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2 THE SCENE

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From CAPTAIN PISTOL’S PARADISE

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The issue is not how to show everything.

It is what to show as a part that will cause the viewer to imagine that there is an everything.

The Scene is a segment of the told or seen story. The “untold” parts take place between the scenes. Each scene is a subdivision of The Act and is a mini-experience that moves the story forward. A script can contain any number of scenes but many films have approximately ...

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