Script Analysis: “The Tomorrow War” — Part 5: Dialogue

A week-long analysis of the science fiction script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.

Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this bi-weekly series is a deep structural and thematic analysis of each script we read. Our daily schedule:

Monday: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Tuesday: Plot
Wednesday: Characters
Thursday: Themes
Friday: Dialogue
Saturday: Takeaways

Today: Dialogue.

My working principle is this: Dialogue equals conversation with purpose. What monologues, sides, or exchanges in The Tomorrow War stood out for their purposefulness with regard to the overall story?

Written by Zach Dean.

Plot summary: A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.

Major kudos to Jodi Lustig for doing this week’s scene-by-scene breakdown.

To download a PDF of the breakdown , go here.

For Part 1, to read the Scene-By-Scene Breakdown discussion, go here.

For Part 2, to read the Plot discussion, go here.

For Part 3, to read the Character discussion, go here.

For Part 4, to read the Themes discussion go here.

To access over 100 analyses of previous movie scripts we have read and discussed at Go Into The Story, go here.

I hope to see you in the RESPONSE section about this week’s script: The Tomorrow War.