the
picture upoo the feature to be ent-
pha- ir<>d, so thu-t rt is the last thing
to lie seeo u) the photoplay.
The fade c>irt in the mo t artistic
close. Jt oi-nvt-ys 10 your audience
tho idea that this last scene is sym-
bolic of tbe future—that the lovers
who disappear from view in each
othrrs arms arc going to love thus
forever. It carrier, the illusion of the
picture i'jto real JHe so that the audi-
nce i.- hardly .mare that their trip to
your world, of imagination is ended
and tf at they are back in th* theatre
c-nre more. Wbt.ii in doubt, close
wi;h a fade-out
The lait form of ending is the sub-
title which says, for example: "Tliey
married and live, happily ever
after," or springs some final witticism
nr profundity. Never use this ending
unit s you have some idea which
simply catjDOt be expressed in pic-
res.
1-inally, try to end with a beautiful
scene, either a "close-up or a silhou-
ette, or some symbolic bit of nature,
such as the pun breaking through a
stormy sky.
In its fitl analysis scennrio writing
is a good deal like stenography, book-
keeping, banking, mechanics, medicine
or any other fern (f \ , -k. It is a
| tter '. ,. .ap'.ihility, a i!< 11 personal
, 'Tf a r-tvr.,1 inclination on
-j t 1-1 • . the person attempting to
of rt Lacking this
- Mi'' ty and ipec.i.l ber.t, it would
fol . for any anwtei-.r to undertake
ti e uTiiir*' photoplays. Many mis-
1-11 . a ratural ind:nation to write
*t . rtew what is nothing more than a
our'.al blindness to t!je glamour and
ryrery of the screen.
The gen ne natural bent for photo-
play w-fi g is shown on I 1.1 those
who ejir write well and 1,1. to write
n fact, when 'hey love to write
Hefn'e yon attempt to write any pho-
toplays analyze yo'irs,If ;tnd make
'ure that you are possessed of tlfls na-
tural inclination and adaptability.
Inasmuch as this chapter deals with
th< In t way to end a story we will
clos this t ries with the must heiuti
ful
See
1 tltli, r
ene whiel) we can
sttaliz
at
1 The vrenario etlitor takes
script by the band ,-nd ays:
'voitr SCENARIO IS
iUr/T"'
bcr a cheek. Thcv em-
T1IE EMI).
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COURT FOR OPINION ON
KANSAS STRIKE LAW
Topnka, KaA., Aug 14.—Tlie decis-
ion of Judge W. H. McCamlsh up
holding a motion that tile Kansas
industrial relations court act is un
constitutional because "the subject
of said provision is not clearly ex-
pressed in the title," does not yet
jeopardize the activities of legality
of the court, according to Judge W.
L. Hngglns, presiding magistrate of
the rourt.
Members of the court and Attorn-
ey General R. J. Hopkins, who will
appeal the Wyandotte county decis-
ion to the supreme court, expressed
themselves ns confident that the law
enacted will stand the acid test be-
fore the high court.
It Is pointed out that the appeal
of Alexander Howat, head of the
Kansas miners' union, cited a simi-
lar point when he appealed to the
supreme court for a decision of the
Crawford county district court. But
he attacked It at a different angle.
His contention was that the law was
not constitutional because the title
was not sufficient to indicate the
establishment of an industrial rela-
tions court ahd the taking over of
the powers of the former state utili-
ties comisslon. The supreme court
overruled Howat, upholding the law
as enacted.
Judge McOamish contends that
the title of the law Itself is not ger-
mane to what is expressed therein,
relative to the criminal features of
the court act. While the court it-
self has no criminal jurisdiction, it
is obligated by the court act to have
violators of the law prosecuted in
any court of competent jurisdiction,
This night be it either a state or
swiicuutaii arrediea on a cuarse ui
agitating a strike and. endeavoring
to persuade others to quit work in
an industry recognized by the Indus-
trial relations court as one necessary
to the public welfare.
"Even through the supreme court
should knock out the section of the
law pretaining to the Wyandotte
case, is still would have plenty of
'teeth' left to be effective in such
cases," said Fred S. Jackson, former
attorney general, attorney fo rtho in-
dustrial court. "The point issue
is a mere technicality. Should it be
nece"sary, the legislature by amend
ment the tital to the law, hut I anti-
cipate that the law will stand the
test in every respect."
CLEAN UP
Residents and property owners are
hereby notified to cut the weeds on
the sidewalks abutting their property,
and to clean up their premises gen-
erally. Disease gertns find no better
breeding place than In trash and filth.
In view of the approaching time when
typhoid is so prevalent, every pre-
caution should be taken to prevent
breeding of the germs.
Weeds are not only a nuisance, but
also offer breeding places for germ-
carrying insects.
I trust that this notice will be
sufficient to result in a general clean-
ing up of the city. Not a spot in
any backyard should be overlooked,
not an ally or corner.
DR. 0. STARR,
City Health Officer.
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