Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
Types of Hierarchies in a Dialog (Dialog 1)
A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez , Playwright and Storyteller
About the video: Types of Hierarchies in a Dialog (Dialog 1)
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to begin to put the characters to dialogue and I will tell you about the hierarchy that is established between them and how we can use it in the construction of a dialogue. ”
In this video lesson Jimena Eme Vázquez addresses the topic: Types of Hierarchies in a Dialog (Dialog 1), which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters . Learn to write dialogues that express the intention, emotions, and personality of your characters .
Partial transcription of the video
“Types of hierarchies in the dialog In this first dialogue we will concentrate on the hierarchy of the characters. Who rules. In my presentation I spoke to you of my interest in the "clown" technique. The "clown" handles a very clear hierarchical model between its two main figures, the clown Carablanca and the Augusto. In this couple, the Carablanca will always be the boss and he will be the one in charge, while the Augustus is the eccentric one in whom all the jokes fall. An example of this can be found in Chaplin's films. There the character of Charlot, which is the one that Chaplin plays,...”
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Course summary for: Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Video & TV, Narrative, Script, Writing
Jimena Eme Vázquez
A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez
Jimena Eme Vázquez has been writing stories since she was a child. As she wanted to be an actor, she studied Dramatic Literature and Theater at the UNAM (Mexico City). Through combining these two disciplines she quickly discovered her true calling, and in 2014 she debuted her first piece as a professional playwright.
Today, she writes novels, stories for young people, and above all, plays. Her name has appeared on posters for pieces like Piel de mariposa (Butterfly Skin), Un beso en la frente (A kiss on the forehead) and No todas viven en Salem (They don't all live in Salem). She won first prize for the Vicente Leñero Young Dramatist award as well as the Cuenta Conmigo contest.
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