#25 WRITING THE DIALOGUE

Reminder:  
Assignment Draft 1 
due in blackboard week 10
i) updated blogs
ii) logline
iii) executive summary (see my template)
iv) 3 Act (short summary, see below)
act1: identify/establish key character & motive
act2: (how) key character struggles with motive
act3: (how) key character resolves motive

*consultation from next week, 
please prepare draft1 for consult.

assignment brief in Blackboard (look at draft1 week10 submission)
& more details in: http://storyscript2012.blogspot.sg/2013/02/22-assignment.html

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WEEK 9 
1. Online test
2. LESSON: WRITING THE DIALOGUE 
Link: http://masterwriterz.blogspot.sg/2011/09/no13-dialogue.html 

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CLASS EXERCISE: DIALOGUE
- GROUPS / INDIVIDUAL?
- do it in your blogs

1. Watch the catfight
2. Come up with a story that goes with the footage
3. Write the dialogue 
4. Identify the key character & motive 
5. give your script a suitable title & come up with a logline for your script, based on the following video:

class exercise, cat fight scene: http://youtu.be/HqlLMBxgvRc



observe:
- how do men and women behave/react/speak in a situation like that?
- the action/visual of a cat fight is a lot more exciting, more dramatic than people quarreling and arguing on screen
- do you notice how people get angry over a very small matter that is the "last straw that breaks the camel's back"... that small matter is never the real issue of argument or fight, it is an accumulation of things that make people blow up in anger... (do you know what i mean? ask me or your classmates if you don't!)
- observe how the playful music in this tense scene has played down the seriousness of the issue that is used for the fight?? (one of the ladies is accusing the other of saying bad things about her husband... which in real life is a very serious/unfriendly accusation...)
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WRITING THE DIALOGUE

DIALOGUES help tell your story. know your story & character(s) before writing the dialogue!

tip1: write dialogue that is suitable for the character/personality. 

tip2: write only necessary info to tell your story. every sentence provide info needed for your story. KEEP IT SIMPLE > SHORT SENTENCES. 

tip3: learn from the experts... listen to the dialogues on good tv shows & listen to how people talk in real life.

 

CASE STUDY (HITLER CLIPS)

TELLING STORIES WITH ONE FOCUSED KEY MESSAGE: same scenes, different story!!

1. Hitler's water bottle is stolen and thrown at Justin Bieber

2. Hitler is informed that he is Lee Kuan Yew

3. Hitler is informed Santa Claus doesn't exist

4. Hitler defies gravity

ok, use the same hitler scene and come up with your own scripts! 

plz do NOT use swear language.

thanks & have fun!!