What I learned this fest

[alex whitmer]

By dialogue-heavy I mean those Chatty Cathy dolls that never shut up for six pages. I need to work on that and find the balance for actual film length, so very little if any needs to hits the cutting room floor.

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[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

By dialogue-heavy I mean those Chatty Cathy dolls that never shut up for six pages. I need to work on that and find the balance for actual film length, so very little if any needs to hits the cutting room floor.

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Too true! A six page Tarantino script would probably run you 12 minutes easy!

[ConspiracyPenguin]

Yeah, it all depends on the writer and his/her style. Alex, I think you know full well that some of my 6 pagers would never inch any further than 5 minutes what with my heavy description I fall into sometimes.

[alex whitmer]

Yeah.

I have a habit - good or bad - of writing lots of dialogue. I like dialogue. I just need to learn to manage it in regards to film length.

A real eye-opener for me.

More action. less talk. Shoot something!

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[ConspiracyPenguin]

I like dialogue too, GOOD dialogue. If I read the line and think "Damn, that's good" I know it is because I don't compliment myself too often.

I actually have an ongoing list of lines I have come up with that I want to use at some point.

[Robbie Comeau]

The one thing most in my Twilight fest film that stood out was the dialog. I thought it was really well done, and I'll thank John LaBonney for that!

Robbie

[alex whitmer]

Too true! A six page Tarantino script would probably run you 12 minutes easy!

That's funny because I studied his work a lot and thought if he can do it, and (arguably) do it well, then lots of (good) dialogue can be a good thing. I guess if you have the resources he has now, you can make it as chatty and long as you want.

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[alex whitmer]

I actually have an ongoing list of lines I have come up with that I want to use at some point.

Are we talking about film, or picking up chicks?



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[ConspiracyPenguin]

Are we talking about film, or picking up chicks?

The former. Although I do have a list for the latter, would any ladies like to see it? It's in my pants...

(Yes, that was one of them ).

[jasonthewho]

By the way, I in no way meant to suggest that writing was easy. For me, it is probably the hardest part. But I do think it is the least stressful (I'm sure if I was ever getting paid, and had a deadline, that would change).

As far as the whole page to minutes ratio, I think it's almost impossible to predict. Sometimes dialogue takes longer that you expect. But sometimes action does as well. "He thinks," could be a ten second sequence.