Hi,
I've been reading a script titled "John Q" as I want to understand how to convey emotions in a screenplay using not only dialogue and facial expressions, but environment, mood and tone etc.
I came across this in the script and I keep thinking it's against screenwriting regulations as it's not show but tell, but yet it seems okay in this example as the script was obviously produced. Would you class an example like this acceptable:
Going back to emotions, is it better to not really explain facial expressions and instead convey them using different methods? Like instead of saying after hearing someone speak:
Luke is astonished
Write: Luke hears the words as they sink in.
Or how about:
Linda expresses anger towards Joe
Write: There's a chill in the room. (We can use the dialogue to convey their feelings)
Does anybody else know any other examples as this is something I need to learn.
Thank you.
I've been reading a script titled "John Q" as I want to understand how to convey emotions in a screenplay using not only dialogue and facial expressions, but environment, mood and tone etc.
I came across this in the script and I keep thinking it's against screenwriting regulations as it's not show but tell, but yet it seems okay in this example as the script was obviously produced. Would you class an example like this acceptable:
J.Q. blinks. The wound, the hysteria, the events of the day, and now a leg sticking through the ceiling. It's all very surreal. He gets up, moves to the leg, and pulls. And the ceiling comes crashing down.
Going back to emotions, is it better to not really explain facial expressions and instead convey them using different methods? Like instead of saying after hearing someone speak:
Luke is astonished
Write: Luke hears the words as they sink in.
Or how about:
Linda expresses anger towards Joe
Write: There's a chill in the room. (We can use the dialogue to convey their feelings)
Does anybody else know any other examples as this is something I need to learn.
Thank you.
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