Position of Now in sentence?

[Topstudent]

On the camera feed from the living room, Jack sees the man and woman sitting at the dinner table eating dinner.

Jack fast-forwards a bit.

Now the man and woman sit on the couch watching TV.

(I wrote this)

Is the position of 'now' appropriate in the sentence or would you place it after 'woman'?

 

[5jj]

It's OK at the beginning, but I'd say 'are sitting'.

 

[jutfrank]

As 5jj has suggested, there's an important semantic difference between 'sit' (an active verb) and 'be sitting' (a stative verb). The first means 'going from a standing position to a seated position'. I don't think you mean that, right?

Anyway, what is this sentence? Is a stage direction for a screenplay? If so, the word 'now' is out of place. What exactly do you mean by 'now'?

 

[Topstudent]

As 5jj has suggested, there's an important semantic difference between 'sit' (an active verb) and 'be sitting' (a stative verb). The first means 'going from a standing position to a seated position'. I don't think you mean that, right?

Anyway, what is this sentence? Is a stage direction for a screenplay? If so, the word 'now' is out of place. What exactly do you mean by 'now'?

Screenplay. Jack is watching footage from a house where a crime takes place later. He fast-forwards the footage, so I use 'now' to tell what's on screen at the moment he has fast-forwarded to.