Screenwriting : Multiple flashback sequence by Cherie Grant

Also how would you write an imagination sequence? For example our protag is being berated by his boss and he imagines turning into Godzilla and eating the boss. How would that look on the page? Come on Danny.

If your flashbacks have distinct time or place settings then you might be able to append the slugs with something to separate them. I like using minislugs for brief flashbacks or fantasies. So you just put something like HALLUCINATION and END HALLUCINATION. I feel that consistency is the important factor with something like this, and also going with what looks best on the page.

I would expect that "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by Steve Conrad would have a great take on that.

of course! now to find the script.

How much time are we spending in each flashback? Half a page? A whole page? Couple pages?

roughly half a page, one a little bit less, one a little bit more, differing time frames, same people.

Does anyone know a screenplay with multiple short flashbacks?

I would write flashback in the slugline of every scene just to be clear, unless it's a film where the whole movie is a flashback. You should look up some TV scripts that utilize the flashbacks like LOST or Arrow.

but do I add END FLASHBACK at the end of every scene even if it's only a quarter page? ending means coming back to the present. TV scripts are so bloody hard to find. most out there are transcripts. the Arrow would be a good one to look at, but the scenes are continuous mine are not.

Cherie, you don't need to add END FLASHBACK to a scene with a full slugline line that's been affixed with FLASHBACK. You only need to do that when you're cutting one briefly into your action eg; INT. OFFICE - DAY Bobby slouches behind his desk, toying with his pen. Sue opposite, perched on her chair nervous. BOBBY So it was just a misunderstanding? INT. OFFICE - NIGHT - PAST Christmas decorations lie strewn across the floor. Sue and Rob crash onto the desk embraced. They kiss passionately. He fumbles at her clothes, grasping at her skirt. SUE No. ROB It's fine. He continues groping for what he can. She struggles under his bulk. SUE Rob, no. INT. OFFICE - DAY - PRESENT Sue nods slowly, her hands gripping the arms of the chair. Bobby studies her for a moment and sighs. BOBBY Fine, it's your word against his. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Or like this if it's just a brief moment INT. OFFICE - DAY Bobby slouches behind his desk, toying with his pen. Sue opposite, perched on her chair nervous. BOBBY So it was just a misunderstanding? FLASHBACK Sue and Rob crash onto the desk embraced. They kiss passionately. He fumbles at her clothes, grasping at her skirt. She struggles under his bulk, trying to stop him. END FLASHBACK Sue jolts back to reality and nods slowly, her hands gripping the arms of the chair. Bobby studies her for a moment and sighs. BOBBY Fine, it's your word against his. You need to decide what works best on the page for you. What flows best, what reads best etc.

okay thanks.