OMG!!!! what a fucking hidden treasure on youtube! this is pure gold!!! the point about making the audience feel the world is lived in nd grand by having characters discuss or mention things about the world they live in is just, wow..i never thought of that! so fucking profound nd its been right there infront of me the whole time, its fucking littered everywhere in movies. i can fucking do that shit all day, i love making up quirky details nd shit but i never thought about putting them in my characters mouths. dude u just fucking demystified writing for me.
Absolutely outstanding observations on what’s making the gears turn. Thanks for that, I’ll always remember the thing about high specificity about random stories told in clever dialogue. Great vid!!
Excellent video, loved all the clips one tip that you left out and something that RUclipsrs all seem to not get is that dialogue is paced and sometimes quick. We don’t all have 22 1/2 minutes to sit around so get to the point long breaks and dramatic pauses are very annoying, but overall great video.
Yes, good point. No one should talk in monologues. There's actually a name for that by the way: This is it.... stichomythia (noun) sticho·myth·ia ˌsti-kə-ˈmi-thē-ə sti-ˈkä-mə-thē : dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
I disagree with the first point. When observing real-life conversations for scriptwriting, people often speak indirectly, and understanding the underlying conversations beneath their words is crucial. Listening to how people communicate can reveal deeper meanings that might not be immediately apparent. Inflection and tone in real-life dialogue can convey emotions and relationships more effectively than the literal words spoken. For example, while overhearing a couple at dinner, I can discern a lot about how a girlfriend feels about her partner. Is she genuinely laughing and joining in on their jokes, or is her laughter forced? Are they exchanging lively banter, or is their conversation stilted, filled with awkward pauses and brief, hesitant responses? These subtle cues in their interaction-whether they lean in with genuine interest or maintain a polite but distant demeanor-often reveal more about their relationship dynamics than the words they actually say. People don't often say how they really feel. It depends what kind of genre you are writing.
I can agree with this. The problem with this is most conversations you will overhear will not be this deep, but yeah, when you luck across someone in the middle of a deep conversation, it can be useful
😁😎 ready for my lessons because I want to write my own screenplays. My other goal be multilingual as study different languages & meet international people can you give me advice on writing screenwriting in in multilanguages especially for international people ?
One note: you should read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once. It is written in dual language (Cantonese, Mandarin and English) and uses the dual dialogue feature to put both side by side. Here is a link to the script: nofilmschool.com/files/54671/eeaao_script.pdf
I know it's not really why you brought it up, but good cop bad cop, is not two people trying different approaches. It's the same approach. The bad cop is unpleasant in order to make the suspect appreciate when the good cop "saves" them. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept that I see in writing all the time.
You are entitled to your opinion, especially in regard to your interpretation of various scenes from classics like The Social Network and Pulp Fiction. But you shouldn't give your mostly impressionable audience false description on basic things like conflict and scene objective. You say characters in a scene want different things, which creates conflict. If true, then there isn't a scene. They can go their merry ways without locking horns. You then contradict yourself with the truth, which is scene objectives don't have to be something big or on the surface. This is true. But that also means that characters usually want the same thing. Now that's a fight. That's engagement. Like you said, characters on a first date want to connect. I agree. It's true in film and in real life. But what creates the conflict is the way they go about getting the same thing, which is connection in a first date, based on their conflicting values. It's the conflicting values. They can want the same thing, but how do they intend on getting it based on character? And conflict doesn’t have to be yelling. Of course, you contradict your own misinterpretation of conflict later when you said conflict can be subtle. This is true. And usually it is. Characters can be all smiles with each other while an undercurrent of conflict is taking place. The first scene in The Social Network can easily be summed up as two characters wanting to have a good time. But Zuckerberg's idea of this is trying to impress her, as you rightfully said, while her idea is to just be normal, have a beer, food, etc. Simple. Of course that changed early in the scenr as she then wanted to find any redeeming quality in him before she dumped his a$$. You can tell it was something she thought about before the scene. And the Pulp Fiction scene was clearly about two hit men who wanted to see who was more in with their boss. Their nihilism has him as god. So, they wanted to see who was more in with god. Travolta was winning with his reveal that he was asked by god himself to take out his wife, show her a good time. But the Jackson resorted to scaring him about this, telling him some horror story that involved his wife, which turned out to be false. I don't know. I wanted to agree with what you were saying. But respectfully, I can't.
I don't see any contradictions in any of that. I just said many people misinterpret conflict to seem like a battle--but it can feel very polite. But no one has to agree with me, you are correct.
Sure, just not as useful as people would make you think. My point is that you should focus on finding an interesting way to say something, and sometimes if you concentrate on the sound, you skip that part.
How can you make a video like this and have 0 ideas about film? Dialoge is the only thing that moves the story forward???? Boy oh boy how many movies have you done?
We need a whole video just on that topic of tactics
OMG!!!! what a fucking hidden treasure on youtube! this is pure gold!!! the point about making the audience feel the world is lived in nd grand by having characters discuss or mention things about the world they live in is just, wow..i never thought of that! so fucking profound nd its been right there infront of me the whole time, its fucking littered everywhere in movies. i can fucking do that shit all day, i love making up quirky details nd shit but i never thought about putting them in my characters mouths. dude u just fucking demystified writing for me.
Thanks. That's the nicest comment I've ever gotten
i loved this. people have to watch it twice, great format
Thanks!
