# 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?

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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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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) ch. XXXIX offsets per candidate"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [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: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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