Re: Thoughtful question


"Marc-Oliver Frisch" <Derschwarm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Paul O'Neill wrote:
>
> : Real life can have a voice-over. The next time you're late for work,
> think
> : to yourself "I'm late for work". See? A voice-over.
>
> No offense, but my thoughts don't usually come to me as voices in my head.

I'm not saying people hear their thoughts as voices all of the time. But you
can think things to yourself, can't you?

> (Except when I listen to Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd or System of a Down on my
> iRiver, that is. But that's different.)
>
> : Voice-over is also seen as bad film-making. Don't shoot me, I don't make
> the
> : rules, but it's one of the first things you're told in any
> script-writing
> : class.
>
> Yes, I've seen ADAPTATION.

I love adaptation. Cox's screenwriter character is brilliant.

> : The reason
> : for the caption could also be that it's easier to place captions on a
> page
> : than it is to place a thought-bubble. The bubble would have to be near
> the
> : characters head, or joined by an unfeasibly elongated string of
> : mini-bubbles. Captions can go anywhere, even outside the panel in
> question.
>
> That sounds like it could be a concern, actually. But it's not like I'm
> against
> captions; as I said, particularly when you follow the internal monologue
> of a
> single protagonist, I'd find them vastly preferable to thought balloons in
> most
> cases.
>
> I just don't find your "no speech bubbles over your head in real life"
> argument
> very convincing when it comes to storytelling devices. They're
> storytelling
> devices; they don't have to occur in reality to be valid.

But generally, if it's a Device (with a capital D) it's best to avoid them.


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