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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board / Screenwriting Class / Extended Montage
Posted by: stebrown, July 23rd, 2008, 12:25pm
Hi, just a quick question.
When writing a montage that's kind of extended scenes, do you have to have sluglines? Ones I've done before I haven't, but would this be the correct way to write this?...
BEGIN MONTAGE
- Bob walks along the rainswept street. Pulls his collar up around his neck and fastens his coat.
- Ruth tucks Tim into his bed. He looks upto her with a sad expression.
TIM
When am I gonna see Daddy, Mom?
RUTH
Soon Tim, don't you worry about it.
He closes his eyes.
- Bob sits in his bedroom, staring into the mirror in front of him.
To either side are other mirrors that show the previous scenes. They slowly fade to reveal -
END MONTAGE
INT. BOB'S FLAT
- Bob's profile.
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Or would I need slugs for that? I'm confused. I know exactly what it looks like in my head but not how to write it.
Cheers
Ste
P.S That is not the dialogue haha
Posted by: Zombie Sean, July 23rd, 2008, 1:24pm; Reply: 1
I just finished writing a script that has two montages in it, I think, and I wrote sluglines within my montages, and then ended it all with END MONTAGE. I think it'd be better if you wrote sluglines in so you don't jump from one location to another without informing the reader.
Sean
Posted by: stebrown, July 23rd, 2008, 5:10pm; Reply: 2
Cheers Sean.
Yeah I'll do it that way.
Ste
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