From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
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Subtext
From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
Subtext
- An actor's responsibility is to bring the text of a script to life. And another great way to do that is to look between the lines written to the dialogue's subtext. Subtext is defined as any content which is not announced explicitly by the characters or the author, but it's implicit or becomes something understood by the observer of the production. So basically, text is the dialogue that is written. Subtext is what's going on in the character's mind, it's their inner dialogue. It's not what you say, but how you say it. The reason subtext is so important is that drama is created from the conflict of thought versus action. Subtext, seeing their inner dialogue, what they're really thinking, creates a conflict internally with what they're doing externally and conflict is very useful. You want to take time to work out with your actors what's really happening in a scene over and above their dialogue. Take a few minutes to look up the balcony scene from Woody Allen's movie, Annie Hall. You…
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