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Shooting Ratio Calculator

Compare the footage you recorded with the finished runtime — or work out how much footage a target shooting ratio needs.

pick which figure you already know
seconds, mm:ss or h:mm:ss — the locked length of the cut
total recorded duration, seconds, mm:ss or h:mm:ss
Enter a finished runtime and either the footage shot or a target ratio.

Shooting ratio is recorded footage divided by finished runtime, so 10:1 means ten hours shot for every finished hour. It counts material recorded, not camera cards or takes: unused footage is what was shot beyond the length of the cut, and the usable share is the runtime divided by the footage. Actual ratios depend on the production — unscripted and documentary work usually runs higher than tightly scripted scenes — so treat any target as a planning figure. Durations are whole seconds; the result is rounded to the nearest second. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.