Dialogue Is Not Conversation - Scott Myers

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Scott Myers has written thirty projects at nearly every major Hollywood studio and broadcast network. He hosts GoIntoTheStory.com, which Writers’ Digest named “Best of the Best Scriptwriting Website.” An assistant professor at DePaul University, USA, Scott is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale University Divinity School, USA.
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@vvblues 4 года назад

Every line needs to move the story forward except when Quentin Tarantino writes it.

@Sahuagin 4 года назад

exactly what I was thinking, that Tarantino is a kind of exception. basically dialogue for dialogue's sake, since good dialogue is intrinsically enjoyable. it does still build the relationship of the two people though.

@Leto85 4 года назад

@@Sahuagin And as long as that moves the story forward it is fine.

@xianthegaian4060 4 года назад

So true... Check out Quentin Tarantino's 10 rules for success on Evan Carmichael channel

@danholmesfilm 4 года назад

Tarantino’s dialogue always has a purpose.

@easongoldman1011 4 года назад

Every line written by Tarantino is a hook that keeps the audience interested and wondering what will happen latter

@flirtwd 4 года назад

This is why it can take up to ten years to learn screenwriting.

@WordsPictures997 4 года назад

"... Dialogue is also what is not said... " That right there, POWERFUL!

@jag5798 4 года назад

Dialogue to me is the same as noticing a designer of fashion. You know what texture they like and flow of draping, but with that becomes the danger of deliberate expectations and normality. Sorkin does this. I recognize his language right away, same beat and quick wit. Repetitive use of lines as well. Still, he is a great writer and keeps ADHD listeners entertained. He found his niche.

@d.comptonambrose4422 4 года назад

Same with the way he describes how dialogue should be almost musical. I realized I was already doing that, but still it helps to realize dialogue isn't just a flat, boring IRL conversation but part of a work of art...

@cinemar 4 года назад

Not sometimes. Dialogue where what's not being said is always the best.

@takingitonedayatatime7851 4 года назад

At times. Yes it can be

@artpereira 4 года назад

Tarantino is definitely a genius when it comes to dialogue because it is everything Scott says it should not be but yet the story still moves and is hella entertaining. Rules are meant to be broken otherwise everything will be like Anaconda 3 or whatever

@fredleeland2464 3 года назад

Tarantino moreso motivates the audience to like or dislike a character based on philosophy rather than superficiality like other films

@RawHeadRay 4 года назад

It's got to be naturalistic too,i turned off two films this week where the dialog literally was the first draft script, it sounded like the character hadn't evolved in the writers mind since that placeholder dialog was just dropped in there, usually if you write for long enough on a script the characters evolve and you learn what they would really say , this wasn't someone talking in the real ( even Movie world) this was words were just happening because other people in other movies say this here. Get to know these characters, get inside their heads.But worse than pretend talky bits in shite movies is ( first of all the Director not changing it to make it more naturalistic) When some arsehole character says something that is specifically said to move the story forward and it makes you feel stupid for having heard it based on some screenplay that thinks you're stupid.

@ARKHAMxMaverick 4 года назад

These are very helpful, thank you for posting.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Cheers!

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Which movie has the best dialogue?

@isaiahsolis50 4 года назад

Film Courage I just watched inglorious basterds and that was pretty impressive dialogue!

@danbee998 4 года назад

Scent of a Woman has a great speech in it, but no script has the best dialogue.

@anniajachele4859 4 года назад

All three “Before...” movies by Richard Linklater. Before Sunset is my favorite though

@pbrsteve5974 4 года назад

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@pbrsteve5974 4 года назад

I think Clerks is interesting. When a movie is all dialogue you have to make it as entertaining as possible and still have a purpose. Most of the dirty jokes and lurid stories do ultimately drive the narrative.

@kermitfrog593 3 года назад

A good exercise, at least to start, is to try to write the scene without dialogue, whole thing physical action and blocking.

@RioBroski 4 года назад

"Dialogue is talking from thoughts and feelings, purposely."

