Let’s look at scene length in episode 1.
Scene
ACT 1
- 0.45 – 2.36 (1.51)
- 2.36 – 3.25 (0.49)
- 3.25 – 4.24 (0.59)
- 4.24 – 5.21 Strike and Phipps (0.57)
- 5.21 – 6.34 Strike and Robin (1.13)
- 6.34 – 8.55 Strike, aunt and uncle (2.21)
- 8.55 – 10.59 Robin and Max. (2.04)
- 10.59 – 12.06 Robin, Matthew on the phone (1.07)
- 12.06 – 13.55 Strike and Lucy (1.49)
- 13.55 – 15.03 Robin (1.08)
- 15.03 – 16.34 Strike (1.31)
- 16.34 – 17.05 Strike and Robin (0.31)
Total scenes under 1 minute: 4
Total scenes over 1 minute: 6
Total scenes over 2 minutes: 2
Total scenes over 3 minutes: 0
Total number of scenes: 12
ACT 2
- 17.05 – 20.26 Strike, Robin, Anna Phipps (3.21)
- 20.26 – 21.26 Strike and Robin (1.00)
- 21.27 – 23.20 Strike and Robin visit Margot’s co-worker (1.53)
- 23.20 – 24.20 Flashback – absent of protagonists (1.00)
- 24.20 – 26.22 Continue flashback. (2.02)
- 26.22 – 27.34 Continue scene 15 (1.12)
- 27.34 – 28.17 Continue flashback (0.43)
- 28.17 – 28.49 Cont. scene 15. (0.32)
- 28.49 – 29.51 Cont. flashback (1.02)
- 29.51 – 30.54 Cont. scene 15 (1.03)
Total scenes under 1 minute: 2
Total scenes over 1 minute: 6
Total scenes over 2 minutes: 1
Total scenes over 3 minutes: 1
Total number of scenes: 10
Act 3
- 30.54 – 32.30 Strike, Robin, Pat (1.36)
- 32.30 – 33.20 Strike & shop assistant (0.50)
- 33.20 – 34.30 Strike & Robin (1.10)
- 34.30 – 37.32 Strike, Robin, D.I. Layborn (3.02)
- 37.32 – 38.37 Flashback to old police interview. (absent of protags) (1.05)
- 38.37 – 40.35 Strike, Robin, Layborn (0.58)
- 40.35 – 41.05 Flashback (protags absent) (0.30)
- 41.05 – 41.26 Cont scene 26 (0.21)
- 41.26 – 41.38 Cont scene 29 (0.12)
- 41.38 – 42.52 Strike, Robin and D.I Layborn (1.14)
- 42.52 – 46.48 Strike and D.I. Talbot. (3.56)
- 46.48 – 49.34 Strike and his brother (2.46)
- 49.34 – 50.25 Strike (0.51)
- 50.25 – 53.32 Strike and Robin (3.07)
- 53.32 – 57.32 Strike, Robin and D.I Layborn rewatch murder footage. (4.00)
Total scenes under 1 minute: 6
Total scenes over 1 minute: 4
Total scenes over 2 minutes: 1
Total scenes over 3 minutes: 4
Total number of scenes: 15
EPISODE 1:
Total scenes under 1 minute: 12
Total scenes over 1 minute: 16
Total scenes over 2 minutes: 4
Total scenes over 3 minutes: 5
Total number of scenes: 37
Overall, what can we notice?
First, Act 1 is 16.20 mins, Act 2 is 13.49 mins, and Act 3 is 26.38, so Act 3 is by far the longest act.
Secondly, the longest scenes are in Act 3.
In Act 1, the longest scene is 2.21 and no scenes are over 3 minutes.
Act 2 opens with a scene that is 3.21. In Act 2 only one scene is over 3 minutes.
Act 3 has four scenes over 3 minutes, and the longest scene is the final scene, which is 4 minutes.
Do you notice any patterns in the scene structure of this episode?
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