Oddly, the rate of change seems to be a fairly consistent rate of change at around 3 frames per shot per year since 1930[1], with changes like MTV, the reductio

Oddly, the rate of change seems to be a fairly consistent rate of change at around 3 frames per shot per year since 1930[1], with changes like MTV, the reduction of the role of the studio in the 60s and more creative freedom having not much change in the overall rate. Non-English films have also for some reason only had a 40% decrease in shot lengths over the same period. My hunch is that video literacy has increased as people are exposed to video with faster cuts than their parents, and we'll reach a bottom eventually. A rough comparison can be made to the word count of NYT best seller books steadily decreasing.[2] [1]http://cutting.psych.cornell.edu/pubs/cutting&candanProj15.pdf http://cutting.psych.cornell.edu/pubs/cutting&candanProj15.p... [2]https://wordsrated.com/bestselling-books-have-never-been-shorter/ https://wordsrated.com/bestselling-books-have-never-been-sho...