How to Write a Flashback - What the Best Movie Flashbacks Have in Common

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The scene on page 52 of "Manchester by the Sea" is one of the most memorable and powerful scenes of all time. I must have watched that scene 1000 times. Great mention!

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So. True. And: same. The only thing that keeps me from saying it's a perfect scene is that horribly disconnected musical choice. I get that Lonergan like it, but what in the world does it have to do with Lee? It really takes away so much of the power that a different choice, or even no soundtrack at all would have. All the subtlety in Affleck's performance would be perfectly enough if it wasn't overruled and overrun by that (otherwise beautiful) piece, that couldn't be more out of place.

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can you also please do a video on Flash Forward? Thanks and keep up the good work

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So awesome to see a clip of my video at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="81">1:21</a>! 🎬 Great vid as always 👍

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I love how Challengers’ characters arc are constructed on the flashbacks, making you root for their characters on the final tennis game as the story progresses

[@kidanemariameyob8752]

I was hoping you would also mention the use of flashback of a scene that was watched several minutes earlier as an incorrect use of flashback. What is your view on this?

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The flashback montage in UP makes me cry just thinking about it.

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Thank you for inspiring me to see films not just as entertainment but as a powerful medium of storytelling.

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

Writing Flashback is A True Art in Storytelling. It's the Best way to link the character Present with their backstory.

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Please make a video on why side characters in many movies and series become more popular or fan's' favorites than the main protagonist." Like Steve harrington in stranger things

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Or Samweis Gamgee in LOTR...

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@@Bobywan75 Yes, he absolutely is. But he is not a classical main character (Frodo is), that's why I remembered him in context of the previous comment. :)

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There is an episode of Ozark season 1 called Kaleidoscope that contains out-of-order nested flashbacks without ever being confusing and is the best example of flashback I've ever seen. So elegant.

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Hi! I absolutely love your videos-they're incredibly helpful. If it’s not too much to ask, could you make a video discussing powerful character relationships? By that, I mean how to write a strong and impactful dynamic between characters. :)

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Thanks! Glad to hear that. That's a great topic. We'll look into it!

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<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="87">1:27</a> made me very happy, it had been weeks and weeks without Dr Evil ❤

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My Favorite Flashbacks in Movies are : -Citizen Kane (1941) : The Ambassador Flashback Movies -Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) : The Tragic Origin story of O-Ren Ishii -Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004) : The Cruel Tutelage of Paï Meï and the discovery of Beatrix Kiddo Pregnancy -Rashomon (1950) : The Trial and Events told with the POV of All Witnesses -Casablanca (1942) : The Love Story -The Tree of Life (2011) : Jack O'Brian childhood story -Stand by me (1986) : The Narrator childhood -Edward Scissorhands (1990) : The Fairytale told by old Kim -Slumdog Millionaire (2008) : Romantic story -Batman Mask of Phantasm (1993) : The Tragic Love Story of Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont -Manchester by the Sea (2017) : Lee Tragic backstory -Shutter Island (2010) : The Plot Twist Truth -The Sixth Sense (1999) : Malcolm revelation -The Silence of the Lambs (1991) : Clarice Starling traumatic childhood

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That's a fantastic list!

[@spinsandneedles]

Contact (1997) has a flashback to Dr. Ellie's dad but he's an alien created by memories downloaded from her brain which is kind of weird. Still, one of my favs! Walk The Line (2005) uses a table saw to flashback on Johnnie Cash's childhood. Thank you for another great video with so many scenes showing the way.

[@fred6157]

I know that there are many more examples that you could have used. But one I remember is from 500 Days of Summer. Where a flashback is used twice, but each time it means something different as the story progresses.

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Writing Flashback was the topic today....Thank you, guys, for keeping up.

[@jazzew]

Wow, I didn't know how much more is in a flashback. All I ever thought was about "something that happened before that leads to the present events." Thanks for sharing this info with us!! I love these vids so much! I don't even write much of anything! LOL

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The Last of Us Part 2 (the video game) is an incredible example of how to use flashback to fill in the banks in the narrative while also making it structurally meaningful. It beautiful expresses the psyche of the protagonist.

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Thank you for highlighting LOST. It my personal favorite piece of fiction. Its a masterclass in so many things.

