Feb 4, 2019 · Last week, I published my analysis of 12,309 feature film screenplays and the scores they each received from professional script readers. A byproduct of that research was that I had a large number of data points on a whole bunch of screenplays. This allowed me to look at what the average screenplay contains. Hopefully, this research will prove useful to writers, producers and directors looking ...

Feb 18, 2019 · Last week on Twitter I was asked about the average director's career and how many directors get to make a second film.

Jul 27, 2022 · Comedian Jess Robinson and film industry expert Stephen Follows take an in-depth and entertaining look at the business side of movies and TV.

Feb 12, 2018 · A few years ago, I looked at what genres are disproportionately popular with cinema audiences around the world. We learned that Italians enjoyed more comedies, that Asian nations love action, Europeans love drama and that …

Aug 8, 2016 · At the start of last year I performed a big research project into the film industry press, and so I was able to analyse my cache of 239,720 industry headlines for uses of the terms film and movie. The results were very similar, with four times as many headlines featuring film than those using movie. The UK-based publication Screen International used the term movie very infrequently (in just ...

Jan 13, 2025 · During the 20th century, the average age of leading movie actors was fairly static. But in the past few decades, it's risen considerably - why?

I use data to understand how the film industry works and then share that to help filmmakers get their films funded, shot and seen. Click to read StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry, by Stephen Follows, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Jul 3, 2017 · Last week, I experienced the latest Transformers movie. The constant fast-paced action and frenetic editing got me thinking just how many shots were in that movie.

Dec 18, 2024 · Daniel Parris' great data dive into who's the greatest movie actor of all time and why.

Oct 14, 2013 · In last week's blog I published the figures for how much the UK Film Industry has earned in revenue over the last 15 years. A couple of people expressed surprise that the rental market used to provide as much as 20% of the total income a feature film could earn.