9 Rules For Good Exposition
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2021
- Exposition can be the bane of every screenwriter and author. Luckily, there are rules of thumb for how we can make exposition elegant, or even invisible. This is a companion video to "7 Ways to do Bad Exposition." Hopefully, there is not too much exposition in this video about exposition.
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"Flatter your audience's intelligence and they will always rise to the occasion." Excellent. Locked that one in, thank you.
I think that "a character unfamiliar with the situation, so the others have to explain everything to them" is one of the easiest, a little overused, but still REALLY good way of making an exposition, especially for the beginner writers. Glad you mentioned this one, its one of my favourites :D
I like the slightly stilted exposition in The Truman Show because it feels like they're having the actors in the show say it to get the audience up to speed.
One of the best scenes of exposition I've ever seen is from the American version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) is showing Mikael Blomqvist (Daniel Craig) his compound and pointing out where all his family members are, who they are, and who doesn't speak to whom. It's quick, funny, and interesting, but it's also a massive exposition dump.
Still love that scene in the Truman Show, yes it's exposition but considering what came before it makes total sense and still feels natural to the characters.
Wall-E being a trash robot *IS* his backstory, though
Terrific, as always. And the “this versus this” section really drives home your points!
I wrote a story once where I established that the main character is looking for a job because her husband got injured at his old job by having her wake up first, set out a special boot for her husband's leg, then look at her schedule for the day. Over breakfast, he asks her is she feels prepared for the start of the selection process, and mentions that he's eager to start his retraining. Normal, totally plausible breakfast table conversation. I also withold the details of the selection process until the MC arrives to the event orientation, where the event details and schedule gets discussed; a normal time for things like that to be discussed. Alternatively, I could probably have the MC and her husband discuss the schedule for the week over the same morning breakfast, in the context of coordinating schedules.
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i'm getting into the more script-y part of a story i'm writing and have started looking into tips on writing and expositing and whatnot so it's not... abysmal, ha (i've never done this before) and i genuinely can't believe this video has so few views? super helpful, super concise, and helped me realize a lot of things i'd seen in films but never really thought about. really great video, thank you so so much.
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So overall, give the audience at least as possible
I agree with you, the mind works by images and writers only have to provide the seeds, not the plants already in bloom. Otherwise the viewer becomes passive and bored.
I think Vince Vaughn is the only actor who can make boring exposition entertaining
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what do u mean this video doesn’t have 1M views???
Isn’t The Man With No Name monicker a result of Eastwood playing the same man but with different names in each film?
Hi Jonathan! The good example of a relationship on the rocks, what movie is that? I can't find it in the credits.
Hi Christian! It's The Sixth Sense.
@@RaisingtheStakes Wow, haven't seen that since it came out. Guess it's time for a re-watch. Thanks!
This is one of the many reasons I hate writing dialogue. I prefer to tell a story with the least words possible, but sometimes, there are points when you have to give exposition with dialogue, especially for characters.
If I could, I would avoid it all costs.
I don't know about this one, some of the shows that I really hated (Star Trek Discovery, Rings of Power) withheld information too much. They're too obsessed with the Big Reveals that the audience have no idea what's going on. For example in Rings of Power, they were digging that trench for like 5 episodes with no context, so every time we cut to the trench scene I just groan because I don't know what the characters are trying to achieve there, I don't know their goals.
I agree - the correct balance must be struck. Withhold too much information and the audience will become frustrated. I've heard several producers refer to this as the difference between mystery and confusion. Mystery makes the audience lean in; confusion makes the audience lean out.
The writers of Quantumania took this video too seriously
I don’t really understand this thought process that exposition in itself is bad. There are plenty of good examples that are exposition heavy, it’s when it’s not utilized with any finesse is when it becomes a problem.
What a coffin full of dollars has to do with Sergio Leoni? It is not canon!
😂😂😂 True! I just didn't want an angry CZcams commenter to pipe up and tell me that "The Man With No Name" actually does eventually get a backstory later in the series. 😆