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Couldn't agree more!

[@CinematicGestures]

I watched the miniseries Tiny Beautiful Things over the weekend, starring Kathryn Hahn, and one of the things I really liked about it was how flashbacks were integrated - it felt more visceral and organic, like what memory or pattern recognition is actually like, instead of a “this is backstory we’re shoehorning in” conceit. Anyway, it’s on Hulu - very funny and very moving.

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Interesting! We'll have to check it out. Thanks for the example.

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“21 Grams” and “Babel” are perfect examples of flashbacks, locations, and scenes from cut to cut. I was confused watching them in non-linear storylines. I'm used to watching linear storylines. Like Christopher Nolan’s films, how to carefully plan the story without confusing the viewers? There can also be another video of differences between linear and nonlinear films.

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That's true, in films like those you mentioned, flashbacks become a fixed part of the presentation so it's not really "interrupting" anything.

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A nice flashback before the year ends

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Please do “flash forwards” next!

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“Yes Sir, we have more money than Davy Crocket” His delivery gets me every time 😂🤣

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[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

If a scene (or flashback) doesn't progress the storyline, develop character(s), build the world, or all three... then it doesn't belong. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

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[@Gavinzilla1000]

So would a flashback in the late second act of a movie be deemed necessary and useful if it was to reveal the main character’s motivation and what caused their motivation to begin?

[@unicorntomboy9736]

Can the lessons in these videos apply to novel writing too? I don't consider myself a screenwriter, and prefer writing novels.

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Yeah, pretty much any writing lesson or technique could apply to both mediums. How they actually get written might vary but the general concepts apply.

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I like flashbacks. Sometimes they are an absolute necessity to tie elements together, therefore I don’t see them as a crutch.

[@StudioBinder]

For sure, sometimes they can be the ONLY way to tell a story. Just like any technique, it just needs to be handled properly.

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Random questions: How does one make characters more complex or write interesting? What are some subplot ideas?

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Talking about Flashbacks and not including Lost would have been a major L. Kudos!

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Not even mentioning Rashomon is an insult I’ll need at least the rest of this year to recover from

[@Rapscallion2871]

My favourite series of flashbacks in a movie are from Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3.

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Hello do a video about = how to perfectly adapt a book or a novel .

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Where is my favourite narrator. Please bring him, I can't understand properly without him 😢

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Like this topic

[@ConradSpoke]

Diagetic flashbacks (The Bourne Identity) are just fine.

[@BadNessie]

The flashback in Manchester by the Sea is so incredibly powerful, but I really, REALLY want to pull Lonergan's ear for that musical choice that has zero connection to the character whatsoever and therefore couldn't feel more out of place. I'm still angry about this, as it could be so much more with a different soundtrack or even no music at all.

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That opening was a jumpscare

[@huangjun_art]

It's so messed up that David Ayer still gets crap over Suicide Squad. That man made a heartfelt action/drama, and the studio beat it into a comedy to compete with Deadpool. (Though, it's still better than the sequel)

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I don't feel like it was changed to compete with Deadpool, (since Deadpool already came out 6 months before Suicide Squad). The more likely explanation was it was a saving throw to the reaction Batman v Superman got for being too "dark and gritty".

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[@Logically_Fallacious]

I've found the best way of writing flashbacks is by not microdosing some LSD and then days later I don't eat most of the day, the LSD in my fat cells release and I have a trip _again!_ While I do that, resisting the desire to peel that orange I think is probably my face, I use AI dictation to create my latest work. That is: I use flashbacks to write flashbacks! Never fails, except once when I fell down my basement stairs because I thought I was in a land of rainbows, so I walking on a rainbow, and it wasn't... so now I lock myself in a room, like Jar Jar Abrams locked himself in that lighthouse to write his abominations (so just add lens flares to hypnotize the audience... doesn't work cause he got called out on that after his 4th shite movie was burning ppl's retinas). Where is that Spielberg created hack now? Most likely ghost writing the actress hack Spielberg is responsible for too: the West Side Story chick... Idr her name, especially after Y2K showed her to be no different than hundreds of chicks I met in the ghettos of the Bronx when I worked as a FDNY Paramedic. She's worth a dime a dozen dozen dozen dozen, if not less...

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stop using clichees dont do flashbacks

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