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In this blog I will be descussing the first two procedures before I shoot any scenes. The first is the script and second is recording opposing dialogue.

SCRIPT

Try to imagine a scenario about anything with people. It could be funny or serious. Start to write the dialogue that the characters would be saying. As you write, create a conflict between them. Let it get heated, then find a way to end it as best as you can. This will create a beginning, a middle and an end. This what I did in my last video, “Senior Pickup“. This process is an improvisation on paper. You can also take a situation that happened and re-enact it into a script such as my video called ”Old Inclusive Texas Holdem“. You should write in script form with directions and shot blocking. It would help you remember the feelings while you write it. Click here to see sample script.

RECORDING THE DIALOGUE

                           This is the method I use to play many parts in my videos. Of course, if you have actors to play the characters, it will not be necessary. In both cases it’s a good thing to rehearse as much as possible so that you will have fewer takes when you shoot.

I start off by recording only one character’s diaolgue and leaving a quiet recorded time between the character’s lines. In this quiet recorded time read the lines silently of the other character. When you play the recording you will just fill the memorized lines of the other character. Don’t worry about the recorded lines from the recorder getting on the sound track of video you will take it off in the editing. This process will eliminate a lot of cuts and freezes in the editing to get the dialogue to sequence well. The next to do is the other character. Do the same as above, just record the opposing lines. I haven’t done it yet but I am going to take the sound off the video of the first recording and put it on the recorder. Of course edit out the sound of the recorded part of the recorder. I will use that to do the other character. This would synchronize the dialogue much better. 

Recorded Dialogue