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Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen by Robert McKee
SECTION 1: WELCOME!
Lecture 1: Introduction (3:46)
Lecture 2: Giving Voice to your Characters (2:11)
SECTION 2: DIALOGUE TECHNIQUE
Lecture 1: The New Definition of Dialogue (5:38)
Lecture 2: Dramatized and Narratized Dialogue (3:19)
Lecture 3: Dialogue and the Major Media (2:13)
Lecture 4: Dialogue on Stage (3:39)
Lecture 5: Dialogue in Film and Television (5:23)
Lecture 6: Dialogue in Prose (7:12)
Lecture 7: Indirect Speech (2:08)
SECTION 3: EXPRESSIVITY
Lecture 1: The Said, The Unsaid, The Unsayable (8:14)
Lecture 2: The Conflict Complex (6:28)
Lecture 3: Dialogue on Stage (3:05)
Lecture 4: Dialogue on Film (5:36)
Lecture 5: Dialogue on Television (3:18)
Lecture 6: Dialogue in Prose (2:18)
Lecture 7: Line Design (7:37)
Lecture 8: Economy (1:37)
SECTION 4: THE FUNCTIONS OF DIALOGUE
Lecture 1: Exposition (18:43)
Lecture 2: Characterization (5:52)
Lecture 3: Dialogue as Action (3:29)
SECTION 5: DIALOGUE FAULTS & FIXES
Lecture 1: Introduction (3:23)
Lecture 2: Incredibility (6:03)
Lecture 3: Repetition (8:30)
Lecture 4: Clichés (3:38)
Lecture 5: Character-Neutral Language (2:07)
Lecture 6: Ostentation (5:44)
Lecture 7: Arid Speech (1:42)
Lecture 8: Talking Bric-a-Brac (2:02)
Lecture 9: Monologues (7:27)
Lecture 10: Melodrama (4:36)
Lecture 11: Writing On-The-Nose (7:25)
Lecture 12: The Trialogue (3:59)
Lecture 13: Misworded Lines (1:03)
Lecture 14: Misshapen Scenes (3:54)
Lecture 15: Splintered Scenes (3:39)
Lecture 16: The Paraphrasing Trap (1:53)
SECTION 6: THE COMPONENTS OF STORY DESIGN
Lecture 1: Introduction (2:24)
Lecture 2: Inciting Incident (1:56)
Lecture 3: Story Values (2:50)
Lecture 4: The Complex of Desire (1:46)
Lecture 5: Forces of Antagonism (3:29)
Lecture 6: Spine of Action (2:04)
Lecture 7: Story Progression (1:34)
Lecture 8: Turning Points (1:56)
Lecture 9: Scene Progression (1:00)
Lecture 10: Beat (1:38)
Lecture 11: Five Steps of Behavior (1:03)
Lecture 12: Text and Subtext (1:58)
Lecture 13: Action and Activity (3:57)
SECTION 7: THREE CASE STUDIES IN CONFLICT
Lecture 1: Introduction (2:49)
Lesson 2: Direct Conflict - A Raisin in the Sun (5:38)
Lesson 3: Indirect Conflict - The Great Gatsby (1:55)
Lesson 4: Implied Conflict - Lost in Translation (6:12)
SECTION 8: CREATING CHARACTER-SPECIFIC DIALOGUE
Lesson 1: The Two Talents (9:25)
Lesson 2: Vocabulary and Characterization (1:53)
Lesson 3: The Principle of Creative Limitation (4:58)
Lesson 4: Locution and Characterization (6:17)
Lesson 5: Culture and Characterization (3:52)
SECTION 9: CASE STUDIES
Lesson 1: Introduction (2:26)
Lesson 2: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Lesson 3: Out of Sight
Lesson 4: Sideways
SECTION 10: MASTERING THE CRAFT
Lesson 1: Train Your Ear (3:19)
Lesson 2: Read the Good and Rewrite the Bad (2:08)
Lesson 3: Write In-Character (5:38)
Lesson 4: Ask Key Questions (2:55)
Lesson 5: Last Words (2:33)
Lecture 9: Monologues
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