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Chargement... How to Write Photoplayspar John Emerson
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I'm rating this as four stars, as a useful bit of historical reference material, though to modern sensibilities it's mostly useless. John Emerson and Anita Loos were major scenarists (screenwriters) of the silent era who also published a series of books on breaking into photoplay writing and the movies in general. This book, published in 1920, acts as an intro to the job field, not unlike some Writer's Digest books published today. It breaks down major industry definitions, how one starts in the field and progresses from there, how to write and find inspiration (still many relevant tips here), and ends with the final quarter of the book reprinting a full photoplay for The Love Expert. In keeping with modern romantic comedies, it is a dreadful thing that made me wince on almost every page with its depiction of a young woman's quest for love and subsequent matchmaking misadventures, with bonus period racism to make you cringe even more. Even so, it was fantastic to see how the thing was formatted, paced, and developed. ( )