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   William Vetter to Jymesion   
   Re: Writing part of your grandchild's wo   
   29 Aug 14 21:29:07   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, August 29, 2014 12:06:30 AM UTC-4, Jymesion wrote:   
   >   
   > There's a lot of standard phrases you could shoot -- "Yes," "No," "I   
   >   
   > see," "You don't understand," etc., in a wide variety of emotions.   
   >   
   > Is it possible to create dialogue which has significant meaning in a   
   >   
   > great variety of scenes?   
   >   
   The screenwriter writes a line that is emotionally ambigous.   
   The actor chooses one emotion and meaning to give the line.   
   So after the scene is shot, then it has a single emotion and meaning.   
   The screenwriter has no control over which.   
      
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