A
Lift is what I have called, a
piece of already written Script which is “Lifted”
from the Script and inserted as a
Flashback later in the Script.
Essentially, from a filming point of
view, the Sequence is Firstly Filmed at some stage,
then when Editing,
it is “Lifted”, that is,
Copied and Inserted
into the
Second Position, which is the Flashback Position.
There were several Lifts
in the Adapted Screenplay of KHAKI TOWN,
which I have compiled into a List,
for easy access –
eg. 8-KHAKI
TOWN-LIFTS
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Khaki Town – White Draft – 18
Nov 2019
8. LIFTS
From Sc. Page To Sc. Page
194.6 403 1.1.4.1 11 Lyndon Baines
Johnson takes his
first slug of Bundy Rum
202.1 473 1.1.4.2 11 Val gives Lyndon Baines Johnson
an unopened
bottle of Bundy
Rum to keep
as a memento
7.1 25 9.2.1 31 “Women are working all sorts of
jobs these
days.”
etc.
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To make up this List,
follow these steps –
OPEN
the Files –
8-NAME-LIFTS
0-4-NAME-Script
1-NAME-Scene Tags
2-NAME-Scenes
In
8-NAME-LIFTS
- GO TO
the 3rd Line
below the Heading
- TYPE IN
a Line of
Sub-Headings, such –
From Sc. Page To Sc. Page
“Page”
here, refers to Screenplay Page
Number
-
DISPLAY
1-NAME-Scene
Tags
2-NAME-Scenes
Side by side, using the SPLIT SCREEN Technique
(Described
in - Screenplay Format #12 –
Locations-Scenes List - Part 1)
In
1-NAME-Scene Tags
- GO DOWN
the List chronologically,
looking for each FLASHBACK
in turn
At the Same Time -
In
2-NAME-Scenes
- CHECK
what each FLASHBACK is,
and
Determine from Memory
if that FLASHBACK was
LIFTED
from
Previous Filming
eg. 1-KHAKI
TOWN-Scene Tags
2-KHAKI
TOWN-Scenes
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9 .2.1
[FLASHBACK – 2 YEARS EARLIER] – LATE MAY 1940 41 3 [INT. THE FRANCIS HOME – DAY
or NIGHT]
.2.1 [FLASHBACK – END] – BACK TO END MAR 1942
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9 2 1 1940, Late May, Flashback, Day or
night, S 41 31
2
years earlier
-
Betty saying women work all sorts of jobs
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MEMORY
If you have a good memory for your Scenes, then this should not be too
much of a problem.
If you don’t, then when you write your Script, it would be a good idea to
–
-
MARK the Flashbacks that you know are Lifts,
as you go along
- TYPE IN a note
underneath them,
in both the Scene Tag List and the
Scene List
as to what Scene and what Page
Number they come from
FORMALISE THE NOTES
Whether you have a good memory or not,
the Notes in the
Scene Tag List and the Scene List, should be
Formalised, such –
eg. 1-KHAKI TOWN-Scene Tags
2-KHAKI TOWN-Scenes
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9 .2.1
[FLASHBACK – 2 YEARS EARLIER] – LATE MAY 1940 41 3
[INT. THE FRANCIS HOME – DAY
or NIGHT]
Lifted
from Sc. 7.1 p.
25
.2.1 [FLASHBACK – END] – BACK TO END MAR 1942
_______________________________________________________________________________________
9 2 1 1940, Late May, Flashback, Day or
night, S 41 31
2
years earlier
- Betty saying women work all sorts of jobs
Lifted from Sc.
7.1 p. 25
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FILLING IN THE LIFTS LIST
-
DISPLAY
8-NAME-LIFTS
2-NAME-Scenes
Side by side, using the SPLIT SCREEN Technique
(Described
in - Screenplay Format #12 –
Locations-Scenes List - Part 1)
In
2-NAME-Scenes
- COPY
the Relevant INFORMATION from each
LIFT
Down the
List chronologically, in turn
At the same time –
In
8-NAME-LIFTS
- PASTE
the INFORMATION Under
the Relevant Heading
eg. 2-KHAKI TOWN-Scenes
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1 1 4 1942, Jun, Flashback, 22 years earlier
1 Fri 6 Jun, Afternoon S 10 11
- Lyndon
Baines Johnson has his first
slug of
Bundy Rum
Lifted
from Sc. 194.6
p. 403
194 6 Cut to L 328 403
- Johnson tries Bundy rum, Val explains about her
involvement with the club
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eg. 8-KHAKI
TOWN-LIFTS
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From Sc. Page To Sc. Page
194.6 403 1.1.4.1 11 Lyndon Baines Johnson takes
his first slug
of Bundy Rum
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FOLLOW THROUGH
The
NOTES need to be FOLLOWED THROUGH, in each
FOLLOWING RELEVANT LIST –
3-NAME-Scenes-Locations
eg. ____________________________________________________________
7.1 The
Francis Home (INT. DAY or NIGHT, LATER IN THE YEAR) 36 25
-
1940, Late May 9.2.1 The Francis Home (INT. DAY or NIGHT, 2
YEARS EARLIER) 41 31
– 1940, Late May
Lifted
from Sc. 7.1 p.
25
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4-NAME-Locations-Scenes
eg.
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16. The Francis Home
7.1 The Francis Home (INT. DAY or NIGHT, LATER
IN THE YEAR) 36 25
- 1940, Late May
9.2.1 The Francis Home (INT. DAY or NIGHT, 2
YEARS EARLIER) 41 31
– 1940, Late May
Lifted from Sc.
7.1 p. 25
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© Katherine Stuart 2022
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