{"id":1935,"date":"2009-11-03T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2009-11-03T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T10:05:36","slug":"a-european-observation-about-american-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/a-european-observation-about-american-film\/","title":{"rendered":"A European Observation about American Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1937 lazyload\" title=\"Computer Magazine\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/178-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Computer Magazine\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1937\" title=\"Computer Magazine\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/178-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Computer Magazine\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Excerpt taken from <\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviescopemag.com\/\">movieScope Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">, Issue 14 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are interesting reasons for the global dominance of American movies, like the fact that they generally have less dialogue than their European counterparts, and their scenes are shorter than those in most EU movies. This has the psychological effect of giving the movie greater impact on the audience-visual storytelling plays into the nature of &#8216;seeing&#8217;-we believe what we see-and also by leaving gaps-cutting the beginning and end from scenes, which does wonders to improve the pacing of the film. We, the audience, fill in those gaps and that makes us feel good about watching the movie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All good lessons from a European observer. \u00a0Are you showing and not telling in your script? \u00a0Are you allowing the audience\/script reader an opportunity to &#8220;fill in the gaps&#8221; and be more personally engaged in the story? \u00a0If not you are missing some of the qualities that make a script great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are interesting reasons for the global dominance of American movies.  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