# In a 1916 US photoplay script, what counted as one scene, what did a numbered scene line look like, and what is the beginner mistake to avoid?

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Sargent (Technique of the Photoplay, 3rd ed., 1916) defines a photoplay scene as all the action at one time and one place without stoppage of the camera, and tells beginners that a statement of fact is not a scene and numbered paragraphs are not scenes. His scene line puts the number in the left margin, then the set, then dash-separated action. These are his claims; the John/Maud scenes in the chapter are his worked examples.

Sargent (Technique of the Photoplay, 3rd ed., 1916) defines a photoplay scene as all the action at one time and one place without stoppage of the camera, and tells beginners that a statement of fact is not a scene and numbered paragraphs are not scenes. His scene line puts the number in the left margin, then the set, then dash-separated action. These are his claims; the John/Maud scenes in the chapter are his worked examples.

Curator qualifications: Scene definition and scene-line layout verified; John/Maud are his examples.

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- [sourced_fact] Sargent (Technique of the Photoplay, 3rd ed., 1916) defines a photoplay scene as all the action at one time and one place without stoppage of the camera, and tells beginners that a statement of fact is not a scene and numbered paragraphs are not scenes. His scene line puts the number in the left margin, then the set, then dash-separated action. These are his claims; the John/Maud scenes in the chapter are his worked examples. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat spot checks · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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