Can you find a few examples of other films or TV episodes that have a similar sequence?
What films do you like that have people getting to know each other, before jumping to a point later in life?
That may give you an idea on how you could do it.

Hopefully you still check this. I’m a newbie. The goal is to show the history of a couple starting with them knowing each other since they were children, then jumping to different points in their lives (each showing the build up of their relationship) so for example. We see him and his family move in and the girl is on her front lawn playing with her sister (first time they see each other) then jumps to a scene where he his in school getting lunch, someone bumps into him which causes him to drop his food. She gives him her’s, next jump they are seniors and he is building up the courage to ask her to prom, jumps to college and she is in the bathroom with a pregnancy test, etc. How would I write this in my screenplay? Thanks!

Hey Mark – Sorry about the late reply! But yes, you can do that in scene description. However, I know professional writers who would write INT. CLASSROOM – DAY1 etc.

1) INT. CLASSROOM – DAY

If I wanted the next scene to be in the same location, but it’s the next day how do I show that? Would I write in the scene description “It is the next day?”

It’s better you use the characters in the scene to express which time has passed. LATER should be the time and you can also udeta montage instead

It wouldn’t in my books, as it reads more like a novel.

A screenplay is partially a technical document, and your suggestion buries an important productional element (the time jump) in narrative text.

I feel that you absolutely need to isolate it as a separate element.

I hope this helps!

I know you said to put ‘LATER’ in the script. Would it also be okay to put in the action, ‘two hours later, he still waits for the man to show up.’ Would that be okay as well?