Editing up a storm here! It's been really instructive, I've been learning a lot about production of all things: what worked on set and what didn't. Some of the stuff I was really worried about turned out to be no problem. Some stuff I thought would be no problem turned out to have some little challenges to solve. Most of it cuts together like butter, which is no doubt the result of proper preparation and pre-visualization, not to mention a great cast and crew.
I've also been tracking some interesting stats like page count vs. run-time. The rule of thumb is that 1 page of script equals about 1 minute of runtime; however, I've heard that dialog tends to run fast. It seems that 1/2 way through the edit it's pretty close to 1 page per minute despite the dialog heavy nature of the film. Take a look:
APPROXIMATE RUNTIMES BY SCENE
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01 13:50 15.5 pages
03 06:05 06.1 pages
06 13:29 16.5 pages
07 05:57 08.1 pages
12 05:38 05.7 pages
13 03:40 03.7 pages
14 02:00 01.7 pages
17 01:57 02.3 pages
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TRT 52:36 59.6 pages
So we're looking at an average of .88 minutes per page (53 seconds) or an error of 1.2% per page. For 130 pages it looks like the total runtime is 114 minutes if the same pace holds for the balance of the film, right in the standard 90~120 minute feature length. Depending on how additional photography goes, we may see 120 minutes... or if we cut scenes down, we may be closer to 90 minutes. The nice thing is that we have options to play with.
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