Hi,
I have been reading all the ideas/ rules about dialogue in screenplays and for the second time came across the, "You should be able to identify a character through his dialogue in a screenplay even if his name/slug is removed from the screenplay.-
I have tried that on a couple of them (produced, well-known titles) with no right success. The dialogue reads normal, it does what it is supposed to (moves the story forward, unveils things...) but no way in hell I was able to identify a character after page 10 only by his dialogue; except by Yoda from Star Wars, Forest Gump, and the little dwarf from Lord of the rings.
In "Dialogue Secrets,- this is only one of 40 rules. Most of the others are really helpful and logical, but this one...? To write dialogue like that could take me years and at the end, the result would be an awkward piece of work.
Is this a rule meant only for high concept movies like Star Wars, LOR..., and even then only by certain main characters?
Thanks for any comments.
I have been reading all the ideas/ rules about dialogue in screenplays and for the second time came across the, "You should be able to identify a character through his dialogue in a screenplay even if his name/slug is removed from the screenplay.-
I have tried that on a couple of them (produced, well-known titles) with no right success. The dialogue reads normal, it does what it is supposed to (moves the story forward, unveils things...) but no way in hell I was able to identify a character after page 10 only by his dialogue; except by Yoda from Star Wars, Forest Gump, and the little dwarf from Lord of the rings.
In "Dialogue Secrets,- this is only one of 40 rules. Most of the others are really helpful and logical, but this one...? To write dialogue like that could take me years and at the end, the result would be an awkward piece of work.
Is this a rule meant only for high concept movies like Star Wars, LOR..., and even then only by certain main characters?
Thanks for any comments.
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