How To Write The Best Dialogue - Shane Stanley
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- Shane Stanley is a producer/author/instructor/screenwriter known for numerous film and television projects including Desperate Passage (1987) starring Michael Landon, The Desperate Passage Series (1988 to 1995) starring Sharon Gless, Edward James Olmos, Marlo Thomas and Louis Gossett Jr. Street Pirates (1994), Gridiron Gang (2006) starring Dwayne Johnson and Xzibit, A Sight for Sore Eyes (2004) with Academy Award nominee, Gary Busey. Shane is also the author of WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN IN FILM SCHOOL: A Complete Guide To (Independent) Filmmaking.
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Know your characters really, really well and they will start writing dialogue for you.
"best dialogs comes from the best listeners" 👏👏👏👏👏👏💯👌
Dialogue is often about power dynamics. That's how you map out the path, how you get there is your style.
wow an actual insightful comment on youtube
I love this because I am an introvert and naturally I love to observe and listen and write.
This channel is gold. Every single video has so many insights.
Agreed!
And it always comes when you need it most... 💯 🔥
So If I lose my job today I will look forward to selling cars.
You can really expect to hear some of the most interesting things being said in the most unexpected places. If any writer out there wants to guarantee to hear some interesting insights or dialogue they will never forget, if you're in a city and you see someone who is homeless, be friendly and just talk to them. You can count on them saying something to you that will stick to you forever. And as someone who has been hospitalized before, you will hear some things in a psych ward that you'll remember for the rest of your life.
I love this interviewer. Her keen insights and how quick she is to notice deeper concepts is amazing.
*he
it's SO interesting....I KNEW in my Gut that Charley was the source of a bunch of dialogue on Two and a Half Men
Art imitating life is an amalgam of actions drawn from truth and fancy while excising the boring parts. Most listen but never hear.
lol
Never took Charlie Sheen as a listener
Most actors are pretty good listeners...at least the good ones
Hiding in plain sight
Being an Indian I'm not used to American language and still learning English so its pretty hard to write dialogues. I recently started to write second draft and videos like these really helps to improve it (mainly dialogues).
@@Quinu12 Hey, Thank you for your advice. It is helpful and I'll surely work on it. Thank you. Besides can you help me with one thing ? only if you don't mind.
@@Quinu12 Thanks. Can you suggest me any good place in USA where I can study filmmaking ? If you don't mind we can continue this over E-mail or Whatsapp whatever suits you.
In India, there tends to be an accent on the first syllable (and a melding) of multi-syllable words. Example:
“DEV-elop-ment,” which results in a rapid-speech, urgent tempo.
In America, the accent tends to be on the second syllable and enunciation via lengthening of multi-syllabic words. For Example:
“dev-EL-op-ment,” which results in a slower speech tempo to relay succinct understanding.
Citizens in the northeast area of America (where it snows) speak faster than the South (hot humid sun)-who lengthen or “drawl” words. Thus, dialects are weather-related.
Adopted Old Germanic-based American words tend to have one syllable and are more-so used as commands and emergency words: “Halt”, “Fire”, “Go”, etc.
Multi-syllabic words tend to connote high intelligence because the etymology root of each syllable embeds added information in Sanskrit; Greek; Latin; Medical Terminology, etc.
The English language has over 600,000+ words, because aspects of global/cultural languages have been adopted.
The Chinese language has 200,000+
words.
@@Quinu12 Sorry for the late response. Thank you for your advice and good luck with your work 😊
This is good that you are improving yourself. You could soon help fix your problems in India? It is better not to waste time trying to be American or English when your country needs your help and you can help them.
This is genius advice, it seems so simple yet so overlooked. Powerful advice
This is a pure gem … really something to fully absorb & channel into creativity ✨👏
Two and a half men had some of the funniest and cleverest dialog of any sitcom ever. Period. Its a key element of what made the show so successful. I've been trying to figure out which genius writer was instrumental in crafting the dialog for that show and could never figure out who. It never even crossed my mind that it was the man himself. Yes, I know that a lot of improv happens on set, especially comedy. I just figured it was a particularly good writing staff. WoW, charle really was the soul of the show. Stupid of chuck to fire him.
He's a TOXIC NUT JOB.
one of the best Shane advices of all time
Yes!
Organic Words, time lines and events.
Bravo!
I don't think that this is the only or even the best way to write great dialogue. Single lines I can believe but I get the impression that nobody really talks like they do in films, at least not with such consistency. It's a different medium but I doubt that anyone ever talked like a character in A Shakespeare play and yet those lines are pure gold.
THIS! I comment all the time while watching a movie, 'A person wouldn't say that!'. Most written dialogue with children is way off. 'A child wouldn't say that in this situation'. Directors/Writers think every space needs to be filled. Sometimes characters say nothing.
Cool interview and idea.
