Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Exposition

As we wrap up a week’s worth of Daily Dialogue posts featuring Kevin Smith [thanks to a suggestion by Sean Harris], we move toward next week’s theme: Exposition [courtesy of Dean Scott].

There is a saying in Hollywood: Exposition = Death. As in there is nothing more likely to kill a story’s momentum and energy than information being delivered by some talking heads.

Thus this week we have a rare opportunity to explore exposition in dialogue, both good and bad.

The usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other transcript source.

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from MovieClips or YouTube.

I’d also ask you to think about why the dialogue is notable. Is there anything about the dialogue which provides some takeaway re screenwriting?

Here is the lineup for upcoming Daily Dialogue themes:

November 12–18: Teacher-Student [Teddy Pasternak]

November 19–25: Breaking The Fourth Wall [Shaula Evans]

November 26-December 2: Giving Birth [blknwite]

December 3-December 9: Confessions of Love [SabinoGiado]

But this week our focus is on exposition.

See you in comments!

BTW look out for my 1-week class called “Handling Exposition” which I will be offering in the first quarter of 2013.

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