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Friday, February 10, 2006

DIALOGUE part 2 (SOUNDING NATURAL)

Posted on 9:32 AM by christofer D
Over the last few years, I have noticed that every character I read, or see in the movies or on television, sounds like another movie or television show. Real people don’t talk like movie people. Listen to how people speak. They didn’t all grow up in your neighborhood, nor do they all have your educational background.Because I’ve worked in both animation and comic books, I know a lot of
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