PART III.--DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF THE

PHOTOPLAY.

I.--DRAMA AND PHOTODRAMA 150

Definition; Principles; Structure is Everything; the Dramatic Idea; Emotion is the Secret; Desire the Motive Power; Drama and Melodrama.

II.--DRAMATIC EXPRESSION 155

The Laws of Movement and Action; Character and Motive; Relation to Audience and Character; Dramatic versus Dynamic; Realism; Romanticism and Idealism.

III.--SEQUENCE AND SUSPENSE 161

Cause and Effect; Effects Due to Arrangement; the Raw Coincidence; Suspense Motors; Battle of Opposing Motives; Motive as Well as Idea.

IV.--THE POTENTIAL SITUATION 166

Contrast; Situation’s Relation to Audience; Harvesting Situations; Peril and Death; Climax and Punch.

V.--UNITY PLUS HARMONY EQUALS EFFECT 175

Questions in the Mind of the Audience; Reason; Truth; Struggle; Solution; the Title; Harmony Values.