bushes. He
had heard what Russ said, and had given up his plan of rushing to rescue
Ruth. Evidently there was no need.

The deer, strange to say, did not seem at all alarmed, and stood gazing
at Ruth with great brown eyes. She too, realizing that she was not to
be harmed, acted more naturally now, and with an appreciation of what
was needed to make the film a proper one.

She first "registered" fear, and then delighted surprise, at seeing the
animal.

I might explain that in making moving pictures certain directions are
given to the actors. As they can not depend on speaking words to let the
audiences know what is going on, they must intimate, by appropriate
gesture, or facial expression, the action of the play. This is called
"registering," and when in the directions, or scenario, an actor or
actress is told to "register" fear, surprise, anger, love, jealousy--in
fact any of the emotions--he or she knows what is meant.

In this case Ruth was without specific directions save those called out
by Russ. And often, in an emergency a good moving picture camera
operator can save a film from being spoiled by improvising some "stage
directions," if I may call them such.

"Shall I approach him, Russ?" Ruth asked, as she saw that the deer
showed no intentions of fleeing.

"Yes, if he'll let you. It will make a dandy scene."

"Not too close," cautioned Paul, who was still out of sight behind the
bushes, waiting until he could properly come into the scene. "He might
accidentally hit you with a sweep of his horns."

"I'll be careful," answered Ruth. "I believe the poor thing is hungry."

"If we only had something to feed him!" exclaimed Russ. "That would work
in fine."

"I have some lumps of sugar," said Ruth, speaking with her head turned
aside. The reason for this was that she did not want the movement of her
lips to show on the film, and the camera will catch and fix even that
slight motion.

The reason Ruth spoke aside was because the little scene was being
improvised, and she had no proper lines to speak. And, as I have already
explained, often persons in the audience of a moving picture theatre are
able to understand what is said, merely by watching the lips of the
performers on the screen.

"Sugar! Good!" cried Russ. "See if he'll take it. I don't know what deer
like best, but if they're anything like horses they'll revel in sugar.
Go ahead!"

Ruth had in her pocket some lumps she had intended giving to the h