How to write the passage of several years including the ageing of a character?
My character is a boy age 8 who basically lives in an orphanage/convent where his chores include cutting firewood and fetching water. I need to make him age to 15 - meaning a change of actor - while making it clear that we are seeing the same person. And preferably without involving too much camera direction.
Here is my latest attempt:
EXT. CONVENT - DAY
A well stands in an open area. Johannes cranks up
the bucket and pours the water into one of two larger
buckets on the ground. Then he lifts them and carries
them toward the kitchen house.
THE BUCKETS
Water splashes.
JOHANNES
Is now 15 years old.
SUPER: "SIX YEARS LATER"
Will this work? Or is it bad?
My character is a boy age 8 who basically lives in an orphanage/convent where his chores include cutting firewood and fetching water. I need to make him age to 15 - meaning a change of actor - while making it clear that we are seeing the same person. And preferably without involving too much camera direction.
Here is my latest attempt:
EXT. CONVENT - DAY
A well stands in an open area. Johannes cranks up
the bucket and pours the water into one of two larger
buckets on the ground. Then he lifts them and carries
them toward the kitchen house.
THE BUCKETS
Water splashes.
JOHANNES
Is now 15 years old.
SUPER: "SIX YEARS LATER"
Will this work? Or is it bad?
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