# How many shots, scenes and sequences in an animated short film and feature film?

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**Created:** [December 9, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318 "2023-12-09T02:34:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amber13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/amber13/32/13807_2.png) [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318/1 "2023-12-09T02:34:50Z")

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The number of shots, scenes and sequence in a animated film, be it a short film or a feature film depends on the style and pacing of the film, though it takes whether hundreds or thousands of drawings and renders (or photographs if it’s stop-motion) to do, How many shots, scenes and sequences are in an animated short film and feature film on average? and how many cuts and transitions are in an animated short film and feature film and cuts per minute and cuts per hour in an animated film?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318/2 "2023-12-09T03:48:41Z")

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[Moderating]  
Please pay attention to what forum you’re in. Moving to CS.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318/3 "2023-12-09T03:50:23Z")

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And “hundreds or thousands” of drawings/renders/photographs? A two-hour animated film would have 172,800 of them.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318/4 "2023-12-09T04:47:57Z")

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I’m not as informed on the technology as I’d like, so, a question: are movies that are recorded digitally or created on computer projected the same way as celluloid?

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**Author:** ![Amber13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/amber13/32/13807_2.png) [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318/5 "2023-12-09T05:00:18Z")

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Yes, they do since a digital film projector still captures frames like an analog film projector does with a film reel.