March 19, 2024

Movies and Attention Spans

In this day and age with social media, when people watch videos they usually are only about 15 seconds to a minute long. This is how long a typical human can stay attentive to what they are watching without becoming bored. This is a interesting problem that has arrived in the last couple of years and while it has many effects, this post is going to focus on how this shorter attention span effects movies.

24 Season 1

The only man standing between the terrorists and Palmer is Jack Bauer. Jack would easily be able to do his job, if the terrorists hadn’t also captured his family. It’s up to Jack to save his family, and protect Palmer.