Interesting Video Explores Aaron Sorkin's "Musical Dialogue" in THE SOCIAL NETWORK Script
Insider has shared an interesting video essay that explores the “Musical Dialogue” in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network script. The video focuses on the literary devices that Sorkin used to give his dialogue rhythm by way of repetition, long lines of dialogue, and iambic meter.
The video came with the following note:
The dialogue of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is often described as "rhythmic" or "musical." But those descriptors are vague, and so to find out exactly why Sorkin's writing sounds so distinctive, we analyzed some of the literary devices that Sorkin uses in his writing. The opening scene of "The Social Network" is a stellar example of how Sorkin layers his dialogue with rhythms and melodies by using repetition, long lines of dialogue, and iambic meter.
I love the kind of dialogue that Sorkin writes for his projects. It’s amazing how the conversations with the characters he writes for flow so well. I think he’s one of the best screenwriters working today and whenever there’s a film with his name attached to it, I get excited.