Representing a developing relationship

[Shindig]

That'll come in handy.  I've got a montage in my current script.

[ScriptNurse]

I don't think a montage is used very often, so it's not clichéd. This is the generally-accepted format:

MONTAGE

A) Hitler enthusiastically making a speech at a rally

B) Chamberlain arriving from Berlin - "Peace for our time"

C) German troops invading Poland

Technically-speaking, I have seen it both ways, that is MONTAGE: and MONTAGE (with and without a trailing colon). Either is acceptable.

Where possible, only indicate the style of music, but not the song.

[kabuki]

I would say you have waaaay too many shots and ought to be able to do it in about 6 scenes as you have plenty here foprm which to choose.

Thought that might be the case - thanks. But you don't think the "montage approach" is too cliched, right? And is it formatted correctly? And finally - is it up to me as scriptwriter to define which song, or the musical style for the background here?

[ScriptNurse]

I would say you have waaaay too many shots and ought to be able to do it in about 6 scenes as you have plenty here foprm which to choose.

[kabuki]

I'm working on my script, A Cry of Shadows. In the story, set in the 2nd World War, an American law student (John Adamson) falls in love with a Japanese nurse, Kiyomi, who had lived in the US since she was 8 and regarded herself as an American. Because of the public anti-Japanese feeling immediately following Pearl Harbor, Adamson is forced into a number of dilemmas which I won't go into here. My problem is...what is a good way of showing a developing relationship between two people in a relatively short space of time? The idea I had was to present this as a montage of shots, probably with some kind of musical accompaniment, but I'm worried this might be a bit cliched. Also, if I go ahead with a montage sequence, is it correct to set it out as a list of shots with the heading "MONTAGE"?
I would welcome any comments / suggestions / criticisms etc...

Here's the montage as I have drafted it:

MONTAGE:

There is a montage of scenes, during which the relationship
between ADAMSON and KIYOMI develops. The scenes are as follows, in this order:

1. Adamson and Kiyomi drink coffee together in the hospital   coffee bar.

2. Adamson researches in the University library.

3. The couple at a drive-in movie.

4. Adamson has his facial dressing removed, revealing a
scar where Collingwood had attacked him.

5. Kiyomi and Adamson enjoy a romantic candlelit dinner
at a restaurant.

6. Kiyomi attends to patients in the ward of the hospital.

7. Adamson sits in class listening - not very
attentively -  to Jeffries lecturing.

8. The couple out for a walk in the park, feeding ducks,
having a nice time.

9. Adamson sits in Court, follows a case and makes notes.

10. Kiyomi and Adamson argue at a football game.

11. Kiyomi helps out in the operating theater.

12. The couple hold hands and look into each others' eyes, they are in the hospital coffee bar.

END OF MONTAGE