Saturday, April 26, 2014

what is an example of stage directions used for flashback in a screenplay?I am doing a screenplay and need some help. The man in my story starts to...

A FLASHBACK is a marker, just like a CUT TO, and so
you right justify it to show a new scene (even though I
can't format it below correctly in this window).  When you are finished with the
flashback you put BACK TO PRESENT left justified as you jump back into the previous
scene.


The the flashback is a scene within a
scene:


INT. SAIGON HOTEL ROOM – DAY
(1983)

Kim gets up from the sofa. Crosses the room to the window.
Gazes down at people 
walking along the street. She stares at a mother and a
young girl about her
own age.
FLASHBACK TO: 

INT.
SAIGON HOSPITAL – DAY (1981)

Kim's mother is in a hospital bed. Kim is
holding her hand, squeezing hard.

KIM
Mother, mother open
your eyes.

Kim drops her mother's lifeless hand. She stares with
unbelieving eyes.
A voice calls her name, "Kim! Kim!"

BACK
TO PRESENT

Kim turns away from the window. Steve is calling her
name.

STEVE 
Kim! Kim! Are you
okay?

KIM
Yes.

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