Turnaround & Overtime Calculator
Whether tomorrow's call time is legal after tonight's wrap. The calculator above takes wrap time, next call time and minimum rest and returns actual turnaround, violation flag and earliest legal call — computed in your browser, with no sign-up and nothing leaving your device.
Turnaround & Overtime Calculator
- Turnaround
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- Status
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- Earliest legal call
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Runs entirely in your browser — no sign-up, nothing transmitted.
What the number actually depends on
11 hours between wrap and call is the standard minimum rest in most European agreements; some run to 12.
Turnaround counts from each crew member wrap, not the camera: the grip who de-rigs finishes 30 to 45 minutes after camera wrap.
The gap between a number that goes into a quote and one that holds on the day is rarely the formula — it is whether the constraints were entered honestly. That is why the inputs are spelled out below.
Common mistakes
The places where the arithmetic is right and the day still falls over:
- Setting call time from camera wrap instead of crew wrap
- Ignoring travel time to the hotel in the rest calculation
In day-to-day production
1 broken turnaround typically costs more than the 2 hours of overtime it was meant to avoid.
The number belongs in production planning — the point where a decision is still free to change. Working it out on the shoot day is no longer calculating; it is finding out.
In TillyGen this is not a separate step: the result sits inside the plan itself, alongside the shot list, schedule and call sheet. Change a constraint and the dependent values move with it — the affected parts of the plan are flagged rather than quietly left behind.
Frequently asked
How accurate is the Turnaround & Overtime Calculator?
The maths is exact; the inputs rarely are. Treat the result as a solid floor and add your buffer deliberately rather than smuggling it into the inputs — a flattered input hides the buffer from everyone who plans with it later.
Is the calculator free?
No. It runs entirely in your browser, with no sign-up and nothing transmitted. There is no usage limit and no account.
Where does this fit in production planning?
In production planning. There it is a basis for deciding; later it is only a finding.
Can I export the result?
The calculator itself only displays the value. In TillyGen it lands directly in the shot list, schedule and call sheet, and goes out as PDF, CSV or through the API to everyone working from it.
What does the calculator return?
Actual turnaround, violation flag and earliest legal call. The first value is the one you carry into the plan; the rest show how sensitively it reacts to the inputs.
What should I watch for in the result?
Mainly this: setting call time from camera wrap instead of crew wrap. That is the mistake that most often turns a correctly calculated number into one that does not hold.