The arithmetic every shoot runs on — overtime tiers, page eighths, pages-per-day — as instant calculators. Free, no signup.
Day rates and hourly rates through the standard 8/1.5x/12/2x film OT structure — instant pay breakdowns.
Paste scene lengths (2 2/8 style) to total pages in eighths and estimate shoot days.
Script pages + genre pages-per-day presets → shoot days and calendar weeks.
The crew overtime calculator answers the end-of-day question — what does a 14-hour day actually cost per person? It runs a day rate or hourly rate through the standard film OT structure (straight time to 8, 1.5× to 12, 2× after), the same math Production Slate’s timesheets and payroll apply automatically at wrap. Long days also push tomorrow’s calls later, which is exactly why when to send a call sheet has a right answer.
The script eighths calculator totals scene lengths written the industry way (2 2/8 pages) — the unit explained in what is an eighth of a page — and turns the total into a first shoot-day estimate.
The shooting schedule calculator goes the other direction: total page count plus a realistic pages-per-day preset for your genre gives shoot days and calendar weeks — the sanity check to run before building the stripboard in earnest. When you’re ready to lay the days out, the free stripboard template and the shooting schedule template carry the format, and what is a stripboard in film explains how crews read it.
Prefer not to do the math at all? Production Slate runs these calculations live inside your budget, schedule, and timesheets — start free or grab the free templates.
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