Steve Kilbane wrote
Steve Kilbane wrote
Me, then Jenny.
That > >makes "correct" something that can be difficult to pin down.
Not at all. B7 was production line TV not a film. In a lot of
films
things
are changed all the time. Why do you think Live and Let Die is
so
full
of
holes? But not in TV. You compare an original script with the
version
you
see on TV and the changes will be minimal.
You've just agreed that that the product process has an effect, and
that
the writer's vision isn't the only one.
Only in your head Steve.
And in your words quoted above, where you admit there will be change in the process of producing a TV programme.
A minimal change. Read it again.
The way an actor says something, the way a director wants them to say it, the visual design all have an effect, but they
don't
change the script.
But they can change the meaning of it. The script might say "I agree", but whether the actor says it in a sincere or sarcastic tone affects the meaning of the word, as presented to the viewer.
If the director doesn't like how the actor does it, s/he will ask the actor to redo the scene. The director tells the actor how to do it, and puts the audience right. And if the director doesn't then the context of the scene, if it is an important point, will put the audience right. Who will then think, "What a lousy actor..."
Therefore what the writer says goes.
And what the actor says, goes out.
Um. This is an actors' beef. They like to think that they have some control. Some directors treat actors like puppets and actors don't like that.
So the viewer is free to interpret
the actor's presentation, or the dry words of the script (which may convey no tone at all in direction, hence being even more ambiguous).
Which means you've got at least
two versions of correct
No. You have one version of correct.
- Script.
- Actor's intonation.
Generally speaking, accepted values of 1 do not equal accepted values of 2.
He may emphasise the line in a particular way. This does not modify
the
line.
It can modify the meaning of the line. That's what actors are paid to do. Otherwise, it's cheaper to not employ them at all, and just display the script on the screen.
to paraphrase you, one changes
a lot, while the other changes a little.
Scriptwise.
So they both involve change. So
there are multiple viewpoints to start from.
Wrong again Steve.
That's two cases, in one post, where you've agreed with me,
Wrong again Steve.
but still said I'm wrong.
You are wrong.
Just so you know.
I do know. You're wrong.
Jenny
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