Ok, so we're wrapping up the rough cut of The Flight of the Flamingo, and it looks like it's going to be a bit shorter than expected. It's an 85 page script and I'd like to aim for an 80 minute running time, but, at the moment, it's not quite there.
We don't have the time or resources to do any more shooting, so that's out the question. What I'm looking for are creative way that we might be able to increase the running time of the film.
At the moment, one of the things I'm going to work on, is a pre-credit sequence, sort of like at the end of the Hangover which is going to be a montage of 'Missing Dog' posters (the film is about people who steal dogs). I'm going to offer people the chance to send in photos of their dogs in order to have the chance to have their doggy in the film, and then I'll make them into 'Missing Dog' posters and put them up on various iconic landmarks in London.
Does anyone have any experience of this issue? If so, how did you flesh out your movie?
And, even if you've not got experience specifically, do any of your creative minds have any ideas for how we could add some minutes to the film?
We don't have the time or resources to do any more shooting, so that's out the question. What I'm looking for are creative way that we might be able to increase the running time of the film.
At the moment, one of the things I'm going to work on, is a pre-credit sequence, sort of like at the end of the Hangover which is going to be a montage of 'Missing Dog' posters (the film is about people who steal dogs). I'm going to offer people the chance to send in photos of their dogs in order to have the chance to have their doggy in the film, and then I'll make them into 'Missing Dog' posters and put them up on various iconic landmarks in London.
Does anyone have any experience of this issue? If so, how did you flesh out your movie?
And, even if you've not got experience specifically, do any of your creative minds have any ideas for how we could add some minutes to the film?