Crush the Skull

In the recent short film that I watched titled "Crush the Skull" directed by Viet Nguyen and produced by Cherry Sky Films, I can see how dialogue portrayed the characters. The boyfriend, Austin was played by Chris Dinh and the girlfriend, Steph, was played by Tara Perry.This was a short thriller film that I found on Youtube about a young couple stranded in a deserted highway after their car broke down. They meet a suspicious looking man who offers to help fix their car. While they are waiting, they start thinking about movie scenerios which lead them to the assumption that this man may be a serial killer. They argue for a bit when the man interupts them and Austin who due to the shock, accidently sliced the throat of the man with a pocket knife, thus killing him. The couple feel the guilt and horror of accidently killing a good man but as they walk towards his truck, they notice something. Sitting in his truck was a dead body and weapons which implies that the man was indeed a serial killer and that the couple actually saved themselves.

Through the dialogue, you can tell that the couple was very loving. They had a few arguments at time but it always ended with one of them saying they're joking. The dialogue of Steph showed that she was a playful and energetic girl. She had a wild imagination and even implied movie scenerios into her dialogue. The dialogue of Austin shows that he's a quiet and gullible guy. He listened to whatever his girlfriend said and believed her words. He was nervous when told to confront the man and instead just said stuff that showed that he wanted to back out. The man on the other hand had suspicious lines. His dialogue was cut short with very little words making him more mysterious. The dialogue played a very important part in making the characters. Each of them had specific lines that that shows the personality of the characters. Dialogue is very important in developing a character as shown in this short film, Crush the Skull.