Mark Sevi

How To Do Foreshadowing Right In Your Screenplay (Part 2)

How To Do Foreshadowing Right In Your Screenplay (Part 2)
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Foreshadowing

Acceptance   If you want to sell your audience on something that might go against character or be a bit outlandish foreshadowing is the way to go. In Bullet Train, there’s a highly venomous snake slithering through the storyline. Once we find out that snake venom from a Boomslang snake has caused an entire wedding party […]

 Mark Sevi

How To Do Foreshadowing Right In Your Screenplay (Part 1)

How To Do Foreshadowing Right In Your Screenplay (Part 1)
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Foreshadowing

“I know foreshadowing,” you’re thinking. It’s a simple enough concept.  True. But maybe there are some things you don’t know about it or how best to use it.   Techniques   In its simplest form, foreshadowing is dropping hints about something that you will pay off later in a story. This is necessary for several […]