Dialogue Pace / Pages-Per-Minute
Convert script page count to estimated runtime based on genre pacing, dialogue density, and words per minute. More precise than the standard one-page-per-minute rule.
Estimated Runtime
1h 50m
110.0 minutes
Script Pages
110.0
~27,500 words
Dialogue Time
110.0 min
16,500 words at 150 wpm
Action / Visual Time
0.0 min
40% of script
Same Script at Different Paces
Drama
1h 50m(1 pp/m)
Comedy
1h 40m(1.1 pp/m)
Action
2h 9m(0.85 pp/m)
Horror
2h 2m(0.9 pp/m)
Thriller
1h 45m(1.05 pp/m)
Romance
1h 50m(1 pp/m)
Sorkin / Walk-and-Talk
1h 19m(1.4 pp/m)
Mumblecore / Slow Cinema
2h 37m(0.7 pp/m)
Documentary Narration
2h 18m(0.8 pp/m)
Animation
2h 27m(0.75 pp/m)
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