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Planning · ScreenwritingNO.158 / 166
Watch: She says “I'm fine”, but her eyes look away; the line that floats up behind her is what she really means. Good dialogue hides the emotion in what goes unsaid.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Planning · Screenwriting

Subtext潜台词

Saying one thing while meaning another. Good dialogue doesn't state the emotion outright.

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Screenwriting
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Advanced
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Planning
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This is a step in making a film, not a visual technique. For the whole process, see Make an AI short from scratch.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

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When to use it

Goodbyes, reconciliations, confessions, secrets; any emotionally heavy conversation.

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Prompt template

Rewrite this dialogue with subtext: characters never state their feelings directly, expressing them through avoidance, changing the subject, small gestures, or saying the opposite. Keep the meaning, make lines shorter, and note in brackets what each line really means. Dialogue: [write here]
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Sample prompt · ask a chat model

This one is written for chat models like ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini: replace the ideas in brackets with your own and it will help you write the story or revise the script.

Rewrite the dialogue below with subtext: the characters don't say their feelings directly but show them by avoiding, changing the subject, small gestures or saying the opposite. Make the lines shorter, note in brackets what each line really means, and finally give the expression and action that go with each line so I can write them into the video prompt. Dialogue: Mother: “Did you lose your job? I'm so worried about you.” Son: “Yes, I was let go. I feel terrible and I didn't dare tell you.”
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Common pitfalls

  • Characters say “I'm so sad” or “I love you” outright, like reading an instruction manual.
  • Subtext so obscure the audience can't follow at all.
  • No matching expression or action, so the emotion can't be read once AI generates it.
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Parameter tips

Keep lines short; in the video prompt, write the real emotion into the performance (for example, “eyes look away as she says she's fine”).