I have a question regarding my Western/short unexpectedly turned feature.

How do I go from a 12 year girl in a barn morphing into a present day 28 Year old?

It’s supposed to be seamless besides the aging.

The scene (place) changes too, so how do I make that transition?


I would appreciate any help in this, since I'm clueless and can't even think of a script to look up for reference.

You can try a linking action where the 12 year old is doing something, such as singing a song, and then it cuts to the 28 year old who is also singing that same song.  

It can be anything like that.  I don't know, usually works okay.

Nick

Hey Pia. I'm not sure what do you mean by "morphing". The girl turns into a woman during an fx growth acceleration scene? Bert has one at the beginning of the second episode of the Starbuck Star series. And that one looks fine.

If I didn't get your question, please clarify. Maybe I can help.

What he means is he wants to show the girl at age 12 and then fade into her being 28.  Its a way of showing that time has passed and it is the same girl.

As far as how to accomplish this, I would take Rooney's advice.  Have the little girl doing something and then fade into the woman now doing it, or something to that effect.

Hope this helps.

Aaarrggghhh.... I always have trouble expressing myself!  Always confusing people, haha.  

I want a scene where the 12 yo girl standing in a barn changes seemlessly into the girl at age 28 outside in the desert.

It's important that it changes in front of us without any cuts.
I want the expression on her face to remain the same from young to "old".
Her expression is important.

Does this explain it better?  

You can just do what the above posters said. Have her grooming a horse or singing a song or something, and then just have it as:

"A 12-year-old girl is reading a book, her expression shows that it is a very interesting book.

DISSOLVE TO:

The girl is now 28-years-old, reading the same book, the same expression on herface."

Or at least that is how I would write it.

Sean

Hi Pia

I think that it can be done simply by stating it the way you stated it to us:



INT-BARN--DAY

A twelve year old Amy stands in the middle of the barn with a look of sorrow on her face.

Slowly her soft features age and her body morphs into that of a hardened twenty eight year old woman

Her suroundings fade away along with her youth...

EXT-DESERT--DAY

...She is now in the middle of a stark, dusty desert.The look of sorrow on her face has not changed.



(That is just the way I pictured what you were meaning, hope it helps some.)

This is one of those instances where there is no "proper formatting" to lean back on. The best thing to do is write it as you see it, and also in such a way that the director will get the same idea by reading it. Remember that while camera directions are taboo, if not overused, you won't appear like an amateur by possibly over-describing this one event.

The picture I get is that somethings happens and girl goes to the barn. She is pondering whatever it is on her face, and though tme and place change around her, her expression stays the same.

The suggestions given will work as well as just being really specifc in describing it.

Quoted Text EXT. BARN - DAY The 12yr old stands outside. Takes it in. She starts forwards. Opens the door. Enters: INT. BARN - DAY She stares around. ECU GIRL Start to pull back to show she's aged 16 years... and is now 28.

Something like that?

Thank you I think I've got it.

Now if I could only write it as nicely at "screamer" suggested I should be okay.

The way I make, and have made this sort of MORPH change is I initiate it into my direction.

example: "A barn, a girl sits amongst the hay. Her attention drawn upon a horse. Smiling the girl stands up. she slowly strolls toward the horse. Time has no barriers, the girl seems to morph. She is becoming older, 28 years old. She stops by the horses stable smiling"

That's how I would use a morph scene, an instant change.