# How many sets does Sargent (1916) say a script should use per reel, why, and does Chapter XXX tie scene count to reel length?

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1916 practice (Sargent): he sets no fixed rule but advises planning no more than six interior sets in the first reel and no more than four additional ones for each added reel (ten for a two-reel story, usable in either reel). Reasons: every set causes build time and delay, and too many sets lower the chance of a sale; locations also cost travel time. Chapter XXX ties sets to reels only; it gives no scenes-per-reel or footage figure (bounded: the word 'reel' occurs four times, all in that one paragraph). Scene-count and footage figures are in Chapter XXXIV and are cited by candidate id, not repeated.

1916 practice (Sargent): he sets no fixed rule but advises planning no more than six interior sets in the first reel and no more than four additional ones for each added reel (ten for a two-reel story, usable in either reel). Reasons: every set causes build time and delay, and too many sets lower the chance of a sale; locations also cost travel time. Chapter XXX ties sets to reels only; it gives no scenes-per-reel or footage figure (bounded: the word 'reel' occurs four times, all in that one paragraph). Scene-count and footage figures are in Chapter XXXIV and are cited by candidate id, not repeated.

Curator qualifications: Advisory set limits and the bounded reel negative confirmed by curator count.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat[351002:378506] (Ch. XXX heading to Ch. XXXI heading)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] 1916 practice (Sargent): he sets no fixed rule but advises planning no more than six interior sets in the first reel and no more than four additional ones for each added reel (ten for a two-reel story, usable in either reel). Reasons: every set causes build time and delay, and too many sets lower the chance of a sale; locations also cost travel time. Chapter XXX ties sets to reels only; it gives no scenes-per-reel or footage figure (bounded: the word 'reel' occurs four times, all in that one paragraph). Scene-count and footage figures are in Chapter XXXIV and are cited by candidate id, not repeated. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat[351002:378506] (Ch. XXX heading to Ch. XXXI heading) · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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