A "close-up" view, I might explain, is one taken with the person, or subject, very close to the camera, so that it appears very large--larger than usual. For instance, it might be necessary, in some play, to show a certain ring. The hand of the person, with the ring on the finger would be held close to the camera, so that the resultant picture on the screen would show every detail of the ring clearly. You have often seen such views in moving pictures, though you may not have known what they were technically called. The "rock scene" that was to be filmed now was to take place out on a little rocky group some distance from shore. It was reached by a long, narrow rocky ledge that curved out into the bay. Alice, Ruth and Paul were to be in this picture, and Russ would plant his camera on the rocky ledge, between the actors and the shore. "Can you walk out there, Alice?" asked Paul, as he stepped along beside her, Russ walking with Ruth. "Oh, yes," was the answer. "My ankle is much better now. It was silly of me to slip that way." "You couldn't very well help it," he said. "That seaweed is very treacherous. I hope there is none on the rocks out there." "Why?" she asked. "Is the water deep?" "Rather, so that fisherman said." "Well, I'm not going to slip," declared Alice. It was not easy work getting out to the group of rocks on the narrow path of black stone, made slippery by the spray. But they managed it, and finally Ruth, Alice and Paul took their places. "All ready," called Mr. Pertell, who, with a copy of the scenario in his hand stood back of Russ to direct matters. "You are all supposed to be talking together, and then Paul discovers a sail out on the bay. You register surprise, Paul." "Very good," answered the young actor. I might explain that the word "register" is used to indicate that an actor or actress is to depict, or go through, the "business" of showing certain emotions, either by facial expression, or gestures. "And after Paul sights the vessel, you register hope, Miss Ruth," went on the manager. "All ready now--begin." So the filming of that scene went on. "Very good," complimented the manager. "Just a little more force there, Paul. Wait a minute, Russ. Do that one bit over." The scene was started over again, but it had proceeded only a minute or so before Russ gave an exclamation of annoyance. "What's the matter?" asked Mr. Pertell. "Spring broke," reported the operator. "I'll have to go get the other camera, and it will take me half an hour to get it in shape." "Well, we'll have time enough," Mr. Pertell said, with a look at the sun, which is a sort of god to photographers. Without its beams little can be done. "I'll go back and help you," said the manager who used to be an expert operator himself before he rose in the ranks. "You'll have to wait a bit," Russ called to Ruth, Alice and Paul. "Got to fix another camera."