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Running Time of a DVD film
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSwissFilm
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Hello

Today I prepared a DVD to contribute. Backcover tells 95 minutes and it runs also 95 minutes, but:

At 91:33 all end credits are over and the music stopped. From then for 3 1/2 minutes just black screen, empty, no sound nothing. I don't know why they put 3 1/2 minutes with nothing than black screen at the end of the film. I decided the film is 92 minutes and not 95 minutes. What do you think about this?

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorJimmy S
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I guess not everybody will agree with me but I would do the same as you do. The extra time is a screwup from the company who did the DVD authoring and had nothing to do with the film itself.
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We've had such a case before and if I remember correctly, it was OK to go with the actual ending time of the movie.

Just note in your notes why the running time differs from the DVD track length so that the next guy won't undo your work because he doesn't know better.
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We've had such a case before and if I remember correctly, it was OK to go with the actual ending time of the movie.

I'm guessing you are refering to the thread about The Deadly Spawn. I wouldn't say that there was any clear consensus.
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I guess not everybody will agree with me but I would do the same as you do. The extra time is a screwup from the company who did the DVD authoring and had nothing to do with the film itself.

Agreed.
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I guess not everybody will agree with me but I would do the same as you do. The extra time is a screwup from the company who did the DVD authoring and had nothing to do with the film itself.

Agreed.

Also agreed
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
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I also agree.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorbigdaddyhorse
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I've done this on a title or 2 in the past and those got accepted. I pointed it out in my notes just in case, so I definitely agree.
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Sorry, but I have to disagree.

The running time of the Feature is the time it takes from the very first second to the very last.
No matter what (or in this case "if") there is to be seen.

Otherwise the next discussion round will be on "Is the End-Crawl part of the film?" After all in the very most cases nothing happens there at all.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorJimmy S
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Otherwise the next discussion round will be on "Is the End-Crawl part of the film?

I don't see why a discusion would happen about that. The end credits are part of film, always been always will.
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I guess not everybody will agree with me but I would do the same as you do. The extra time is a screwup from the company who did the DVD authoring and had nothing to do with the film itself.


I agree!

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Otherwise the next discussion round will be on "Is the End-Crawl part of the film?

I don't see why a discusion would happen about that. The end credits are part of film, always been always will.


I agree with this, too.
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Otherwise the next discussion round will be on "Is the End-Crawl part of the film?

I don't see why a discusion would happen about that. The end credits are part of film, always been always will.


The problem is how we define "End of Film".
Just observe the average visitor in a cinema, they leave as soon as the end-credits start.

Just try to tell them that the film isn't over yet
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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Otherwise the next discussion round will be on "Is the End-Crawl part of the film?

I don't see why a discusion would happen about that. The end credits are part of film, always been always will.


The problem is how we define "End of Film".
Just observe the average visitor in a cinema, they leave as soon as the end-credits start.

Just try to tell them that the film isn't over yet


What if, hypothetically, a DVD ran for 90 more minutes after the last credit rolled at 90 minutes. You'd really make the running time 180 minutes?
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While I personally wouldn't... I can see how some would see it that way.
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If it fades to black with no audio or video after that point then I would consider it THE END.

But if there is an easter egg or something hidden after the end credits I would include it in the running time.
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