What can a filmmaker learn from the hyperbole literary device?
When you speak, do you ever use exaggeration to get your point across? Chances are, you use an exaggeration literary device known as “hyperbolic language” every day of your life, but you may not have been aware. Hyperbole is one of a writer’s most useful tools.
Language and the way we say things matter.
As filmmakers, hyperbole can help us get complex ideas, situations, and characters across to the audience. But what is hyperbole? Today, we’re going to define it by looking at hyperbole examples in literature, poetry, film, and television.
Ready? Let’s take off like a rocket and stuff our brains with information until they spill out our ears. (Get it? Hyperbole.)
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
