Writing specs
| Page count: | 5 pages |
| Quantity of locations: | No restrictions — but, due to the pandemic, keeping the quantity of locations small is advised (one physical location per shooting day) |
| Quantity of characters: | No restrictions |
| Children: | Yes |
| Animals: | Yes |
| Weapons: | Yes |
| Sexual intimacy: | Yes – but an intimacy coordinator may be required for certain scenes |
| COVID restrictions: | No blanket restrictions on writing, but be mindful of tips for writing during a pandemic and a COVID script breakdown will be required on an early draft to anticipate safety concerns. |
Production specs
| Locations per day: | 1 location – no company moves in the middle of a production day |
| Distance to location: | Must shoot inside the studio zone |
| Shooting days: | 2 days |
| Pick-up days: | No |
| Length of workday: | 12 hours, plus an hour for lunch |
| Call time: | No call times before 6AM, with a minimum turnaround of 10 hours |
| Company wrap: | No later than 12AM |
| Night shoots: | No |
| FIST agreement: | Yes |
| COVID protocols: | Yes |
Data allocation
| Final page count: | 5 pages |
| Shooting days: | 2 days |
| Pages per day: | 2 4/8 pages |
| Shooting ratio: | 20:1 |
| Data rate: | 2.6 GB/minute |
| Avg. data per page: | 52 GB |
| Avg. data per day: | 130 GB |
| Avg. dailies per day: | 50 minutes |
| Max dailies length: | 100 minutes |
| Max dailies size: | 260 GB |
Capture settings
| Frame rate: | 24.000 fps |
| Record file format: | ProRes 4444 HQ |
| Resolution: | 2K (2048×1080) |
| Video codec: | ProRes 4444 HQ |
| Baked-in settings: | All image settings (Rec. 709 / SDR) |
| Mode: | IPP2 |
| Output color space: | Rec. 709 |
| Output tone map: | Medium Contrast |
| Highlight roll-off: | Medium |
Picture Edit specs
| Pic edit location: | Post Hall |
| Pic edit software: | Media Composer |
| Pic edit days: | 7 days |
| Max. story content: | 5:30 |
| Max. credits: | 1:08 |
| Max. TRT: | 6:38 |
Sound specs
| Sound location: | Post Hall |
| Sound software: | ProTools |
| Sound design days: | 6 days |
| Sound mix days: | 0.5 days |
Visual Effects specs
| VFX restrictions: | Simple visual effects that can be executed quickly within Media Composer only. |
| VFX days: | No assigned days. All visual effects work needs to be completed around other work; assume only having a day or two at most. |