Today we continued with conferences with Mr. Rivers about our intentions. He reminded us to focus on the final product. We then began talking about exposition since some of us are ready to begin the writing process. The question with exposition is how to reveal information through film. We watched a youtube video on exposition, which will be inserted below. It showed us information can be given through text scrolls, dialogue, visual cues (like props) or a plot twist. In the video, they used handcuffs, mugs, and costumes as visual cues to create characterization. When using dialogue, it should have a purpose within the story so that it seems natural. The tone of dialogue or body language can also give important information about character relationships.
From what we learned today about exposition, we can apply it to our own screenplays which will improve the quality of our writing. Instead of having characters explicitly saying to each other “Hello, you are my brother,” which isn’t someone might normally say to their brother, they could instead say something like “Hey, did mom tell you about the blah blah blah” which conveys they are brothers but doesn’t explicitly say it and also helps to drive the plot.
Exposition is something we use all the time and experience all the time. If two people are having a conversation that you jump into halfway through the way they give their information can reveal to you what the conversation was about or it can hide it depending on how they use exposition. Another example would be if you’re with a group of friends and you’re planning a surprise party for one, maybe you change the language you use to hide the surprise from them but still get a message to the rest of your friends. Here you are changing your exposition to give or hide certain information to an audience.
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