@gnarthdarkanen7464 4 года назад

There's no single movie that's just got the best dialogue ever... There's a reasonable list for good studies, I'm sure... If I had to pick just one, probably "Reservoir Dogs"... stick with me. Tarantino specifically took this movie and encapsulated the ENTIRE thing into one room, told through the interactions and dialogue between five Characters... AND he tells of a failing bank heist, hostage situation, with all the unnecessary graphic violence of a psycho group walking into a crowded building and opening up with machineguns... That dialogue deconstructed and studied is going to HAVE to have just about everything you need mechanically to get into Good... perhaps not Great or The Best... but Good dialogue. You don't get to see the bank heist. You get to see a car sitting in front of the bank, alarms, gun REPORTS... then some shots (including projectiles) and the robbers coming out, one wounded... Okay it sets you up from the start with a "Heist" trope... obvious enough "robbery gone wrong". They get to the garage... and that's it. Through the rest of the movie, everything you get to know has to come from the weird mix of what's being said, what's insinuated, and what's strictly avoided... You learn the Characters inside and out, history, personality, the reasoning into the job, the screwing up... the psycho... and it has a conclusion before they leave. ;o)

@VIK_1903 4 года назад

Well... If I had to pick one... By your standards... It would be 12 Angry Men.

@gnarthdarkanen7464 4 года назад

@@VIK_1903 That IS an excellent choice. Another great bit of dialogue in storycraft. I only went with Tarantino for being a bit more recent (more viewers would know instantly)... Highly agree with the choice... Maybe some of us should toss together some best dissection-worthy dialogue entries... Because "12 Angry Men" would have to hit such a list in the top two or three, for sure. I THINK(?) Cinefix did a Top (something like 5?) List of Movies for best dialogue, but I can't exactly recall... That's where I go for "short lists to study" in movies... Watchmojo is okay for pop-reference, but crap to study by... Cinefix (yeah, btw... YT channel) do a thoughtful and careful descriptive run-down as to why they make each choice... If you haven't checked them out (nothing against FilmCourage of course) they're worth quite a bit of looking. ;o)

@VIK_1903 4 года назад

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I'm deeply addicted to Cinema channels on YT... Also not a huge fan of watchmojo and these type of channels that are... I'm not gonna say mainstream, but a bit shallow... But will definitely check this video you recommended. Cheers, mate!

@gnarthdarkanen7464 4 года назад

@@VIK_1903 Awesome... I practically loathe Watchmojo myself... I mean... Top 10's were fun when I first got into RU-vid, but there's no substance (or so little as to utterly waste my time)... But Cinefix, Film Courage, and a few "Commentary types" that dig at specifics are cool... and I actually find I learn something. Have fun! ;o)

@CinematicComics 4 года назад

subtext (Shakespeare)

@alexispapageorgiou72 4 года назад

I think this is just a little confusing. Conversation is dialogue if you have a story. Real life, movies whatever. If there's a story, everything a character says has value. But like he said, you don't have time so you have to trim it. If in life a story happens within an hour and a half, then you can copy and paste that into film and have a movie. I think so at least ...

@d.comptonambrose4422 4 года назад

He says it is conversation WITH A PURPOSE. If anything Film Courage needs to retitle the video "Dialogue IS Conversation WITH A PURPOSE," which is what Mr. Myers says, he doesn't say "Dialogue Is Not Conversation" once...

@atallguynh 4 года назад

Pulp Fiction

@scottslotterbeck3796 4 года назад

Yes, of course. I can't imagine writing any dialogue that doesn't relate to the plot.

@jakovtucak5550 4 года назад

Pulp fiction, reservoir dogs first scene

@scottslotterbeck3796 4 года назад

@@jakovtucak5550 Tarantino is an exception. And I'm not him!

@jakovtucak5550 4 года назад

@@scottslotterbeck3796 what kind of dialogue do you write I also write maybe we can share ideas

@scottslotterbeck3796 4 года назад

@@jakovtucak5550 All the dialogue relates to the plot and character. Casablanca is a great film to study. All the dialogue and action point to one of two things: Ilsa leaving and Bogart and Bergman considering falling in love again.

@jakovtucak5550 4 года назад

@@scottslotterbeck3796 I asked about your dialogue but ok

@theavatar9191 4 года назад

Watch Avatar the Last Airbender

@HKasian 4 года назад

Tell this to Tarantino lol

@MrGoodbye23 4 года назад

He's written some of the greatest scenes of all time like the opening or the bar scene of inglorious bastards. What of his work is not up to par in your opinion?

@HKasian 4 года назад

MrGoodbye23 no i meant you try telling this advice to tarantino and he’ll dismiss it almost entirely lol

@MrGoodbye23 4 года назад

@@HKasian i still dont really agree with you. A lot of his movies sound very conversational, yet none of dialogue is wasted. The cheeseburger convo at the beginning of pulp fiction seems completely meaningless until it comes up again when Sam Jackson questions Brett. Hateful Eight is a lot of brilliant subtext and conversation that pushes the story forward. What of the advice given has Tarantino not put in his movies? Im genuinely curious bc he might have a perspective about dialogue we all need to go and study