I'm starting on the type of scene that, historically, has been difficult for me; which is why I tend not to write them, but now I have no choice.
I'm doing a rom-com (God I hate that term) between a 35 year old widow and a 55 year old widower. He has been invited to a low country boil in a small southern coastal town. The scene takes place in late evening and I want to show the light filtering through the hanging moss for dialogue emphasis. There are 40 people present knotted in groups of two or three or four scattered about playing horse-shoes and generally bullshitting with each other. The action takes place outside a 130 year old home on the water.
She takes his hand and guides him along introducing him to three knots of people where dialogue occurs advancing the plot.
I want to use CONTINUOUS and slug each meeting because I'm not sure I'm talented enough to stage the movement without it.
How would you handle this type of character action?
I'm doing a rom-com (God I hate that term) between a 35 year old widow and a 55 year old widower. He has been invited to a low country boil in a small southern coastal town. The scene takes place in late evening and I want to show the light filtering through the hanging moss for dialogue emphasis. There are 40 people present knotted in groups of two or three or four scattered about playing horse-shoes and generally bullshitting with each other. The action takes place outside a 130 year old home on the water.
She takes his hand and guides him along introducing him to three knots of people where dialogue occurs advancing the plot.
I want to use CONTINUOUS and slug each meeting because I'm not sure I'm talented enough to stage the movement without it.
How would you handle this type of character action?
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