Functions of Dialogue
1. Conveys messages of the story.
2. Explores characters emotions.
3. Explains character personalities.
4. Creates mood
5. Shows relationship between characters
6. Makes the film more interesting.
Elements of dialogue
Dialogue reveals character
- a character talks about himself or herself
- other people talk about that character
Dialogue establishes relationships between characters.
- Characters express attitudes and opinions that are in opposition to one another.
•Good effective dialogue will move the story forward.
•Dialogue communicates faces and information to the audience.
- it conveys essential exposition.
- Characters will talk about what happened, establishing the story line
• Dialogue ties the script together.
Bad Dialogue- share feelings with one another, its fake.
Bad language
Not realistic
Need to serve a different purpose, must not be fake or too real
Common mistakes
• Dialogue should be used sparingly, never telling the audience what they can see for itself.
- Dialogue is no substitute for action.
