6 STEPS TO WRITING A SCREENPLAY | 5. DIALOGUE
Dialogue is your tool as a writer to build great characters. It’s also one of the main ways you can really engage people right from page one in your script.
In this episode we’ll look at approaching dialogue from your characters perspective, staying true to their goals, using subtext, emulating real speech, and keeping your audience hooked.
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In this film we use examples from:
True Grit - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
The Hateful Eight - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Better Call Saul - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3032476/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Breaking Bad - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Knocked Up - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478311/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Marriage Story - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7653254/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
No Country for Old Men - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Booksmart - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Pulp Fiction - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Killing Eve - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7016936/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Knives Out - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8946378/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5027774/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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6 STEPS TO WRITING A SCREENPLAY is a quick-start guide to transforming your initial ideas into a fully developed story. Across the series we look at IDEAS, PLOT, RHYTHM, CHARACTER, DIALOGUE and SCENE WORKSHOP.
The ideas presented in this series are of course not my own, but rather my own collection of lessons that particularly resonated with me, which I’ve tried to organise in a way that feels practical. However I should give special mention to the following inspirational teachers and sources which have contributed tremendous amounts of material to what’s included in this series.
Robert McKee - https://mckeestory.com
Blake Snyder - https://savethecat.com
John August - https://johnaugust.com
Craig Mazin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Mazin
Syd Field - https://sydfield.com
John Yorke - https://www.johnyorkestory.com
Bang2Write - https://bang2write.com
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