Basically, writing a screenplay, and I have a character that's big, hulking, and angry. Oftentimes, little things will throw him into a big rage, where he'll do things like pick up and throw the bad guys, stab them over, and over, and over again with incredibly brute force, and stuff like that. I'm having a bit of difficult figuring out how to convey this. I notice that this essentially just turns half his dialogue into, "AAAAAHHHHH!" "ARRGHHHH!!!" "GRRRRRR!!!" or some iteration thereof. And it not only looks bad, but it reads bad. Any tips on how to better make my character's anger authentic, albeit strong and brutish? Here's an example of what I'm talking about: Spoiler: Andy's Intro MATCH CUT TO:ANDY'S FACE (40s, hulking, 5 o'clock shadow), grimacing and sweating. He winds up his arm off-screen, and thrusts it forward, screaming.Just as he screams -- ANDY Aaaaahhhhh! Blood SPLATTERS across his face. Another thrust. ANDY Aaaaahhhhh!More blood. A third thrust.ANDY AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!REVERSE SHOT TO REVEAL -- INT. MANSION ART STUDIO - DAY Andy, standing before an abstract painting, holding a red-tipped paintbrush.
It's a screenplay, right? Isn't the goal basically just to inform an actor and a director what action and emotion the actor is supposed to create in front of the cameras? I have never written or even read a screenplay but it would seem to me that "AAAAAHHHHH!" "ARRGHHHH!!!" and "GRRRRRR!!!" pretty much tee it up, and from there it's the job of the director and actor to flesh it out (to "realize" it, in the literal sense). Perhaps a different option would be to not verbalize it in quotes, but to use stage directions, such as [utters loud grunt].
You only write the actual dialogue in a screenplay. Important sounds you can add like: "screams with terror" but it's up to the director to interpret any other sounds necessary, not the writer.
The director will take certain liberties with character expression. "(shouts in rage)" is about as far as you can take it.
