Hey, all. I need some advice or opinions.
I'm in the middle stages of completely re-writing a crime/drama/suspense script, and I just finished a table read with some friends yesterday.
We only read the first 50 pages since this current draft is unfinished. (The whole thing should be around 110 or 120 pages when I finish working on it.)
Anyway, I received a lot of feedback (some positive, some negative), and one of my friends commented that he was waiting for a big surprise or action scene of some kind or a faster development of the story.
He said that, although the story kept moving forward, it felt kinda slow-paced, that it didn't start off with a massive hook. (Think of slow-beginning films like Rear Window or Eyes Wide Shut or Alien or The Conversation.)
My question is, what are your thoughts on slower-paced films? Like? Dislike? Would you look forward to this kind of film, or do you find them tedious?
Do you think today's audience and today's producers would accept a well-executed film that takes its time, like Rear Window or Eyes Wide Shut? or am I better off with something more fast-paced like The Fugitive?
Any opinions are welcome.
Thanks,
Bill
I'm in the middle stages of completely re-writing a crime/drama/suspense script, and I just finished a table read with some friends yesterday.
We only read the first 50 pages since this current draft is unfinished. (The whole thing should be around 110 or 120 pages when I finish working on it.)
Anyway, I received a lot of feedback (some positive, some negative), and one of my friends commented that he was waiting for a big surprise or action scene of some kind or a faster development of the story.
He said that, although the story kept moving forward, it felt kinda slow-paced, that it didn't start off with a massive hook. (Think of slow-beginning films like Rear Window or Eyes Wide Shut or Alien or The Conversation.)
My question is, what are your thoughts on slower-paced films? Like? Dislike? Would you look forward to this kind of film, or do you find them tedious?
Do you think today's audience and today's producers would accept a well-executed film that takes its time, like Rear Window or Eyes Wide Shut? or am I better off with something more fast-paced like The Fugitive?
Any opinions are welcome.
Thanks,
Bill
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