Don't know what I'm doing

>I always use the argument tha a film should be
> the exactly the length you need to tell the
>story you want to tell the way you want to tell
>it. No shorter. No longer. Which is probably why
> my films are always never-ending sprawling
> messes.

ha ha ha! So Im not alone....does this explain why my epic: Circus of the Damned has taken over 5 years to make so far and is looking at a running time of almost 2 hours long so far...?

never ending sprawling mess.....you need discipline....

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Originally posted by richard.fisher:
Eddie, I believe I once read that the cut off between a short and a feature is 55 mins, i.e 54:59 is a short and 55:00 is a feature. although this may have been b/s.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification claims that a short is less than 15 minutes, a short feature is less than 55 minutes, and a feature is more than 55 minutes.

But that might just be an Australian thing.

Most short film festivals i've checked out ask for a maximum 10 minute runtime.