Baby Driver

– Use a random, new character for a brief moment
– Use action to also tell the story
– Character speaking to themselves about the other character
– The use of a third character

Little Miss Sunshine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_oHIUCp_TY

– silence of other characters
– Volume of voice
– Interrogatives
– Use of other characters to show reaction or contrast or add in sentences (“I’m not driving “)
– Characters move around
– Long pauses (before resolution)
– Lack of dialogue to show other characters emotions (glare/uncomfortable etc)
– Declaratives
– Imperatives
– “Frank, shut up”

Pretty Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ganTVVC6A

– One character not sharing what they’re think/feeling with the other character
– Insults
– Characters leaving then coming back again and them both doing that
– Characters using the same words as the previous character to try and convince them
– Body language (e.g. hands on hips)
– One character physically higher than the other
– Characters repeating what they say
– Characters refusing to look at the other one
– Long pauses
– Characters start to randomly do things like open drinks

Other research:
-use sound in the background to add to the mess, such as the phone starts to ring or someone knocks at the door
-Try not to say all things explicitly as it’s lazy