Language for our films in England
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:48 pm
We started to shoot our latest film last Sunday and following various requests
from actors, I decided to give more direction to the performers as opposed
to only technical direction.For some reason, one of our young ladies thought
that her character should be speaking with a very broad Yorkshire accent.This
was not indicated in the script, but it was her interpretation. I pointed
out that often our films are seen all over the country and sometimes abroad
and she should tone-down her accent as it would not be understood. On each
successive take, the Yorkshire accent got a bit less. I mentioned to her
that a famous subtitler named Dave, thought that "Dropping Off" was quite
broadly spoken, although to my ear, I didn`t think it was, so her wild (early)
EMMERDALE type dialect would not be appreciated beyond Barnsley.
She did an excellent job after that, though there are still one or two words
which may be hard for some to understand.The weather was a bit cold for June,
but we were:
"Up ont` moor tha nows".
Ken.
from actors, I decided to give more direction to the performers as opposed
to only technical direction.For some reason, one of our young ladies thought
that her character should be speaking with a very broad Yorkshire accent.This
was not indicated in the script, but it was her interpretation. I pointed
out that often our films are seen all over the country and sometimes abroad
and she should tone-down her accent as it would not be understood. On each
successive take, the Yorkshire accent got a bit less. I mentioned to her
that a famous subtitler named Dave, thought that "Dropping Off" was quite
broadly spoken, although to my ear, I didn`t think it was, so her wild (early)
EMMERDALE type dialect would not be appreciated beyond Barnsley.
She did an excellent job after that, though there are still one or two words
which may be hard for some to understand.The weather was a bit cold for June,
but we were:
"Up ont` moor tha nows".
Ken.