I want my script to create melancholy atmosphere, and through the characters words convey emotions like sadness and loss. I want the dialogue to make the viewer empathise with one or both of the characters.
My two characters are a male and a female.
M: It Ended. I guess i felt kind of more vulnerable after. But I've started going out more now. Definitely, going out more.
F: I think, people really like me when they first meet me. But then they go off me. I can feel it. I can see the change in their eyes.
(Dialogue overlapping slightly)
M: She had these blue flowery curtains.
F: He's got this shirt. Its my favourite shirt. It's like a white one, a white plaid one.
M: I didn't really like her friends at school. All of them felt so young.
F: He wore it for one week when I told him that I really liked it. And then, sort of, stopped. I didn't see it for a while, I really liked that one.
(Finishing and starting each others sentences)
F: he said
M: I don't remember being here, and she said
F: you wouldn't
M: he didn't understand
F: so he just smiled
M: she said
F: I first met you when I was fifteen
M: what she meant was, the subtext was
F: this has gone on for too long, things have changed, it's not the same anymore
M: because things have happened
F: things don't stay the same, people they grow
M: they meet new people
F: and the ones they used to know become less important
M: because they don't really know them at all anymore. She said
F: if this is it then that's okay
M: but he didn't understand, what she meant was, what the subtext was
F: this is the last time and that's okay for me. He didn't understand
M: so he just smiled
F: she walked home.
M: he took the train home.
F: she didn't see him again.
M: he didn't see her again.
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