[…] One thing at the moment which I’d love to hear your knowledge on, is how to believably convey time passing without the use of title cards, and without a montage, but in a relatively small frame of time. The entertainer my script is about moves to LA at the age of 18, and has some …read more […]

Another interesting example is the opening of Raising Arizona. The sequence of Hi's release, arrest, and walking back into prison, then sitting in his bunk with the same bunk-mate is repeated. Perhaps this is establishing more of a repeated pattern over time than it is a time jump. But that kind of repetition of actions; with changes each time, could be a way to transition. For one thing, it compresses his courtship to Ed, and helps to define the main characters in slightly different circumstances over time.

Is it better to read the script first and then watch the movie of watch the movie first? Please I need to know!