CRWR 200 Lecture 17: Script Writing Part2
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Kuleshov effect coined by lev kuleshov, a russsian filmmaker from the early 1900"s suggested that viewers derive more meaning from two images shown in sequence rather than a single shot in solution. A film gets made and re-made a few times in the process of creation A medium for visual storytelling. consider that you could have a whole opening with no dialogue at all. Dialogue is not that important when it comes to film. That"s because film is so much more visualand dialogue is only one of many tools in the film writer"s kit. -john hunter. The best advice for writing film dialogue is dont. Never write a line of dialogue when you can create a visual expression. In film or television, may be whole sequences, perhaps by music, in which there is no dialogue at all. Advance the audiences understanding of the main character. Advance the audiences understanding of the story by providing information which can"t be shown.
