What is 52 minutes?

[Bill Dewald]

Its impossible to say definitively – if they ask for 52 minutes, then its 52 minutes and no seconds.

Ask your broadcaster for their deliverables handbook. All will be explained there.

[Mark Suszko]

52 drop-frame or 52 real-time minutes? 🙂

[Shane Ross]

Drop frame code IS real time minutes. It is non-drop that isn’t.

Shane

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[Tim Kolb]

In 29.97 fps land (NTSC SD countries…), drop-frame is the only TC you better be delivering to broadcasters…

As Shane said, DF is the only RT TC in places where the frame rates have a decimal…

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

CPO, Digieffects

[Oliver Jones]

Thanks for the replies.

The problem is that I was just asking how long 52 minutes could be regarding minutes and seconds, not drop frames etc.

[Shane Ross]

Well, the problem is that we don’t know exactly what the network means by 52 min. This is a question you need to aim at them…not us.

Shane

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[Michael Hancock]

Definitely check with the broadcaster. When you buy a 1/2 hour infomercial, it’s 28:30. If you work on a 30 or 60 minute show (no paid programming) it may be different.

If you don’t ask, you may make a 52 minute show and have to cut time. So get a hold of the station(s) you’ll be sending this to and ask them exactly what they want. They should be able to send you a sheet of requirements.

Michael.