Screenwriting : Formatting a daydream sequence by Susan Holtzer

Simply solved. Go to GOOGLE and search for Walter Mitty Screenplay PDF http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Secret_Life_of_Walter_MItty,The.pdf

I'd just use (TRANSITION) - WALTER MITTY DAYDREAM format content of scene normally then when over - (TRANSITION) WALTER MITTY DAYDREAM OVER or DAYDREAM OVER. I use Final Draft though. I would set-up the daydream sequence with a blank stare, a puzzled look or something in normal format action sequence when doing so. I don't think its necessary to be "off the nose" when setting up a daydream sequence. I wouldn't worry about being "off the nose" when bringing the character out of the daydream sequence either. Peace out and good luck.

There's a few ways of doing it and it tends to depend on the length of the daydream/hallucination. If it's just a moment then it can easily thread into action narrative ie; As CJ enters his forum message he pauses for a moment and imagines his username reads Craphands. He carries on typing. If it's longer than that then it looks good to wrap it with slugs in a similar vein to Michael's advice. Can be whatever you want such as DAYDREAM at the start and END DAYDREAM at the end. If it's effectively a scene in itself then you may as well go whole hog and format it as such. So it would just be a normal scene slug but with something like DAYDREAM affixed ie INT. WHITE ROOM - DAYDREAM and then the next slug may be affixed with something like REALITY if it isn't clear we've switched back.

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The Hollywood Standard by Christopher Riley

Thanks, folks. I'm thinking now I'll simply format it the way you do a flashback. It's more or less the same in terms of the screenplay -- a sequence that's outside of the ongoing narrative. Does that make sense?

What CJ said (again) and you can hunt down the script for HIGH FIDELITY online for some actual examples.

Format it as a new scene but with "DAYDREAM" at the end of the scene heading and clearly indicate "END OF DAYDREAM" at the end.