: Re: What's the best way to format dialogue that goes back and forth (with three characters in the scene)? Example: "Roses and a dead body?" Anna wrinkled her fine nose. "I don't see the

One thing that usually annoys me greatly in film is when there is a group dialogue and everybody is practically finishing each other's sentences without any pause.
It's like one brain and 3 mouths rattling. The dialogue becomes unreal.

How about having two people talk interactively, until there is a transition to a third person (the camera pans).

Anna and I looked at each other.

"Roses and a dead body?" She wrinkled her fine nose. "I don't see the
connection."

"And they came from Paris. How did they end up here?"

"Yeah. It's a six-hour drive. What kind of nut would travel that long
to deliver flowers to a corpse?"

I agreed. "Maybe the person was already here?"

Carl held up his palms. "Ladies, ladies, slow down. Let's look at the
questions one by one."

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