Improving Dialogue In A Screenplay With The 3 Wells - Matthew Kalil

In this Film Courage video interview, Author/Writer/Instructor Matthew Kalil on Improving Dialogue In A Screenplay With The 3 Wells.

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[CentaurusRelax]

This guy may be the only one of the 'script geniuses' who doesn't seem like a bitter, failed screenwriter. Sounds/looks like a genuinely good dude.

[gnarthdarkanen]

It's worth saying somewhere... That the biggest concern in writing dialogue is the fine balance between presuming the audience can understand subtext in the dubious forms we print and then assuming we still have to communicate some points very clearly. Audiences tend to dislike being talked down to... so over emphasis is difficult to avoid, yet ambiguity rears up when (like me) the printed word is only poignant (truly poignant) on accident.


There was a BRILLIANT scene in an episode of "House MD" when Wilson says, "Dying is easy. Living is hard." Followed by some theatrics as he and House struggle with the ramifications, and then House retorts, "That wasn't nearly as poignant as it sounded."


Such is the struggle for truly remarkable dialogue. When it works, it's probably an accident. ;o)

[kevinreily]

There is no way around hard work, no matter how talented you are. You only get better by writing a lot …and having people who know what a story is, critique you.
Hemingway had a reputation as someone who drank a lot and caroused around Paris with his friends.
You barely hear a mention of his incredible “work ethic”, his discipline.
He woke up every morning at 6 AM and wrote straight through till 1 PM.
He was one of the most disciplined novelists ever. Unlike F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[shamanite]

To write dialogues, I draw a lot from how I'm speaking, because I think it sounds more natural, but unfortunately, all my characters end up speaking like me, with no variation.

[josephvanwyk]

Hahaha, my first thought was, "mm he sounds like a South African" - then low and behold haha. Represent son!

[johnrobinson]

So, no mention here of "the 3 wells" at all. Oh well. lol

[TheGreatTimSheridan]

no you cant teach screen writing.. thats pure inspiration and hard work..
what you can teach is critique and structure. these are of little help when youre trying to be fresh and creative... but they help you to change or throw away the junk.

[cinechris]

Nice lighting, 3/4 rear, <thumb up>

[jag]

Dialog sometimes can be on the nose if its part of that person’s personality of being blunt and uncaring.
Therefore, wouldn’t dialog be a personality factor?

[angelac]

wells: external source, imagination, memory

[JoanieDoeShadow]

It's funny that he should use Trevor Noah as an example of another South African. Noah's accent sounds more British while Kilal sounds very Dutch.

Growing up in Southern California the first few years of my life I was very aware of regional accents because both of my parents are from Kentucky. We got asked about where they were from all of the time and it felt awkward.

I love linguistics, amazing part of human relations.

[raphaelmotta]

Very intresting. I´m taking on dialoge writing recently and this was realy helpfull.

[jeffmcmahon]

Am I correct in assuming Matthew is from Sth Africa, maybe?

[simonefabiane]

Imagine my shock when I realised this guy is South African. I thought his accent was strange. I am a South African too. Never heard that type of Aussie/Kiwi cross breed of an accent.

[filmcourage]

How much do you rely on your own conversations for dialogue in your scripts?

[odracir]

To help the characters into conversation, I'd do it like in real life: make a statement then ask a question... shouldn't be harder than that

[jeffmcmahon]

Should have waited until the end before I commented on his background.

[thomaskubrak]

Do you guys have an instagram?? Trying to tag you in some posts

[mecheva]

I always think S. African accents are Quebequois until the speaker says they’re from S. Africa.

[tommycharles]

Are all of these videos just people trying to sell books? Close to unsubscribing. Yet another video where the person talks for several minutes but says basically nothing new. 'Don't write on the nose dialogue' and 'listen to how people speak in the real world' is dialogue 101. Maybe useful for someone who is absolutely new, I'll grant.