In most genres and styles of filmmaking, documentary and non-fiction, characters rarely speak or act in a way that is successful in creating drama on screen, but through my research I have found a technique called Temporal Decompression that can fix this problem. Temporal Decompression is where you adjust the tempo in a scene to create a dramatic effect, for example, a good use of this is where a character says something shocking and there is a a long period of time to let whats been said to sink in. It automatically gives a dramatic effect to the dialogue, much more so than if you leave it at the original pace.
A great example of this technique being used in a film is in 'Star Wars V - Empire Strikes Back' in the infamous 'I am your father' scene (click forward to 1.55 on video below to get to the scene). The big pause used in this scene allows it to breathe and let the audience take in the shocking discovery as well as letting the audience see visually how Luke Skywalker takes this information.
This technique will be very useful as I can use it and keep in mind for when I am editing Scene 19 of 'Routes'. Within this scene Billy lashes out at Jimmy which is shocking, so I want to create some space to build up the drama and show how shocking this is to Jimmy. This technique is very similar to a previous technique I have researched called an 'Oh F*** Moment', but this technique is more focused on how a pause through dialogue causes a dramatic effect, rather than the visuals.
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