[QUOTE=Senior Smith]
Sorry I used “go out on a date” as a generic example. And now I feel stupid for portraying two girls talking at a dinner table for 20 minutes. Yeah that would suck.
What I meant was, give us 20 minutes of buildup. Here’s a scenario that I wanted to write out, but the OP was already getting way too long:
Lets say the film is about two college girls. We start out with both them in a classroom. They’re giggling, and writing stupid notes to each other. They’re laughing too loud, maybe being a little annoying, but it’s cute.
Now we’re outside the class, and Girl A asks Girl B if she wants to hang out tonight with some friends. It’s here that you begin to see that something’s going on. The cute smiles, the tension. It kicks ass.
Next part we see the two girls hanging out with a group of other girls. They could be at a bar, some state fair, whatever. And you don’t need dialog, you just need to show the motions. Show them flirting, having fun, etc. This could be filmed in a montage format.
Now they’re back at their house, or a dorm or whatever. They could be sipping on whine, bullshitting, making each other laugh. And remember, it’s not what they say, it’s how they say it. It’s those cute glances, and subtle touches. There would be very little actual dialogue in the film.
And by now, 10, 15 or 20 minutes have passed, and they end up in the bedroom. The buildup was necessary to create the realism. You really feel the sexual tension.
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Now we have 20 minutes of pantomime flirting beforehand? We are all certainly entitled to our fantasies. You make your movie. I’ll watch the highlights reel.
