All The Tropes

Melodramatic Pause: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Melodramatic Pause (view source)

Revision as of 08:32, 11 April 2017

3 bytes added ,  7 years ago
update links
VisualWikitext
m (update links)
(update links)
 
(3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[Soap Opera]] staple, the [['''Melodramatic Pause]]''' is the perfect way to pad out time, show everyone's up-close reaction to a [[The Reveal|provocative statement]], build tension after same, discovering an affair, and otherwise give the actors and orchestra a [[Large Ham|chance to ham it up.]] Basically, it's the swiss army knife of [[Soap Opera]] cuts for scenes and episodes. This is the Drama Queen big sister of the [[Dramatic Pause]].
 
The set up varies but will usually go like this:
{{quote|'''Alice:''' ''Bob?! Explain yourself!''
'''Bob:''' ''[[The Reveal|Dramatic line!]]''<br />
''[[Jump Cut]] to''<br />
'''Alice's''' face: ''*Dramatically appropriate expression of grief, shock, hunger, indifference, puppies, etc.*'' <br />
''There is a [[Sting (music)|Sting]] and then a [[Jump Cut]] to''<br />
'''Bob's face:''' ''*Dramatically appropriate expression of defiance, anger, [[Yes but What Does Zataproximetacine DO|leprosy, epilepsy, narcolepsy, etc.]]*'' }}
 
This continues through all of the characters present, and if this is a comedy, some irrelevant characters will be eating or [[Long Speech Tea Time|doing something terribly mood breaking.]]
 
The noise between [[Jump Cut|Jump Cuts]]s is usually a heartbeat, thump, clang, or in Spanish soaps, a musical flourish. Frequently used in episodes where there's [[Four Lines, All Waiting]].
When used in text, this generally represented by... [[Dramatic Ellipsis|ELLIPSIS!]]
 
Line 51:
[[Category:Dialogue]]
[[Category:Score and Music Tropes]]
[[Category:MelodramaticLength PauseTropes]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1175415...1509720"