“Unveiling the Truth: Is Your Script’s Page Count the Secret to Hollywood’s Heart—or Just a Myth?”
Before you roll your eyes and scoff (or bring up some Academy Award-winning script that you saw online, which had 160 pages), there are reasons why page counts matter:
- The more pages there are the more production necessary (i.e. MORE MONEY THEY HAVE TO SPEND)
- The more pages there are the longer the running time of the eventual film (i.e. LESS SCREENINGS FOR THEATRICAL RELEASES, WHICH TRANSLATES TO FEWER TICKETS SOLD)
- “Wait, but so many movies are going directly to streaming channels, so that doesn’t matter…” Sure it does. Streamers want movies that people will click on and view. Many people don’t want to watch a 2.75-3+ movie… even at home (insert eye roll towards the mass audience).
- The more pages there are coming from a newb can mean the writer doesn’t know general guidelines and expectations.
- The more pages there are coming from a newb means the story is likely overwritten and not worth the time compared to another writer that knows pace count matters (at least to Hollywood)
As you can hopefully see, there are viable reasons why a script’s page count matters.
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