How many pages is a 1 hour movie script

‘How long should my movie script be?’ is a question many beginner screenwriters ask, and it’s an important one because it can impact your script’s marketability. 

Below I explain why script size matters, reveal the ideal page range, and give tips on how to stay within that range.

One Page = One Minute

Being a blueprint for a feature film, a screenplay’s length is related to a target running time.

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There are practical, real-world reasons for this because the film industry is just that: an industry. This is why feature scripts have to follow specific formatting.

Producers, financiers and studio execs will need to read your script and be able to project how much money it’s going to cost and how long everything’s going to take to shoot.

This is one of the main reasons for the “one page = one minute” rule that industry standard formatting makes possible: each page of a screenplay should represent one minute of screen time on film.

The Average Page Range for a Screenplay

The average page range for a screenplay is between 90 to 120 pages.

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