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Script / Screenplay Optioning Form  |
A contract with which the production entity buys the rights to the literary material from the author | |
| Exercise of Option / Greenlighting notice |
The formal notification that follows up the optioning form, informing the recipient of project being green-lit | |
Project lead / Management notification   |
An official handing of directorial control over an individual project from one party to another | |
| Non-Disclosure Agreement |
The exceptionally important NDA, with which every author of original work should be armed! | |
| Commission contract for Crewmember |
A micro-contract used to hire an individual external member of a small crew for a commissioned project | |
| Artist Contract - Deferred Pay |
Used to hire volunteer actors and musicians for low/no pay positions in low-budget projects | |
| Artist Contract - Fully Paid |
Used to hire (represented) actors and musicians for fully paid positions in fully budgeted projects | |
| Film Liability Waiver Form |
A basic liability waiver for cast and crew working on-location that goes with the risk assessment | |
| Theatre Liability Waiver Form |
A basic liability waiver for cast and crew working in a theatre that goes with the risk assessment | |
| Theatrical Risk Assessment Form |
A thorough risk assessment template for stage (a legal requirement for many professional productions) | |
| Film Risk Assessment Form |
A thorough risk assessment template for film (a legal requirement for many professional productions) | |
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Short Film Budget Calculator  |
A rough, simplified way to work out a small budget for a shoot, calculated using variables and pre-set formulae |
| Grants, Loans, Investors, Benefactors, Sponsors and Project Funding |
One of the most complicated but inevitable parts of any project is the budget - with advice on application, planning and spending, this article is potentially a Line Producer's Bible |
| 2.35:1 Storyboard Template |
The Cinema widescreen aspect ratio (2.35:1 instead< of 16:9) can be puzzling. This is a template for a film being shot for the big screen/i> |
| Definitive Screenplay Formatting |
A hugely popular, simple resource - how to format your screenplay, from treatment to shooting script to storyboard |
| Selling Film |
An undeniably impenetrable finality is revealed in two guides to distribution and when it should be avoided |
| Selling for TV | |
| Definitive Guide to Arts Festivals |
From attending to submitting to performing, this article should shed a little light on the world of festivals |
Structural Nano-Crew Model - Commission / Documentary  |
Some very basic fill-in-the-blanks models for essential crew for various types - and scales - of shoot |
| Structural Micro-Crew Model - Short Film / Music Video |
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| Structural Crew Model - Pilot for TV / Feature Film |
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| Guide to Obtaining Music Rights |
A How-To for project soundtracks, with essential information and contacts for acquiring licenses |
| Guide to International On-Location Filming Auth: Rajan Virdee |
A humourous but honest and very necessary advanced guide to filming in foreign lands |
| Guide to casting/fixing crew with Agents, Unions & Guilds |
As it says on the tin - working with agencies and other parties representing your cast or crew can be tricky |
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