In Sargent's Chapter XLVII (1916), what are the two 'values' of a scene, and why can a plain-looking scene be the most important one in the play?
1916 practice: Sargent says value in photoplay has two aspects, the scene as a moment of dramatic intensity and the scene in its relation to the whole story, and that the two can come apart. His single example is a doctor handing a friend a headache remedy, which is commonplace on screen but is the hinge of the whole (invented) plot. His lesson is that a scene's weight must be judged on both axes before its emphasis is decided; the plain pivotal scene should be built up, though not beyond proportion.
1916 practice: Sargent says value in photoplay has two aspects, the scene as a moment of dramatic intensity and the scene in its relation to the whole story, and that the two can come apart. His single example is a doctor handing a friend a headache remedy, which is commonplace on screen but is the hinge of the whole (invented) plot. His lesson is that a scene's weight must be judged on both axes before its emphasis is decided; the plain pivotal scene should be built up, though not beyond proportion.
Curator qualifications: Value and emphasis rules are verified as Sargent's text: the implied promise that prominence will pay off, emphasis methods, and character importance by plot connection. The bounded negatives hold on whole-word counts.
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