How Long Does It Take Your To Read A Screenplay

[Ty T]

I was wondering how long it takes someone to read a screenplay. You know compared to a book. It doesn't take me very long to read it.

[MrJayVee]

Obviously, it all depends how fast a person can read and comprehend. I know people who will read a 110-page screenplay in about 45 minutes. Some people can take a couple hours (in one sitting) or more. But in general, in one sitting, probably about 90 minutes is average.

[joecalabre]

120 page script about 100 minutes. If I'm giving notes, then about 2 and half to 4 hours.

[scripter1]

If I'm reading a script for fun/learning then it takes me about.......



sorry had to change a diaper.
As I was saying.
I can get your average script read in .....


sorry again, someone got stuck in a closet.
Where was I?
Oh, last one I read I finished in.......





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Shiloh! Turn the water off.




ohhhhh no, the tub just overflowed!



3 days.

[Writing Again]

I read them far too fast.

I enjoy reading screenplays. That is my problem. I want to study the screenplay as I read it: Learn something, master a new technique, study how an effect was created.

Suddenly I've finished the script. I can view it in my head, whether I've ever seen the movie or not, but for the life of me I can't remember how the writer handled this or that or something else.

I've tried reading scripts the second or third time -- It doesn't help -- I forget I'm there to study.

So I've read one more script without learning a single thing.