According to Sargent (1916, Ch. III), what physical limits of the studio stage and built sets should a photoplay writer write within?
Sargent says the studio stage is narrow for practical purposes (about six feet wide, four to six deep), interiors are built from light flats and usually show only two sides of a room, and a set is struck once its scenes are shot. He tells the writer that real interiors lit by portable lamps widen the available scenes but carry a costly lighting installation to be counted. These are 1916 US studio claims by a trade-paper editor, not measurements.
Sargent says the studio stage is narrow for practical purposes (about six feet wide, four to six deep), interiors are built from light flats and usually show only two sides of a room, and a set is struck once its scenes are shot. He tells the writer that real interiors lit by portable lamps widen the available scenes but carry a costly lighting installation to be counted. These are 1916 US studio claims by a trade-paper editor, not measurements.
Curator qualifications: Studio claims verified. Clarification: the six-foot width is Sargent's 'for practical purposes' photographic stage (the usable area near the camera line), not the built stage size; the candidate wording 'studio stage is narrow' should keep that qualifier.
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] Sargent says the studio stage is narrow for practical purposes (about six feet wide, four to six deep), interiors are built from light flats and usually show only two sides of a room, and a set is struck once its scenes are shot. He tells the writer that real interiors lit by portable lamps widen the available scenes but carry a costly lighting installation to be counted. These are 1916 US studio claims by a trade-paper editor, not measurements. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt lines 3544-3730 source
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