Theatrical & TV Day Player Session Timing Reference

Plan audition prep blocks, callback hold windows, and self-tape export budgets alongside standard theatrical and episodic production schedules.

TC 00:01:24:12|ARRI NIGHT SLATE // 3200K ZERO-SPILL

RAM-ONLY (DMCA SAFE)

ACTORS ACCESS (ECOCAST) // LIMIT 250 MB

CASTING SUBMISSION PORTAL

MP4 H.264 AAC 48kHz recommended; hard ceiling 250 MB per upload.

CHARACTER NAME

ACTOR NAME

TAKE

SCENE TAKE DURATION3m 15s (+7s Slate)

0m 30s Commercial3m 15s Drama Side12m 00s Callback

RESOLUTION

FRAME RATE

CODEC

SLATE CLIP

SAFE VIDEO BITRATE

8.40 Mbps

+ 192 kbps 48kHz AAC Audio

PROJECTED MP4 SIZE

221.3 MB

Raw camera ~568 MB

UPLOAD CEILING UTILIZATION89% of 250 MB

PRIMARY SCENE FILENAME

ElenaVance_JordanMercer_Take01.mp4

DESKTOP TRANSCODE PRESET (FFMPEG UNIVERSAL CASTING MP4)

ffmpeg -i raw_take.mov -vf "scale=1920:1080" -r 23.976 -c:v libx264 -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p -b:v 8.40M -maxrate 9.66M -bufsize 16.80M -c:a aac -b:a 192k -ar 48000 -movflags +faststart "ElenaVance_JordanMercer_Take01.mp4"

WORKDAY BASELINE 8-hour base theatrical / episodic session before overtime

AGENT + MANAGER Account for 10% agency + 10-15% management + payroll tax

SELF-TAPE TURNAROUND Standard 48-hour EcoCast window excluding weekends