I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At this stage, what would be rewarding would be for audiences to want to watch.
There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes.
When we first started, everything was animated, everything was comedy, and there was really nothing that was longer than about two minutes, because that's all audiences would watch.
If the audience, in minute 50, is thinking about the way a movie is shot, there's a problem. I want it to permeate emotionally.
As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.
I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.
I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.
A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.
If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten.