We all know that Hollywood makes the best movies in the world. We also know a great movie comes from a great screenplay. That’s why many movie industries all over the world try to attain Hollywood standard. Nollywood is not an exception.

However, there are certain things from Hollywood screenplays that can’t just work in Nollywood, at least for now. They may be in the same business of filmmaking, but there are differences due to our peculiar outlook and environment. Here are 5 tips from successful Hollywood screenplays that may not succeed in Nollywood:

#1. The number of pages.
A page is equal to one minute of screen time in a screenplay. According to John August, a screenplay should be between 110 and 120 pages. Although it’s not compulsory, it makes the script have a professional feel.

In Nollywood, the shorter the screenplay, the better and the faster you get to sell it. An average Nollywood movie runs for one hour, thirty minutes, which means 90 pages. But most movies, especially the low budget ones, run far lesser than that. And most of our movies are low budget. In fact, they don’t have more than 60 or 65 pages. So if you want to sell your screenplay in Nollywood, don’t go and write one million pages.

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