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Dialogue Research

As the person in our group responsible for writing the script, I realized that I needed to better my knowledge of script writing by doing thorough research on common dialogues used in movie openings. Given that the characters in our opening are teenagers, I decided to focus my research on dialogues specifically for this age group. After an extensive search, I came across a website, which I will be mentioning throughout my whole blog. The website shows five elements that must be taken into account when writing dialogues for teenagers. I have linked the website here. 

Here are the 5 elements:

Of the five elements, I feel that the first one is particularly more important, but I believe that I won't be using it in our opening due to the sad topic of the movie. However, I might add a touch of humor to lighten the mood, but it won't be my highest priority. 

I already knew that no formal vocabulary would be used in the script. I want the dialogue in our opening to sound as natural as possible since that's how dialogue should sound in movies. 

The third element really stuck out to me because it reminded me that I could draw inspiration from the conversations I engage in daily to write the script. I want to incorporate the way people talk in real life into the script. 

Although the fourth recommendation is good, I won't be using it. I don't think our movie opening needs to include much humor, as I mentioned before. Including a meme or joke wouldn't be appropriate for the subject and story being told. 

The fifth idea reminded me to have the characters interact casually. I want to make it seem like people are having a natural conversation without any scripted lines.

After looking into and researching dialogue I do feel much more confident in writing the script for our portfolio project. I am glad I was able to find research specifically on dialogue in teenagers since that is the exact age group shown in our opening. Now that I know how and what to write, my next step is the actual writing. I will be back with a blog about our script, see you all soon!