I use to notice this all the time in television commercials but also in a few movies. 2 Actors conversing thru the course of more than one scene yet the dialogue flows with no interruption.
EXT: Office Building - Day
Tom and Larry are walking toward the building.
Tom: I just don't understand why it happened. Everything was going so well. We were laughing.
Larry: You mean there weren't any signs you could have picked up on?
INT: Office Lunch Room- Continuous
Tom and Larry are at the counter fixing their coffee.
Tom: No. Nothing. One day everything was in place, the next, well, you know.. Maybe I'm just too self absorbed.
INT: Bathroom - Continuous
Tom and Larry are standing at the urinals taking a leak.
Larry: Don't be so hard on yourself. It happens to the best of us.
In television commercials, the spokesperson will be talking continuously about the product throughout the commercial which takes place in any number of locations. The dialogue is continuous but there is no discontinuity in time, as though the person magically jumped from one location to another while still talking.
The interesting thing about this kind of dialogue style is that our brain accepts it. Because the dialogue remains smooth and constant we don't seem to notice or mind that it could not have happened that way.
Personally, I like this.
EXT: Office Building - Day
Tom and Larry are walking toward the building.
Tom: I just don't understand why it happened. Everything was going so well. We were laughing.
Larry: You mean there weren't any signs you could have picked up on?
INT: Office Lunch Room- Continuous
Tom and Larry are at the counter fixing their coffee.
Tom: No. Nothing. One day everything was in place, the next, well, you know.. Maybe I'm just too self absorbed.
INT: Bathroom - Continuous
Tom and Larry are standing at the urinals taking a leak.
Larry: Don't be so hard on yourself. It happens to the best of us.
In television commercials, the spokesperson will be talking continuously about the product throughout the commercial which takes place in any number of locations. The dialogue is continuous but there is no discontinuity in time, as though the person magically jumped from one location to another while still talking.
The interesting thing about this kind of dialogue style is that our brain accepts it. Because the dialogue remains smooth and constant we don't seem to notice or mind that it could not have happened that way.
Personally, I like this.
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