tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272008603641292743.post2160436425224983697..comments2024-03-22T07:38:11.573+00:00Comments on Sitcom Geek: Finding The BeatJames Caryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315185952705396144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272008603641292743.post-71684449901427054082017-01-31T17:46:31.444+00:002017-01-31T17:46:31.444+00:00Rosencrantz & Guildernstern Are Dead uses a fa...Rosencrantz & Guildernstern Are Dead uses a fair few of them - including:<br /><br />GUIL: Give us this day our daily cue.<br /><br />(Beat, pause. Sit. Long pause.)<br /><br />ROS (after shifting, looking around): What now?<br /><br />I saw a student production once that literally used a drumbeat wherever "beat" was used. Always wondered if it was a misinterpretation, in-joke or an older quasi-Shakespearean version.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272008603641292743.post-23886999397881560462017-01-30T21:17:34.558+00:002017-01-30T21:17:34.558+00:00Ah! This was something that was also confusing me....Ah! This was something that was also confusing me. Thanks for clearing that up. A 'beat' is clear now it's explained and definitely something that I recognise in scenes. It must be tricky to know where to put them though, how to use them to benefit a script. I guess this just comes with practice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320818789195213940noreply@blogger.com