One thing that I think filmmakers should be doing is read throughs/rehearsal. It gives the director and actors a chance to see if the dialog sounds off. It helps actors understand what tone and emotions the director is wanting from them.
That being said, I got Dan and Melanie together to go over a scene where they have a emotional argument. We ran through the dialog a couple of times and found it was clunky in places. After a little rewording I asked them to start acting, not just reading the lines.
They read it around a dozen times. Each time we bumped the emotion up. By the end there was yelling and tears.
It was something I had never done before, and I'm glad I did. Not only did it make the shooting smoother, it helped bring the performances to another level.
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