Hmm, ... it appears we may have a temporary change in the pecking order with this film ...


Um, yeah, this was quite shocking for me, but Spike ended up having more screen time than Petrie in this movie, and furthermore, Petrie has the unfortunate distinction of being the first Gang member to fall out of the top five for screen time in a movie.  That said, though, in all fairness, Spike did have a big highlight right at the end where he spoke his first word and then proceeded to deliver the final blow to Ichy and Dil.  He really had a great moment here, but as we know he'll have to wait another four movies before his true spotlight comes.

Aside from Littlefoot's grandparents, the Gang's other families were absent from this film entirely, so this one felt relatively empty compared to the previous films.  Grandma Longneck gets more screen time than her mate this time around because of Grandpa being ill for most of the film.

And now, the top three, and I'm sure this may come as a BIG surprise ...
                                                      
                                                                                                         

Cera only just barely got into the top three, beating Ducky by only seven seconds.  Cera thus wins her second Bronze while Ducky falls out of the top three for the first time. It seems the two girls are really going at each other in their battle for second place on the overall leaderboard.

However, the BIG one here is Ali.  She really had the potential to be an excellent guest character, and the filmmakers made sure to do just that, giving her so much screen time that even Cera and Ducky were not able to keep up with her.  As such, Ali wins the Silver in her first and only appearance.

Littlefoot seemed to be almost everywhere once again, and thus he takes his fourth Gold in a row by a margin of almost ten minutes.  It only seems fitting that we have two Longnecks in the top two positions for this film, but I'm sure things will go right back to normal in the next one.

Stay tuned as we await Chomper's return in The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island!

My screen time results for the second movie are in!  Some of the main characters took hours each, but all that work has paid off.


Okay, I know you're gonna say why didn't I include all those babies that appeared at the end, but I only decided to include the baby Swimmers and count them as Ducky's siblings, as Spike has no known relatives and I don't believe Petrie had any additional siblings after the first movie.

Topps and Mama Swimmer ended up being tied at 1 minute, 35 seconds each, but I couldn't decide on the countback factor, although in the future event of a tie, I'll rank them based on how many lines of dialogue they have.  Granted, many of the shots with adult characters left me feeling rather uncertain, so I only counted shots including those who I KNEW for a FACT were the Gang's family members.

We ended up with a couple of very close ones.  Ozzy just barely edged out Chomper by six seconds to take the #6 spot, while Petrie took the #4 slot by only 14 seconds from Spike.

And now, let's take a look at the top three!
                                             
                                                                                                 
Well, well, after Ducky shockingly beat Cera for the silver in the original movie, Cera has bounced back to claim the silver over Ducky in the second movie by almost a minute.   

And unsurprisingly, Littlefoot once again wins the Screen Time Gold by a long shot with a margin of just under ten minutes!    Of course, though, I'm sure a number of the sequels (but not all of them) will see him take the top spot by a mile because the series mostly tends to visualize the story through his perspective.  At the rate we're going right now, if I were to show the overall leaderboard (which I'm not going to do so as to avoid spoilers for the end of the project), Littlefoot would have a massive lead in overall screen time after just two movies, but we still have twelve more to go.

Up next, we delve into The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving!

Okay, everyone.  After thoroughly analyzing the movie frame-by-frame multiple times and having to re-watch infamous, cringe-worthy scenes (some of them no less than five times), I have the results for each character's screen time for the original Land Before Time!

Fair warning: I ended up discovering a startling surprise that may make us all never look at this movie the same way again ...






No, your eyes are not deceiving you.  Even I thought for a moment that Vegas Pro had left me cross-eyed, but the editing system speaks nothing but the truth ...

Ducky has more screen time than Cera!  MORE THAN TWO MINUTES no less! 

Even though Ducky was formally introduced to the audience much later than Cera, the Threehorn's absence from most of the final battle coupled with Ducky being the bait for Sharptooth essentially allowed the Swimmer to overtake the Threehorn for second place in screen time.

Rooter was on screen for only 73 seconds, but that was all he needed to deliver his powerful message about the great Circle of Life.

I was honestly expecting slightly bigger numbers for Sharptooth, but given that a big chunk of scenes ended up being cut from the movie, I guess it's no wonder his screen time was cut down to just over 4 minutes.

