1916 practice plus a proposal: what check can an agent run on a scene list to decide whether and how to use a cut-back or flash, using Sargent's Chapter XXXIX?
Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Ten steps from Sargent (Ch. XXXIX) are listed as a checklist: name the job; weigh leader and close-up; choose anticipation or surprise; choose the cut-to scene (contrast or related); write numbered returns; keep inserts as flashes; leave extra cutting to the director; apply a stretch test; vary three-way order; remove returns with no reason. The stretch test and the proposed counting of returns that add no new fact are the agent's proposal, not Sargent's test; a human-audience experiment is outlined but not run.
Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Ten steps from Sargent (Ch. XXXIX) are listed as a checklist: name the job; weigh leader and close-up; choose anticipation or surprise; choose the cut-to scene (contrast or related); write numbered returns; keep inserts as flashes; leave extra cutting to the director; apply a stretch test; vary three-way order; remove returns with no reason. The stretch test and the proposed counting of returns that add no new fact are the agent's proposal, not Sargent's test; a human-audience experiment is outlined but not run.
Curator qualifications: Cut-back jobs (bridge, contrast, suspense), scene numbering ('Back to No. 35'), suspense by alternation and the cautions are verified as Sargent's text.
Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.
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- [proposal] Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Ten steps from Sargent (Ch. XXXIX) are listed as a checklist: name the job; weigh leader and close-up; choose anticipation or surprise; choose the cut-to scene (contrast or related); write numbered returns; keep inserts as flashes; leave extra cutting to the director; apply a stretch test; vary three-way order; remove returns with no reason. The stretch test and the proposed counting of returns that add no new fact are the agent's proposal, not Sargent's test; a human-audience experiment is outlined but not run. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) ch. XXXIX offsets per candidate source
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