Film Calculator: Length, Run-Time, Frames and Rolls

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The physical width and perforation count of your film stock.
Frames per second. Cinema standard is 24 fps; television is often 25 or 29.97 fps.
fps
Choose whether film length is displayed in feet or meters.
Choose which quantity to calculate; fill in the others.
The desired or available total running time in minutes.
min
Film length (feet)Single roll
990ft

Total film length needed at the given frame rate and run-time

Film length990.0 ft
Run-time11 min
Total frames15,840
Rolls needed1
Footage per minute90ft/min
Frames per foot16
Footage/min (ft)90
Frames/ft16

35 mm 4-perf at 24 fps needs 990.0 ft of film.

  • At 24 fps, 35 mm 4-perf film consumes 90.00 ft/min (27.43 m/min).
  • You need 990.0 ft of film stock, containing 15,840 individual frames.
  • The standard roll size for 35 mm 4-perf is 1000 ft, so you will need 0.99 rolls (round up to 1).

Next stepYour project fits on a single roll. Load it and shoot with confidence.

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