JBM2005's definitions
a scene in a movie that doesn't advance the plot. usually involves no dialogue or a music montage... to add time to the movie for it to match the length of a feature film (90 minute quota)
a good example is in Horror movies, where a character will enter a long dark hallway and it leads to a few minutes of nothing but a dark shot of "dead air" with no dialogue and little suspense... leading up to a small 'jump scare' from wind blowing a door shut.
a good example is in Horror movies, where a character will enter a long dark hallway and it leads to a few minutes of nothing but a dark shot of "dead air" with no dialogue and little suspense... leading up to a small 'jump scare' from wind blowing a door shut.
Guy says: "that was total script filler, nothing significant came out of that 4 minute scene"
"i could have skipped that scene and not missed anything important to the plot"
"i could have skipped that scene and not missed anything important to the plot"
by JBM2005 April 18, 2012
Get the Script Fillermug.