Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It's the easiest thing to do in prose, not just by writing 'four years later', but you can shift time in a sentence or two.

Mark Boal (born 1973) is an American journalist screenwriter and film producer. The phrase has been used among military members for decades. He wrote an essay in Rolling Stone about US troops killing Afghan civilians.

Mark Boal (born 1973) is an American journalist screenwriter and film producer. He won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture for The Hurt Locker (2009).