How to Spot Dialogue That's Not Working & Fix It In Your Film

A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative Coach · Oct 29, 2020 · 4m

There's times during filming where a line of dialogue is just not working. But how will you know when that's the case? Easy, the actor is stumbling over the line. Too often we blame the actor but generally, it's actually a sign of bad writing. The dialogue line in question may not be true to the character so it feels forces. Perhaps it's some other reason. But once you realize the true cause of a bad line read isn't the actor, but the line itself, you can diagnose the problem. This is helpful for the producer, director, actor and writer. Ideally, it's a problem that would be addressed after…