Excellent talks. So helpful. My question is about dialogue exchanges and structure. In the way that the entire screenplay, has a 3 Act structure, should a conversation between two important characters have a structure (An Inciting phrase, a turning point, rising tension, climax etc) Thank you so much, Richard.
Apt advice! I agree that GOT didn't lure me in despite three solid attempts, but I had the final ep on as background while on computer and it seemed okay, considering how poorly written and not-at-all engaging the previous eps struck both me and my partner. Now I love flying dragons--I saw AVATAR twice in the cinema and Eric about 10X.
Meanwhile, ST. ELSEWHERE ruled! That DREAM episode from season 2 or 3 I showed to a class! I showed the rooftop "confession" scene to an actress in my short film, hoping she'd grasp how to reveal multiple emotions simultaneously. The first season was rough, but it did gain much strength. Then the last two had intermittent good and flawed eps, but it was a dynamic attempt at intelligence in TV for a broadcast network!
BTW, I think Tom Fontana was the writer-producer whose name escaped you. He created OZ, too. And Denzel Washington owes his career boost to S.E. as well!
Excellent talks. So helpful. My question is about dialogue exchanges and structure. In the way that the entire screenplay, has a 3 Act structure, should a conversation between two important characters have a structure (An Inciting phrase, a turning point, rising tension, climax etc) Thank you so much, Richard.
Matt Marshall, Charlottesville VA.
Thank you very much.
Apt advice! I agree that GOT didn't lure me in despite three solid attempts, but I had the final ep on as background while on computer and it seemed okay, considering how poorly written and not-at-all engaging the previous eps struck both me and my partner. Now I love flying dragons--I saw AVATAR twice in the cinema and Eric about 10X.
Meanwhile, ST. ELSEWHERE ruled! That DREAM episode from season 2 or 3 I showed to a class! I showed the rooftop "confession" scene to an actress in my short film, hoping she'd grasp how to reveal multiple emotions simultaneously. The first season was rough, but it did gain much strength. Then the last two had intermittent good and flawed eps, but it was a dynamic attempt at intelligence in TV for a broadcast network!
BTW, I think Tom Fontana was the writer-producer whose name escaped you. He created OZ, too. And Denzel Washington owes his career boost to S.E. as well!