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Shooting Schedule Days Calculator

Work out shooting schedule days instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Shooting Schedule Days Calculator

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.

Formulas

Shooting days

days = ceiling(script pages / pages per day)

Calendar span

calendar days = shooting days / days per week x 7

Worked example

With the default values below, Shooting Schedule Days Calculator returns Shooting days needed of 32. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Script pagesminimum 1
110
Pages achievable per dayminimum 0.1
3.5
Shooting days per weekaccepts 1–7
5

Results

Shooting days needed
32
Shooting weeks
6.40
Calendar days from start to wrap
45
Non-shooting days in that span
13

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Shooting days
  3. 3Calendar span
  4. 4Shooting days needed= 32
  5. 5Shooting weeks= 6.40
  6. 6Calendar days from start to wrap= 45
  7. 7Non-shooting days in that span= 13

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Shooting Schedule Days figure worked out?

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.

Why does this matter?

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.

What do I need to enter?

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.

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