Friday 21 June 2013

Behind the scenes #18


Tom and I talking through the scene. Tom was incredibly thorough, wanting to understand every line we had written and questioning the logic. There's no dialogue for Michael, but that doesn't mean there isn't a narrative of thoughts and emotions which must be rigorous.

Meanwhile, the robot does have dialogue, but its own logic is complicated: it has no emotion, but it uses psychology, negotiation, prediction and insider knowledge in every line. We talked through the scene, point by point, so Tom totally understood not only what his own character was thinking, but how those pieces fitted with the Dr. Easy's.

Then, when the cameras rolled, he nailed it first time, and every time. This was so enjoyable, both as a process, but then also to stand at the back of the room and watch his performance as an audience - simply exhilarating.

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