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writing your lines is going to be a process..playing a part in a act that you wrote is a process.. the lines that you wrote will be a pretend conversation that you have with a character that you create to play a part in your act.
SUBJECT: the topic
SETUP LINE: set up lines are words or sentences that lead to the punchline or lead to make the audience laugh...
PUNCHLINE: the punchline is something said or done for laughter... usually the punchlines are owned by the Ventriloquist character and the setup lines and subject lines are owned by the Ventriloquist.
Subject lines can be anything the Ventriloquist wishes to have a conversation about, school, dating, marriage, pets, travel, and so on, as the Ventriloquist engage in to the topic with the Ventriloquist character the topic sentence connects to a sentence that brings laughter from the listener and watchers this sentence is called the punchline that is owned by the Ventriloquist character.
When you write your script for your lines you can write your name or you can write the word VENTRILOQUIST:
or your name such as PAUL:
so the lines for your part on the script should look like this
Ventriloquist:
Or
PAUL:
the written lines for the Ventriloquist character or dummy or Ventriloquial figures name, let's say the Ventriloquist character name is Billy you would write
BILLY:
OR
DUMMY:
OR
Ventriloquist character:
Example:
Ventriloquist: I want to know how are you doing in school?...
Dummy: I am doing okay...
Ventriloquist: you should be doing better than okay, you should be outstanding!, are you outstanding?...
Dummy: yes I am outstanding...
Ventriloquist: good, I am proud of you...
Dummy; I am outstanding in the hall.
(Above ☝️ the topic is school, the subject is the authority figure wants to know the child activity in school, hopefully the child is doing very well in school, the authority figure sentence lead the setup lines with hope of a positive future for the child,the child answer is the punchline that brings humor or laughter.)
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A Ventriloquist script is called a dialogue, dialogue means two person conversation, a monologue means one person speaking most standup comedian perform a monologue and yes a Ventriloquist dummy can do a monologue with a Ventriloquist act, with a monologue Ventriloquist act the Ventriloquist would mostly be a listener to the Ventriloquist character conversation and doing this kind of Ventriloquist act the Ventriloquist will communicate with facial expressions such as smiling or laughing or surprising or shocked π²π³ or embarrassed and so on, as a silent partner in the a Ventriloquist monologue act the Ventriloquist has a pretend role that does participate in the act but it's with out speech.
Writing A monologue script can be with stage directions so yes you are not only a writer and actor but a director also..in the script the Ventriloquist character might say I need to make a phone call, in the script direction it read (Ventriloquist take phone from his pocket and place it up to Ventriloquist character ear)
Dummy: I need to make a phone call
Ventriloquist: ( take phone from pocket and place it up to Ventriloquist character ear)
These scripts are for rehearsal after fully completed.