From 153c38e6b89d2536d82e3baa5810d95c73d19b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gator <gatordevin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:34:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Quote the storyboard from what will actually be drawn

The estimate was cast x 3 + shots x 2. It counted characters who appear in
no shot, whose sheets are skipped, and knew nothing about the per-day
wardrobe sheets a multi-day story needs. On the Memory Road board that is
73 quoted against 82 drawn.
---
 trailer.html | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/trailer.html b/trailer.html
index 7d37b9e..15b073b 100644
--- a/trailer.html
+++ b/trailer.html
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
     var undrawn = shots.filter(function (s) { return !s.opening_url; }).length;
     var unfilmed = shots.filter(function (s) { return !s.clip_url; }).length;
     var filmed = shots.length - unfilmed;
-    var imgs = cast.length * 3 + shots.length * 2;
+    var imgs = boardImages(shots, cast);
     var s = String(meta.draw_state || "");
     var drawing = s && !/^(drawn|failed)/.test(s);
     var isLead = meta.writer === RUN.lead_writer;
@@ -397,6 +397,35 @@
     return a.join(" ") !== b.join(" ");
   }
 
+  // What the storyboard will actually cost to draw. Three sheets for every
+  // character who is seen or heard, one more per extra day they are dressed
+  // differently, and two frames per shot.
+  function boardImages(shots, cast) {
+    var seen = {};
+    shots.forEach(function (s) {
+      (s.visible_characters || []).forEach(function (c) { seen[String(c)] = 1; });
+      (s.audio || []).forEach(function (a) {
+        if (String(a.text || "").trim()) seen[String(a.character_id)] = 1; });
+    });
+    var present = cast.filter(function (c) { return seen[String(c.id)]; });
+
+    var days = {};
+    shots.forEach(function (s) {
+      var d = String(s.day || "").trim();
+      if (!d) return;
+      (s.visible_characters || []).forEach(function (c) {
+        (days[String(c)] = days[String(c)] || {})[d] = 1; });
+    });
+    var extra = 0;
+    present.forEach(function (c) {
+      var wd = c.wardrobe_by_day || {};
+      var base = Object.keys(wd).sort()[0] || "";
+      Object.keys(days[String(c.id)] || {}).forEach(function (d) {
+        if (d !== base && wd[d]) extra += 1; });
+    });
+    return present.length * 3 + extra + shots.length * 2;
+  }
+
   function mmss(n) {
     return Math.floor(n / 60) + ":" + String(Math.round(n % 60)).padStart(2, "0");
   }