# When does Sargent (1916, Ch. XXX) say to combine or split scenes and sets, and what does the chapter leave to the next chapter?

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1916 practice (Sargent): Chapter XXX gives no numeric rule for merging or splitting scenes. What it does say: reuse an existing set instead of adding one for a single scene, but do not force the action into an unsuitable room; a character's walk out of a house can be one panning scene or two scenes, and he judges two cleaner because many companies restrict panning; a cut-away that interrupts continuous action gets its own scene number but is played as one scene and cut up; a bust or close-up is listed as its own number under its set; a set that has changed gets a new reference. The definition of the action scene is in Chapter XXXI.

1916 practice (Sargent): Chapter XXX gives no numeric rule for merging or splitting scenes. What it does say: reuse an existing set instead of adding one for a single scene, but do not force the action into an unsuitable room; a character's walk out of a house can be one panning scene or two scenes, and he judges two cleaner because many companies restrict panning; a cut-away that interrupts continuous action gets its own scene number but is played as one scene and cut up; a bust or close-up is listed as its own number under its set; a set that has changed gets a new reference. The definition of the action scene is in Chapter XXXI.

Curator qualifications: Merge/split guidance verified as qualitative; no numeric rule.

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      "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)"
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] 1916 practice (Sargent): Chapter XXX gives no numeric rule for merging or splitting scenes. What it does say: reuse an existing set instead of adding one for a single scene, but do not force the action into an unsuitable room; a character's walk out of a house can be one panning scene or two scenes, and he judges two cleaner because many companies restrict panning; a cut-away that interrupts continuous action gets its own scene number but is played as one scene and cut up; a bust or close-up is listed as its own number under its set; a set that has changed gets a new reference. The definition of the action scene is in Chapter XXXI. · 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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