# 1916 practice plus a proposal: what check can an agent run to decide whether a scene needs a close-up and how to write it, using Sargent's rules?

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Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Eight steps from Sargent (Ch. XXXVIII): (1) try to alter the action so players come forward; (2) else stage a new position; (3) name the job of the close-up; (4) pair it with a return to the big scene; (5) choose cut-back for contrast or close-up to hold interest; (6) stop when the effect is got; (7) write it as a separate numbered scene without camera bearings; (8) give every cut a reason. The order and combination are mine; Sargent supplies each rule but no test, and states no number. A related check for intertitles and inserts is C3-B289-S96-08.

Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Eight steps from Sargent (Ch. XXXVIII): (1) try to alter the action so players come forward; (2) else stage a new position; (3) name the job of the close-up; (4) pair it with a return to the big scene; (5) choose cut-back for contrast or close-up to hold interest; (6) stop when the effect is got; (7) write it as a separate numbered scene without camera bearings; (8) give every cut a reason. The order and combination are mine; Sargent supplies each rule but no test, and states no number. A related check for intertitles and inserts is C3-B289-S96-08.

Curator qualifications: Close-up definition, jobs, numbering as separate scenes, cautions and the bounded 'no ratio' negative are verified as Sargent's text. The density figures in -04 are counts of his own printed examples.

Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

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

Evidence claims:
- [proposal] Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Eight steps from Sargent (Ch. XXXVIII): (1) try to alter the action so players come forward; (2) else stage a new position; (3) name the job of the close-up; (4) pair it with a return to the big scene; (5) choose cut-back for contrast or close-up to hold interest; (6) stop when the effect is got; (7) write it as a separate numbered scene without camera bearings; (8) give every cut a reason. The order and combination are mine; Sargent supplies each rule but no test, and states no number. A related check for intertitles and inserts is C3-B289-S96-08. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) ch. XXXVIII offsets per candidate · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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