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In Sargent's 1916 Chapter LX, how should the installments of a series or serial be written and prepared (recap, numbering, cast and scene plots, length, ordering), and what failure modes does he name?

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For serials Sargent prescribes a 100 to 150 word resume of the preceding parts to be shown in the film before each part, each installment written as a unit (own cast, scene plot, plot of action, synopsis, scene numbering restarting at one), a largely self-contained scene plot per part to keep cost down, and a general cast sheet that lists characters by the parts in which they appear. Continued stories are seldom told in under ten parts and usually run 15 to 30, with 15 said to be better than 30 and few good enough for more than 20; series installments should be ordered with a strong but not the best one first and the better ones saved for the end. Because releases begin before the serial is finished, he warns that the reception of the first parts may force a rewrite, with two anonymous cases. Figures and cases are his reports and assertions.

For serials Sargent prescribes a 100 to 150 word resume of the preceding parts to be shown in the film before each part, each installment written as a unit (own cast, scene plot, plot of action, synopsis, scene numbering restarting at one), a largely self-contained scene plot per part to keep cost down, and a general cast sheet that lists characters by the parts in which they appear. Continued stories are seldom told in under ten parts and usually run 15 to 30, with 15 said to be better than 30 and few good enough for more than 20; series installments should be ordered with a strong but not the best one first and the better ones saved for the end. Because releases begin before the serial is finished, he warns that the reception of the first parts may force a rewrite, with two anonymous cases. Figures and cases are his reports and assertions. Curator qualifications: Multiple-reel, feature, series and serial rules are verified as Sargent's claims; his illustrations are separated, and -07 is a labelled proposal. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] For serials Sargent prescribes a 100 to 150 word resume of the preceding parts to be shown in the film before each part, each installment written as a unit (own cast, scene plot, plot of action, synopsis, scene numbering restarting at one), a largely self-contained scene plot per part to keep cost down, and a general cast sheet that lists characters by the parts in which they appear. Continued stories are seldom told in under ten parts and usually run 15 to 30, with 15 said to be better than 30 and few good enough for more than 20; series installments should be ordered with a strong but not the best one first and the better ones saved for the end. Because releases begin before the serial is finished, he warns that the reception of the first parts may force a rewrite, with two anonymous cases. Figures and cases are his reports and assertions. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate source

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