Re: Montage or quick shots?
Seems unnecessarily complicated. If the writer wants to use a piece of dialogue in a montage - even if most of the other beats don't use it - I don't think there's any reason to do gymnastics. No one will be confused.
(Especially since it wouldn't be that easy in a scripted piece. How would you handle it?
A MONTAGE showing Henry's attempts to date, INTERCUT with scenes where we hear him talking to his date.
Not sure how that helps.)
But the real problem isn't the semantics. The problem is when some new writer is writing a montage, gets the advice not to use dialogue in it, and so writes a version they like less told only with visuals.
Seems unnecessarily complicated. If the writer wants to use a piece of dialogue in a montage - even if most of the other beats don't use it - I don't think there's any reason to do gymnastics. No one will be confused.
(Especially since it wouldn't be that easy in a scripted piece. How would you handle it?
A MONTAGE showing Henry's attempts to date, INTERCUT with scenes where we hear him talking to his date.
Not sure how that helps.)
But the real problem isn't the semantics. The problem is when some new writer is writing a montage, gets the advice not to use dialogue in it, and so writes a version they like less told only with visuals.
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