SIRI by TREZER OGUDA

.....Still on Characterization, there are people who play support roles. They include ;
Moffat and his wife Joy(at one point, they are used to push foward the issue of couples testing for HIV in order to know themselves and protect unborn children.

Martha, who is, Isaiah the preacher's wife. She is used to show how unreasonable her husband can be in various issues such as family planning, education, and issue of women working like men to fend for their family.

other tea pickers also help advance the plot and make the dialogue interesting. Tea pickers and people who work in the estate are also used to show people's character. For instance, we get to know of Mr. Majani's cruelty and harrassment thtough the workers' dialogue as they pick tea, as they have a break or when walking home from work.

Others characters are used to show how women suffer in the hands of husbands who are drunks and who gamble all the money meant for the family in order to satisfy their drug needs.

Generally, I think the producer got very good actors who 'get into' their roles and bring them out so well that a viewer can relate to their situations due to their believability.

To make the plot more cohesive, i would make sure there is a person who distictly plays the role of protagonist.



DIALOGUE

Dialogue in SIRI basically flows really well. the characters are well chosen, fit into their roles, and so the dialogue does not come out fake/ acted out but believable. There is a mix of English and Swahili languages being used and this kind of creates the separaton line between the haves and the have-nots. English is a preserve of the likes of Mr. Majani and family, a few administrative workers and the pastor. The other characters mostly use Swahili and corrupted Swahili(sheng).

From the character's dialogue we get to know secrets and some of the characters' past experiences. Dialogue also helps the viewer know other characters' character.

I would not change anything about dialogue in SIRI. I am comfortable and think the fact that there was someone assigned the post of 'dialogue director' really helped put the programmme above quite a number of local productions.