lights up

[Topstudent]

I'm writing a script:

Joel enters his bedroom. He goes to the window and looks out, then pulls down the blinds and goes to his bed, when suddenly something lights up behind him. He turns his head, moves to the window, and opens the blinds to see... light outside.

Is 'lights up' correct here?

 

[emsr2d2]

What do you mean by "goes to his bed"? If you mean he walks towards it, with his back to the window, then yes, I suppose you could say that. It really depends on what the source of the light is too.

 

[Amigos4]

Suggestion: I would use "flashes" instead of "lights up".

 

[jutfrank]

I say no, it's probably not correct. What do you mean exactly?

 

[Topstudent]

I say no, it's probably not correct. What do you mean exactly?

Someone/Something has triggered the motion sensor lights outside his house.

 

[Amigos4]

He goes to the window and looks out, then pulls down the blinds and goes to his bed, when suddenly something lights up behind him. He turns his head, moves to the window, and opens the blinds to see... light outside.

How will the director know what you want to "light up"?

 

[jutfrank]

Someone/Something has triggered the motion sensor lights outside his house.

Then why not say that?

As an intransitive verb, we normally use 'light up' like this:

The sky lights up.
The room lights up.
Her face lights up.

Do you see? It's not the source of the light that is the normally the subject of the verb when it's intransitive.

 

[emsr2d2]

If it's the motion sensor lights, just say that.