![]() MAL – (hits the com)”This is the Captain. ![]() We also see these two are comfortable with each other, the dialogue isn’t stiff like they’d just met.* *Okay so we can see that Mal is a strong, in control guy and Wash is clearly the comedian, even though everyone has some funny lines. WASH – (calm suggestion:) “Oh god, oh god, we’re all gonna die?” WASH – “Yeah well if she doesn’t give us some extra flow from the engine room to offset the burnthrough this landing is gonna get pretty MAL – “I thought Kaylee checked our entry couplings! I have a very clear memory of it –” MAL – “Did the Primary Buffer Panel just falloff my gorramn ship for noapparent reason?” MAL – “Was that the primary buffer panel?” Flight gear and a hawaiian shirt, toy dinosaurs populating his station - no old soldier, but just as startled. He’s not unlike the ship - he’s seen a bit of the world and it left him, emotionally at least, weathered. Mal wears the knee-length brown coat and boots of an old Independent. The bridge is small: two pilot seats on either side, and a tangle of wires and machinery all about. At that moment, a small piece of the nose breaks off and goes flying past the window. ![]() Camera comes around the front, at the windows and into the bridge, to see the Captain, MALCOLM ‘MAL’ REYNOLDS, standing and watching. **This is taken from the script found online – I don’t own any of these characters or titles or anything… just using this as an example! Also – since the script was written by the director, it’s okay for him to put in camera movement – not something I would normally do as a spec writer**Īs it hits atmo, the propulsion engines take over and she starts to rock a bit, noise filling our ears. And this is where we see how dialogue is working two jobs – one to reveal/intro character and second to move the story forward – and all the while not being on the nose! As the ship descends toward the planet, a piece of the ship comes flying off and screams past the cockpit where we meet the captain for the first time. ![]() The movie starts by setting up the universe the story takes place in, intros the bad guy and his story – then we’re introduced to Serenity – the name of the hero’s spaceship – as it enters a planet’s atmosphere. (It’s so much more than this, but I’ll let you discover it for yourselves! and don’t worry if you haven’t seen the TV series, the movie was made to be as entertaining for the first time viewer as well as the hard core fan) What really amazed me was how he introduced the main characters – so much information in a short period of time and mostly revealed through dialogue! Let’s take a look: For those of you who haven’t seen Serenity or the TV series Firefly, I’ll give you a snapshot of the premise: it’s a western set in space with a compelling story and strong, unique characters. I was re-watching the movie Serenity the other day and was quickly reminded what an amazing writer Joss Whedon is. Second, dialogue should help move the story forward. First, it should reveal things about your character – who they are, what they believe. Dialogue -what your characters say – should do two things. ![]()
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