It was always my thought to organize it as two separate movies. On a
DVD it would be two menu items. On a tape it would be one after the
other with a pause for cuing.

The rational for this is that if these movies are being used for a
class or discussion group then there should be a pause after the movie
for comments by the teacher or facilitator. If it is a class or group
the audience is not just going to get up and leave unless the leader
has no control over the situation.

What you suggest might be useful in two cases. If a library or agency
is making the movie available for check out or if it is just running
continuously unattended. Then Shelia's comments should come right
after the movie and the credits for everything could come after that.

There is plenty of space on a disk or tape for organizing it both ways

As for the credits, from what you are saying, maybe they should run
quickly as they do now for most purposes. A lengthened version would
be more useful for copies that we distribute to people and groups that
cooperated with us.

As for contests I think the credits should not be lengthened because we
don't want to try the patience of the judges.

With respect to contests. I would like to hear member's comments
regarding the judges criticisms on the opening scene. I believe they
thought that the scenes of Ali running go on too long (that the opening
credits go on too long) and that the cuts to Ali running between the
early scenes are over done. In other words does anyone think that we
might improve the movie's chances if the opening credits were shortened
and/or if some or all of the cut scenes were removed?

Erick


On Friday, May 13, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Sue White wrote:

> A quick message for Erick regarding the addition of commentary to "A
> Time To Run";.is it possible to start Sheila Hirsch’s remarks right
> after Ali gets in the escape car? I worry that with such extensive
> credits, the audience will get up and leave before the commentary. I
> would recommend this be done especially on those copies earmarked for
> high schools and similar audiences as well as social agencies who will
> be using ATTR for the benefit of their clients.