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For half an hour minus commercials, I'd say around 20 pages. For an hour minus commercials, 40 pages. If you're writing something for a network like HBO, you don't need to worry about commercials. In any case, try to stick to the page per minute rule.
I'm new in scriptwriting and I'm writing short script to practice. I just wondering, how many pages is the minimum pages in short story to be accepted in SS. I write 5 pages short story and submitted to SS and I dont hear anything until now. perhaps my scripts is not long enough to be displayed in SS. I notice that most short script ini here are about 20 pages long. But I just wondering can I send 5 pages story and how many is the minimum.
There is no minimum. I've seen scripts on here that are only two or three pages. I don't know what happened to your script, but as far as I know there is no minimum for shorts.
Hi, I have a question about he length of scrips for TV, namely for episodes of cartoon shows.
I have searched and read previous answers on here but my questions never seems to have been fully addressed, i.e. exactly how many pages for a 21 minutes cartoon - actually an episode of South Park. (this of course is 21 mins after the commercials & titles have been removed). I have seen two different answers on here, one that says a minute a page and one that says 30 seconds a page but double spaced and I am not sure that either one is correct.
My problem is that there does not seem to be any original South Park scripts available anywhere online, most are transcripts or HTML versions that do not have page numbers and when copied and pasted into Word the formatting goes titsup and it would take all day to re-format. But what what i have seen it appears that an episode of South Park is written in the same format as a movie screenplay and appears to be 42 pages - exactly 30secs - I was wondering if this seems correct to anyone, does anyone have any other information that may help?
I'm not overly familiar with the TV format, but I do remember reading somewhere that the page counts are usually higher. Like 35-40 pages for a 22 minute script.
I don't think that's timed at 30 seconds and double spaced though, just additional material.
See if you can find one of the Office scripts posted in the Series section. I think that's where I saw it.
It also depends on the spacing of the script. For example, The Simpsons have dialogue that is double-spaced, so the script runs 35-38 pages long. You'll have to find out if South Park has the same standard, or if they single-space the dialogue.
As for 1-hour scripts, you are looking at around 50-60 pages, depending on the show runner and what his\her preferences are. For example, Firefly scripts run around 55 pages, even though the show runs 41-45 minutes.
Finally, there are different formats for The Simpsons and South Park (for example, I believe The Simpsons bold their scene headings... not sure what South Park does)
Sorry Shelton I have to take the star back from you and give it to Tierney_Cat!
41 pages for 21 minutes and formatted just like a movie script - seems weird don't it? Not sure how that works - I guess just because it is all quick dialogue and little else.
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