Friday, October 19, 2018

Dialogue

In the lesson today we reflected on the effect of dialogue in scripts and how dialogue can shape audience response. We looked at three extracts from different screenplays and compared how the dialogue had been presented for different situations, one from The Full Monty, one from Good Will Hunting and one from Fargo. From this, I learnt that dialogue should always
  • have a clear function in the story, so should develop the plot or the characters 
  • relate to what is being shown onscreen
  • should reflect the personality of the character that is speaking
  • be used to deliver what the action and visuals can't
  • not repeat information that has already been made aware to the audience, unless this has a specific part in the story
All of these elements have helped me to mould my own dialogue for my characters and has given me more confidence with writing it.

1 comment:

  1. Do you think you will feature lots of dialogue in your short?

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