As for the siblings, those are credited as a combination of the siblings from each of the Gang's families.  The only reason I counted them was because they are related to the main characters, even though Cera's siblings will never be seen again (their shared combination of 14 seconds ALL during Cera's hatching scene, shockingly).  Ducky's siblings never really become supporting characters, either, but we know very well that Petrie's siblings eventually will. 

Littlefoot's grandparents were just utterly confusing throughout the time I studied their scenes.  This is actually the only film in the series where they have the scientifically correct coloring (based on gender), as these were mysteriously swapped out from the second movie onward.  Their numbers were simply based on assumption after I decided to go with my gut.

Of course, though, Littlefoot is unsurprisingly far ahead of everyone, his screen time almost doubling that of the runner-up.  It should be noted, though, that most of the movie was essentially being seen through his perspective, so it should come as no surprise that Littlefoot the fearless Longneck leader of the Gang starts off the series seated on the throne as Screen Time King.  The question is, though, will he stay up there throughout the entire series given just how many sequels there are?

That's all for now, though.  I'll see you later with my next post, where we dissect the characters' screen time in The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure! 

Hey, everyone.  After such a disastrous 2022, I knew I had to do something to bring a productive start to 2023 with the Stone of Cold Fire VO project still pretty much in a state of limbo.  I recently watched a video by MovieFlame showing how much screen time each Harry Potter character got in the films versus how many times they were mentioned in the books, and this inspired me to start my own screen time experiment, only here I'll be giving it a shot with Land Before Time characters!

We all know how the original Gang of Five tend to be ranked (Littlefoot, of course, being their fearless leader, followed by Cera, then Ducky, Petrie, and finally Spike), but this had me wondering, how relevant is each character, and does their screen time match up with how they are generally ranked?  This would especially be questionable for at least a few of the sequels since Cera, whom is considered the #2 member of the Gang, has never been the central focus of ANY of the 14 films, and we have at least one film focused on Ducky and Spike, and two films focused on Petrie.

The way I'm going to be doing this is that I am going to add up every single frame which a particular character is on screen and see how much it adds up on the editing system (that being Vegas Pro). I will then rank each character based on how much screen time they got.  I am likely going to split this project into 15 separate parts, in which I focus on each of the 14 films, and then wrap it all up by adding up all the films together and rank each character based on their total screen time throughout the entire film series.

There are a few certain criteria I'll be using here.  Unnamed background dinosaurs who have no dialogue will NOT count (unless it's a character who becomes notable in a later movie, such as most of the Gang's families in the first movie who become major supporting characters later in the series).  Certain sequel Sharpteeth may count if they come into conflict with the main cast of children on one or more notable occasions.

I'm honestly curious to see what results I get, and I'm sure there might be a few surprises here and there.  I can't wait to share whatever surprises I end up finding! 

I'll follow this up with a post later this week with the results I get for character screen time for the original movie!  I seriously doubt the first movie will have any wild, shocking surprises, but you never know.

Anyways, have a nice day, and I'll see you later! 

Thank you!

Hi, everyone! I have some good news!

We successfully installed Windows 11 on our new PC build, and this SSD raid was so outrageously fast that we got ALL our non-gaming stuff installed within the first day! That happened to include Vegas Pro 18 through my Steam account, and after a thorough check over, I can confirm that the VO project is 100% intact and ready to be greenlit again!

Hey, everyone. Since activity on this section has died down in recent months, I thought I'd share a little demo showcasing a few partially completed scenes with some of the completed roles just to amp up the interest again.  Littlefoot1616 and I had a nice chat and he thought this was a good idea to reignite the hype.  Here's two and a half minutes of Littlefoot1616 and I having some fun as Petrie and Pterano! 


https://vimeo.com/722837791

Some roles are still open for anyone who wants to try out.  Click here to see which characters are still available. https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=17122.0

Happy Star Day!

It's been forever since I lasted posted some art here. This may have mostly been 3D model posing with an LBT character later painted in the foreground, but I'm counting it anyway because it's an LBT character!

So, here it is. My favorite LBT character meets my namesake and all-time favorite fictional character! Me hope you like it! 

"Petrie, are you feeling okay? Did something happen between you and your friends today?"

  "Me no wanna talk about it, Mom!"