Absolutely outstanding observations on what’s making the gears turn. Thanks for that, I’ll always remember the thing about high specificity about random stories told in clever dialogue. Great vid!!
Thanks.
Excellent video, loved all the clips one tip that you left out and something that RUclipsrs all seem to not get is that dialogue is paced and sometimes quick. We don’t all have 22 1/2 minutes to sit around so get to the point long breaks and dramatic pauses are very annoying, but overall great video.
Yes, good point. No one should talk in monologues. There's actually a name for that by the way: This is it.... stichomythia (noun)
sticho·myth·ia ˌsti-kə-ˈmi-thē-ə
sti-ˈkä-mə-thē
: dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
Very useful tips here. Thank you for this! Subscribed.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful
amazing! thx so much. grettings from Chile 🇨🇱!!
Glad you liked it!
beautiful breakdown!
Appreciate it!
This video is very helpful thank you!
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. I'm working on one on how to construct scenes that will hopefully expand on this.
Well made video, brother! It got my sub. And I'll be sure to watch the rest of your videos as it's not that daunting a mountain to climb ; )
Thanks. Yes, I just got started.
Fantastic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks!
I disagree with the first point. When observing real-life conversations for scriptwriting, people often speak indirectly, and understanding the underlying conversations beneath their words is crucial. Listening to how people communicate can reveal deeper meanings that might not be immediately apparent. Inflection and tone in real-life dialogue can convey emotions and relationships more effectively than the literal words spoken.
For example, while overhearing a couple at dinner, I can discern a lot about how a girlfriend feels about her partner. Is she genuinely laughing and joining in on their jokes, or is her laughter forced? Are they exchanging lively banter, or is their conversation stilted, filled with awkward pauses and brief, hesitant responses? These subtle cues in their interaction-whether they lean in with genuine interest or maintain a polite but distant demeanor-often reveal more about their relationship dynamics than the words they actually say.
People don't often say how they really feel. It depends what kind of genre you are writing.
I can agree with this. The problem with this is most conversations you will overhear will not be this deep, but yeah, when you luck across someone in the middle of a deep conversation, it can be useful
😁😎 ready for my lessons because I want to write my own screenplays. My other goal be multilingual as study different languages & meet international people can you give me advice on writing screenwriting in in multilanguages especially for international people ?
One note: you should read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once. It is written in dual language (Cantonese, Mandarin and English) and uses the dual dialogue feature to put both side by side.
Here is a link to the script: nofilmschool.com/files/54671/eeaao_script.pdf
Side note, you got a badass voice bruh 🔥 you’d be a great narrator
Thanks! I am available to narrate if anyone needs it.
I know it's not really why you brought it up, but good cop bad cop, is not two people trying different approaches. It's the same approach. The bad cop is unpleasant in order to make the suspect appreciate when the good cop "saves" them. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept that I see in writing all the time.
You are entitled to your opinion, especially in regard to your interpretation of various scenes from classics like The Social Network and Pulp Fiction. But you shouldn't give your mostly impressionable audience false description on basic things like conflict and scene objective.
You say characters in a scene want different things, which creates conflict. If true, then there isn't a scene. They can go their merry ways without locking horns. You then contradict yourself with the truth, which is scene objectives don't have to be something big or on the surface. This is true. But that also means that characters usually want the same thing. Now that's a fight. That's engagement. Like you said, characters on a first date want to connect. I agree. It's true in film and in real life. But what creates the conflict is the way they go about getting the same thing, which is connection in a first date, based on their conflicting values. It's the conflicting values. They can want the same thing, but how do they intend on getting it based on character?
And conflict doesn’t have to be yelling. Of course, you contradict your own misinterpretation of conflict later when you said conflict can be subtle. This is true. And usually it is. Characters can be all smiles with each other while an undercurrent of conflict is taking place.
The first scene in The Social Network can easily be summed up as two characters wanting to have a good time. But Zuckerberg's idea of this is trying to impress her, as you rightfully said, while her idea is to just be normal, have a beer, food, etc. Simple. Of course that changed early in the scenr as she then wanted to find any redeeming quality in him before she dumped his a$$. You can tell it was something she thought about before the scene.
And the Pulp Fiction scene was clearly about two hit men who wanted to see who was more in with their boss. Their nihilism has him as god. So, they wanted to see who was more in with god. Travolta was winning with his reveal that he was asked by god himself to take out his wife, show her a good time. But the Jackson resorted to scaring him about this, telling him some horror story that involved his wife, which turned out to be false.
I don't know. I wanted to agree with what you were saying. But respectfully, I can't.
I don't see any contradictions in any of that. I just said many people misinterpret conflict to seem like a battle--but it can feel very polite. But no one has to agree with me, you are correct.
listening to people talking is definitely useful
Sure, just not as useful as people would make you think. My point is that you should focus on finding an interesting way to say something, and sometimes if you concentrate on the sound, you skip that part.
How can you make a video like this and have 0 ideas about film? Dialoge is the only thing that moves the story forward???? Boy oh boy how many movies have you done?
No one said that. So maybe rewatch?
Bad tip right out the gate… we don’t listen to people to get specific pieces of dialogue 😂
You really did not pay attention to what he Said. Listen and you'll see The point.
@@TinciaReima nah i listened, its just an awful piece of advice. No wonder its not a popular tip shared.