Almost no one today needs the 35mm film footage count since nothing is shot on film reels anymore, and yet the networks don’t change the language in their production manuals. We still find this language in almost all production manuals that a network hands out to their producers. We encounter this every day.    Imagine a fresh graduate getting a job as a deliverable person at a television network and they encounter this very esoteric abbreviation – CCSL — in the production manual that they need to hand off to the producer. The CCSL deliverable language is a bunch of words which really do not make much sense. Unless one would go into detail as to what it actually means, and if that is what is really required and has been delivered in the past, one would not want to rock the boat. It’s better to let it stay. So it stays there, but is really not expected to be followed.   The best way to make sure wha the network or distributor is looking for is to reach out to them and ask them if they really need 35mm film footage. Even better, ask them for a sample of a CCSL that they want. In case they do need 35mm film footage we can definitely do that, but it’s a very tedious process and can take several extra days and more money to do.    We can say this with complete confidence that they are not looking for the 35mm film footage. And just in case you deliver them a regular CCSL without the film footage and they revert back saying that they do need film footage, we can then add that to the existing CCSL. Given that, I think it’s probably prudent not to have the film footage added at this stage.   The first number is the number of the feet and the number after the + are the frames. (In 35mm, there are 16 frames in one foot of film, and of course, 24 frames in a second). I am also attaching our normal CCSL sample for you and your network to compare.