Since we've already got a thread going on "talking heads" I'd like to start one on narration. I generally don't like the use of a narrator in a movie but in my present script I see no way around it. I've tried to minimize it but I can't get rid of it.
It can't be an absolute sin because no less a worthy than Stanley Kubrick used it a lot. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> and <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Full Metal Jacket<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> used it a lot. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Spartacus<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> and <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Dr. Strangelove<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> used it sparingly.
Anyway, I'd welcome your views on how much narration is too much narration. My present script seems to have the narrator talking about three or four times per scene.
It can't be an absolute sin because no less a worthy than Stanley Kubrick used it a lot. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> and <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Full Metal Jacket<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> used it a lot. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Spartacus<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> and <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Dr. Strangelove<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> used it sparingly.
Anyway, I'd welcome your views on how much narration is too much narration. My present script seems to have the narrator talking about three or four times per scene.
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