![]() ![]() Does the same with the San Francisco Chronicle, Le Monde, Time, the Economist and Popular Mechanics. Jerry scans a New York Times spread on a drafting table. On the wall, an American flag alongside a poster of John Lennon reading: “Assassinated 12/8/80.” In this very early scene, the screenwriter is able to pack in a lot of information by utilizing this camera shot.Ĭarrying a bowl of tapioca, Jerry enters. Of course, as the plot unfolds, we realize why Jerry is so messed up. Mel Gibson plays this role exceptionally well, demonstrating the manic, erratic behavior that makes the viewer wonder just how nuts Jerry really is. In just a short bit of time and with just a few key montage images, we get a very good picture of this paranoid man named Jerry. #Before your eyes plot movieTake a look at this short excerpt from the movie The Conspiracy Theory written in 1996 by Brian Helgeland. So whether you want to fast-forward time in your novel or flip through the memories of the past, using a montage technique may serve your story best. What about a mother whose child has been kidnapped, as we saw in the novel Predator in an earlier post? Can you picture a montage of thoughts going through her head-the worst possible thoughts she doesn’t want to consider? Your character can envision all the possibilities of an action. ![]() And they don’t have to be memories they can be “what ifs.” Thoughts of what might happen if I make this choice. Your characters can and should think the way humans normally do, and often we experience a montage of memories. What happens when you run into someone you haven’t seen in ten years? What if that person was your first love-or your violent ex-spouse? Memories Appear Often to Us as Montages Think how many things often flash through your mind when reminded of an important time or person in your life. #Before your eyes plot how toThen there was the time she starred in the sixth-grade musical, and learned how to drive a car (wasn’t that a near-disaster!), and then high school graduation, her senior prom, her first date. Then she might recall her first baby steps, then holding her hand as she walked her to her first day at kindergarten. Whatever this character is feeling at this key moment in her life in the story can be heightened by the use of a montage scene, which is what we began looking at in last week’s post.Īs the daughter begins her long walk toward her anxious husband-to-be, she may think back to her daughter as an infant. Maybe she’s suffering from empty nest syndrome. Perhaps she’s regretted the way she raised her, feeling she’s been a failure as a mother. All the years she spent raising her daughter have brought them both to this moment. This is a key moment in this mother’s life. Has it ever happened to you-had your life flash before your eyes? What about one of your characters in your novel-has it happened to her? Think about a character in a story-let’s say a mother sitting in church waiting for her daughter to come down the aisle in her beautiful white wedding gown. ![]()
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