Work out shooting schedule days instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Shooting days are script pages divided by the daily page rate, rounded up, then spread across the calendar at the chosen days per week. Feature films average two to five pages a day, and the difference between three and four pages changes a schedule by more than a week on a typical script.
Shooting days
days = ceiling(script pages / pages per day)
Calendar span
calendar days = shooting days / days per week x 7
days = ceiling(script pages / pages per day). Shooting days are script pages divided by the daily page rate, rounded up, then spread across the calendar at the chosen days per week.
Feature films average two to five pages a day, and the difference between three and four pages changes a schedule by more than a week on a typical script.
Enter script pages, pages achievable per day, shooting days per week. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.