17: In every effect of pure transition, the beginning and end of the process involved should be distinctly indicated by some coincident occurrence.
Read More16: When an effect of transition ends with a sudden revelation or surprise, the course of transition should usually be punctuated by actions or sounds leading up to and accentuating the final impression.
Read MoreRule 15: When presenting an effect of pure transition, the first and most important essential is the avoidance of every possible cause of distraction.
Read MoreRule 14: Unless good reason can be shown, never explain, UPON THE STAGE, precisely what you are about to accomplish.
Read MoreRule 13: The simultaneous presentation of two independent feats is permissible when one of them is associated with cumulative effect and the other results in a final surprise.
Read MoreRule 12: A minor conception ordinarily demands the cumulative effect of repetition; a conception important in itself should, usually, create a distinct surprise.
Read MoreRule 11: Always remember that a notable surprise is incapable of repetition; and that the repetition of an effect, of any kind whatever, cannot create surprise.
Read MoreRule 10: Cut your coat according to your cloth, but spare no pains in the cutting, or your procedure cannot be justified.
Read MoreRule 9: Always remember that a plea of justification is, ordinarily, an acknowledgement of error and, consequently, demands every possible reparation.
Read MoreRule 8: Always remember that avoidable defects are incapable of justification.
Read MoreRule 7: Let nothing occur without an apparently substantial cause, and let every potential cause produce some apparently-consequent effect.
Read MoreRule 6: Let every accessory and incidental detail be kept “within the picture” and in harmony with the general impression which is intended to be conveyed.
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