Description
Calculate net rehearsal minutes after a supplied break.
Performance planning separates cue text length, tempo, frame/time coordinates, prop counts and rehearsal budgets. Code points differ from displayed characters, and rest-bar duration assumes consistent beat definitions and constant tempo. A supplied count or geometric margin does not verify cue execution, accessibility, labor rules or safe stage operations.
Calculate net rehearsal minutes after a supplied break.
When to use this tool
Use Actor Call Break Net Rehearsal Time when you already have callStartMinutes, callEndMinutes, breakMinutes and need to calculate net rehearsal minutes after a supplied break.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter callStartMinutes, callEndMinutes, breakMinutes. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read elapsedMinutes, netRehearsalMinutes. Use the output convention below.
Require callEnd>=callStart and break in [0,end-start]; return elapsed=end-start and net=elapsed-break.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| callStartMinutes | Call Start Minutes | Required. Finite number. |
| callEndMinutes | Call End Minutes | Required. Finite number. |
| breakMinutes | Break Minutes | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| elapsedMinutes | Elapsed Minutes | Required. Finite number. |
| netRehearsalMinutes | Net Rehearsal Minutes | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"callStartMinutes": 540,
"callEndMinutes": 660,
"breakMinutes": 15
},
"output": {
"elapsedMinutes": 120,
"netRehearsalMinutes": 105
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The recorded break is not a recommended or lawful break schedule; no actual attendance, labor compliance or safe rehearsal duration is verified.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the actual cue sheet, acquisition clock and tempo map for a complete timing plan. Review rendered text for width and reading time, and dimensioned sightlines or physical inventories for seating and prop questions that a scalar budget cannot settle.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Cue Trigger Relative Delay Label
Label a cue's signed delay from its supplied trigger.
- Show Report Hold Release Duration
Measure signed elapsed time from a show hold to its release.