Tutorial class 7

I’m starting to get so lazy to update blogs. I don’t even update my personal blog every now and then. Why do I begin to feel that blogging is a chore?

Ryan showed us a short clip of a local film by Tan Wee Lin (Autograph book). Quite impressed that the director was a female. Probably because I’m used to directors being males. Haha okay I’m being random. Ignore me. Actually every week, I always look forward to the “watching film” part of the tutorial. I always liked watching movies and TV programmes. Even if its a short film, I’ll just watch it if it’s nice. That’s probably one of the reasons why I came to FSV.

Hm, creating dialogues wasn”t a very difficult task for me. It didn’t take me very long to come up with those dialogues in class. However, I will not say the same for the grammer errors etc.

Sigh, why do time pass so fast. I don’t even feel that it’s the middle of Semester 2 yet. Instead, I feel as if school just started not long ago!

MY NOTES
1st December 2006

Functions of Dialogue:
- Conveys messages of the story
- Explore characters’ emotions
- Explains characters’ personalities
- Creates moods
- Shows relationship between characters
- Makes the film more interesting

Elements of Dialogue:
- Dialogue reveals character: – a character talks about himself or herself.
– other people talk about that character.
- Dialogue establishes relationships between characters- Character expresses attitudes and opinions that are in opposition to one another.
- Good effective dialogue will move the story forward.
- Dialogue communicates faces and information to the audience: – it conveys essential exposition
– characters will talk about what happened, establishing the story line
- Dialogue ties the script together

Common Mistakes
- Dialogue should be used sparingly, never telling the audience that they can see for itself.
- Dialogue is no substitute for action.

A scenario
*Husband returns home getting tipsy
Wife: Oh my god, what happened to you? *helps him up
*Husband pushes her away
Wife: Have u forgotten about our dinner tonight? I spent the whole day just preparing for our dinner.
Husband: Ok I’m sorry.
Wife: Sorry? Do you know I was so worried about you?
Husband: Then what do you want?
Wife: You should at least call home and inform me you won’t be back for dinner.
Husband: I forgot.
Wife: I put in so much effort in preparing dinner and you just went drinking instead? I was waiting for you the whole night!
Husband: What’s the matter with you? It’s only dinner afterall!
Wife: We’ve already agreed beforehand that we’re goin `g to have dinner together. How can you break your promise?
Husband: You don’t understand the amount of stress I’m having at work. Never mind if you don’t understand. Now you don’t even allow me to go for a drink to de-stress?
Wife: I don’t mean that. You should at least call home right?
Husband: Ok, I’ve already apologized, what more do you want?
Wife: What kind of attitude is this?
Husband: *Sigh* I can’t be bothered with you. *whispers* women are ridiculous
*wife weeps

Wife: Where have you been?
Husband: Oh, I went drinking with my friends. It’s late, why haven’t you turn in?
Wife: Haven’t you forgot? We’re supposed to have dinner together.
Husband: Oh…. I’m sorry.
Wife: What? How could you forget?
Husband: Maybe it’s because I’m too busy during work recently.
Wife: You actually forgot our dinner and went drinking with your friends instead.
Husband: I”m sorry I didn’t mean to.
Wife: Just a “sorry” and thats it? Do you have any idea how much time i spent in preparing for tonight’s dinner?
Husband: I know, but I’ve already told you it wasn’t intentional. What do you want?
Wife: Why do you sound so irritated? I should be the one irritated instead!
Husband: I don’t understand, it’s just a dinner. We can have it some other day right?
Wife: You make it sound so easy. Why not you make the dinner instead?
Husband: We can just simply eat out.
Wife: Look, it’s not the dinner that matters do you know? It’s the amount of effort I put in for preparation for dinner!
Husband: Ok Ok, my fault alright? *walks away