It's fun to listen 👏
best interview to date
How to write good dialogue. Live an interesting life with open ears. Got it.
Love this. Thanks for sharing.
My dialogue always sounds really flat and childish, and just the first minute and a half of this vid helped tremendously!
i don't make movies in any way, but I have enjoyed all of Shane's videos on here. Great speaker.
I'd have to agree with jj in that this channel is Awesome. Just discovered it not long ago. Thus far what's impressed me is the amount of new(to me) talent on here. Some I've heard of.
Also the Interviewer must be asking good & varied questions cause the content topics are always attention grabbers. Thanks for sharing!!!✌😎🖖
love this guy
So helpful, on page two of my first feature!
How’s it going so far?
I'm worlds away from it all but can't stop
I recommend taking a theater acting class -- even if you won't be an actor. Just a little time on stage helps you understand how dialogue works to keep the story moving. Acting is reacting ... so dialogue is just part of hour characters interact and react.
This channel is literally the equivalent of sitting at a gas pump and listening to random strangers
Just got done watching Girl (2020) and was curious what others thought of the dialogue? It has a 4.8 on IMDB and think it is incredible underrated!
I just learned a lot by being a good listener.
I write dialogue base on what I think the character should say, or respond. Other than that, I like writing dialogue. I think the character in the story does more talking than moving sometimes. I have taken dialogue from people in life and put in a story for either a quotation or conversation.
I like his evil laugh at the end.😄
I learned a ton in 1 month selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Evrryone should work as a salesperson at least once in their life.
Exactly ...
My deaf ass trying to take this advice: “Just listen” damn why didnt I try that?! 😅😂
Jeez, learned more in nine and a half minutes than my entire high school prison sentence.
Where does your best dialogue come from?
Conversations with friends
Having two older brothers that are assholes, you start to remember arguments and responses
Probably from reading good stories and, also- comic books have great dialogue.
everything that is outside
My 7 years as a taxi driver in a college town was really helpful, as well as almost 20 years of all kinds of restaurant work.... but man, the cab business was a gold mine for characters!
Speaking of the $24M lottery winner who was back selling cars in a few years - I’d love to see a doc film on a half dozen of those people, and actually see where all that $ went, and why.
It baffles me that these people lose EVERYTHING not just a couple big chunks of change. How do you not even have, say, $1M or so left, a mere 4% of the total, on which someone could live modestly for the rest of their lives ?
We all think we understand these people, yet I’ve never seen the details on even one of them.
Charlie Sheen - It's all about listening man, listening... And mountains of coke.
best dialogue comes from best listeners.
Listening is so important. 18 months isn't 2 years.
People out there really writing whole movies off a 10 minute interaction..... and I'm now realizing I'm just overthinking this process
To my way of thinking, dialogue flows out of tension. For example, if a guy receives an unexpected visit from an attractive female coworker late Friday evening. She's married. She is a member of management.. Her husband is a professional cage fighter. She's also going to sign off on his new promotion. Did I mention that she's half in the bag and makes a grab for his package? Now you can go with the dialogue. (this has actually happened to me except the husband was a big-game hunter...the affair lasted a couple.years...)
Tigers blood
"And they were roommates!" -Vine
Little tip. Everyone you hear talking has their own way of talking, with openers, reflexive responses and fillers.
He worked for Galpin Ford? Oh my god, I know some colorful people who worked there.
My theory of dialogue is to keep it stupid. Most conversation is just really stupid...or annoying.
Charlie Sheen's secret must be tiger blood.
Before I started this video, I guessed the answer to writing better dialogue would be to hear every day language. Yep, I was right. No need to continue with video beyond opening two minutes!
"Le degré zéro de l'écriture." RB
Every car salesperson steals from the poor and vulnerable.
So everybody should go sell cars or work in the bar, hostel, office, feel the routine where is birthing the real story...
How do you blow 124 million????
24 million, which is why his wife still has 10 of her 12.
@@nortonwedge how do you blow 12 million????
@@bluepythonproductions No idea. Lol
@@bluepythonproductions probably easier than you think. You buy 1 moderately sized house in LA and a couple cars and add in taxes and you’re most of the way there.
123 million on hookers and booze... and fritter away 1 million.
I work folks every time I see them and they are so not suspicious of my intentions. I play them like a three string guitar.
This video doesn't match the title...
I am an actor. You don't have to manage good actors. Sigh.
Hmm...almost all of the most successful movies have abyssimal dialogue and script. Is it even worthwile to learn any principles of "good" screenwriting?
Cliche nothingness
this writer is a NO ONE. his thoughts are irrelevant
And what have you written again?
Charlie Sheen's not writing good dialogue, man. Come on. What is this nonsense.
nice guy. should have been a potato farmer
Disagree. Real life speech is lame
but this Shane guy hasn’t written or made one single decent movie or tv show..