So you want to suggest what time of year it is in a movie scene? Sure, there are the standards:
- blossoming flowers = spring
- green leaves on trees = summer
- coloured leaves in piles = fall
- snow = winter
Beyond location weather, you can – of course – use clothing to signify weather and time of year. All useful but rather ordinary, no? Well, how about going a bit more creative and using bus signage?
If the bus says:
… you gotta know it’s the first two weeks of November!
So, exercise the creative brain of yours. How else might you date-stamp (or location-stamp) a scene creatively?
Cheers & a creative scene building to you,
Deb
P.S. Oh yeah, and if the bus says “Sorry…” you’re probably in Canada. 🙂
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Deborah (Deb) Patz is the author of Write! Shoot! Edit! for teens and Film Production Management 101 for the industry – both books are published worldwide by MWP. She’s also part of the editorial board for Prism International. She thinks that Remembrance Day is probably the most important holiday of the entire year.
WHERE IS DEB? (upcoming events and appearances)
Nov. 18, 2018 – Guest Author – Reading Event at Tomes & Tales, Pitt Meadows BC
Feb. 9, 2019 – Author Participant with Biz Books at Digital Media Youth Expo, North Vancouver BC
July 2019 – UFVA Conference, Minneapolis, MN
WHERE TO FIND DEB’S BOOKS?
Paperback or eBook: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Chapters/Indigo, Waterstones, direct from the publisher and from plenty of other great bookstores worldwide.