February 14, 2011 10:49:14
Posted By P & L Blog
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I recently spoke to someone preparing an estimate to produce a 20 minute film. One of the components that she needed to include was the cost of translating the script from English to Spanish. The only problem was that the script hadn't been written yet, but I was able to give her a number for the estimate. If you find yourself in this situation, you can roughly calculate the number of words that your script will have. Here's how: Speech Count
For a twenty minute script, there would be approximately 3400 words. This does not take into account pauses or scenes when there is no voiceover, but it gives you something to work with.
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