Photoplay Writing

William Lord Wright

Published by Falk Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1922

About this Item

PHOTOPLAY WRITING By WILLIAM LORD WRIGHT - Author of 'The Motion Picture Story,' 'The Art of Scenario Writing,' formerly Editor for the Selig Polyscope Company, Chicago; and for Pathe Exchange, Inc., New York; formerly western Representative for United Picture Theatres, Inc. ; formerly Editor Serials and Western Dept. Universal Film Mfg. Co., Universal City, Calif. - CONTENTS: Can you Write for the Screen. What Scenario Editors Want From You. How Much Material You Need. Where to Begin Your Photoplay. Plot Construction. Aiming at a Star. How You Can Study the Screen. Your Title. What a Continuity Is. The Photoplay in Two Reels. The Five or Six Reel Feature. Writing a Serial Story. A Motion-Picture Comedy Script. An Indirect Market for Scenarios. How Censorship Affects the Writer. How to Prepare Your Manuscript. How a Story is Handled. The Language of the Screen. Tiding a Separate Job. The Photoplay Market, Past, Present and Future. How and Where to Sell Your Scenario. Honesty the Governing Policy. Courses in Photoplay Writing. The Value of Organizations. A Word in Conclusion. This book was used as a supplementary text by the New York Institute of Photography. There is some slight water damage to the front cover, and there have been prints cut from magazines tipped in to blank pages and the front cover. Seller Inventory # 000850

Bibliographic Details

Title: Photoplay Writing

Publisher: Falk Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1922

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Photographs

Condition: Good

Book Type: Book