Producer

Run the room, the budget and the paperwork like a professional.

You will leave able to take a project from a pitch to a delivered package: scheduled, budgeted, papered, credited and clipped.

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This is for you if

You make things happen but the paperwork is always three weeks behind.
You have run sessions and never once written a call sheet.
You produce records and still settle splits by text message.
You want the operational spine, not vibes.
You are the person everyone calls when it goes wrong.

What's included

Writers Room hosting with consent, moderation and recaps
Live splits sheets and PRO registration walkthroughs
Concept film minutes and storyboard PDF exports
Industry desk with major-label and studio norms
Slate dashboard across every active project
Document vault with versioning and export bundles

Working rhythm. Two operations blocks and one session a week. Roughly six hours.

Your rooms

Writers Room

Host sessions with consent forms, warnings, recaps and a live splits sheet.

Concept Studio

Storyboard PDFs and concept films to sell an idea before it exists.

Industry Desk

Major-label and major-studio norms, deal shapes and who actually decides.

Rights Desk

Clearances, splits, work-for-hire, chain of title and credits.

Slate Board

Every project's state, blockers and next action in one place.

New-age tools in this membership

Session hosting

Live rooms with video, a shared page, consent forms, warnings and recap exports.

How: Open a room, invite by email, everyone signs before they can contribute.

Live splits sheets

Percentages, PRO numbers, publishers and signatures captured while everyone is still in the room.

How: Fill it during the session and export the signed PDF at the end.

Concept films and storyboards

Cinematic concept trailers and Hollywood-standard storyboard PDFs to sell a project.

How: Approve the storyboard first, then render — no wasted minutes.

Content clipping

Behind-the-scenes and teaser cutdowns with captions, ready for socials and investor updates.

How: Mark the moments, export vertical and wide with subtitles.

Slate dashboard

Every project, its state, its blocker and its next action.

How: Projects update themselves as you work; you read one board.

Industry playbook

How major labels, publishers and studios actually greenlight, and who signs what.

How: Read the desk, then map your project onto the real decision path.

The process, end to end

01
Define the package
What is actually being sold: the material, the talent attached, the format, the runtime and the audience.
Output: A one-page package definition anyone can read in a lift.
02
Chain of title
Prove who owns what before a single dollar moves. Options, assignments, work-for-hire, samples, likeness.
Output: A chain of title folder with no gaps.
03
Schedule backwards
Start from the delivery date and walk backwards to today. The gaps are your real risks.
Output: A dated schedule with named owners on every milestone.
04
Budget honestly
Above the line, below the line, post, contingency. If contingency is under ten percent it is a wish, not a budget.
Output: A budget with a contingency line you can defend.
05
Crew and consent
Everyone in the room signs before the room starts: consent, recording, confidentiality, credit.
Output: Signed consent and waiver forms on file for every participant.
06
Run the sessions
Call sheets out the night before, one decision-maker per decision, notes and owners captured live.
Output: A session recap with decisions and owners, sent same day.
07
Deliver the package
Masters, stems, documents, credits, metadata and the storyboard or concept film that sells it.
Output: A delivery bundle with a manifest.
08
Close the books
Splits registered, invoices paid, credits filed, and a post-mortem written while it still stings.
Output: A closed project file and a written post-mortem.

Twelve weeks of structured activity

Phase 1 · Weeks 1–3

Operational spine

Build the documents you will reuse on every project for the rest of your career.

Template build · 120 min

Create your call sheet, session recap, consent form and splits sheet templates once, properly.

Proof: Four reusable templates in your vault.

Chain of title audit · 90 min

Take a live project and find every ownership gap. Samples, co-writers, likeness, artwork.

Proof: A gap list with a fix and a date beside each item.

Backwards schedule · 60 min

Schedule one real project from delivery date back to today.

Proof: A dated schedule with named owners.

Phase 2 · Weeks 4–6

Running rooms

A room you run badly costs money and relationships.

Host a papered session · 120 min

Run a Writers Room session with consent signed up front and a recap sent within the hour.

Proof: Signed consents plus a same-day recap.

Decision log · 30 min

Log every decision made in a session with who made it and when it is reversible until.

Proof: A decision log with owners.

Conflict drill · 45 min

Practise the four hard conversations: credit, money, replacement and lateness.

Proof: Scripted opening lines for each, written in your own words.

Phase 3 · Weeks 7–9

Selling the idea

Nobody funds a description. They fund something they can see.

Concept film · 180 min

Build a concept trailer with an approved storyboard before a frame is rendered.

Proof: An approved storyboard PDF and a rendered concept film.

One-pager · 60 min

Write the package on one page: logline, format, talent, comparables, ask.

Proof: A one-pager that survives being read aloud.

Comparables research · 60 min

Find five real comparables with cited numbers, not vibes.

Proof: A comparables table with sources.

Phase 4 · Weeks 10–12

Delivery and close

The job is not done when it is finished. It is done when it is delivered and paid.

Delivery manifest · 90 min

Build the manifest: masters, stems, artwork, metadata, credits, documents.

Proof: A manifest signed off by whoever receives it.

Splits and registration · 60 min

Proof: Registration confirmations in the vault.

Post-mortem · 45 min

Write what went wrong, what it cost, and the one process change for next time.

Proof: A written post-mortem with a single committed change.

Definitions you will hear

Chain of title: The unbroken paper trail proving who owns the underlying rights. No chain, no deal.
Above the line: Creative costs — writer, director, producer, principal talent. Negotiated, not scheduled.
Below the line: Everything technical and physical: crew, gear, locations, post.
Contingency: The percentage of the budget reserved for things going wrong. Ten percent is the floor.
Work for hire: An arrangement where the commissioner owns the work from creation. Must be in writing, signed before delivery.
Deliverables: The exact list of files, documents and formats owed at the end. Vague deliverables end in lawsuits.
Clearance: Written permission to use something you did not create: samples, footage, music, likeness, trademarks.
Call sheet: The document telling everyone where to be, when, and what happens. Out the night before or you are late already.
Split sheet: The signed document naming every writer's percentage, publisher and PRO.
Recoupment: The advance being paid back out of income before anybody sees a royalty.

Milestones that count

A reusable template set: call sheet, recap, consent, splits
A project with zero gaps in chain of title
Three sessions hosted with same-day recaps
An approved storyboard and a delivered concept film
A delivery manifest signed off by the recipient
A written post-mortem on every closed project

Coaching, never ghostwriting

We never produce the record for you. You get the map, the checklist and the honest ear — the calls, the budget and the credits stay yours.

You are the sole owner of everything you make here. We claim no ownership of your work and never license it to anyone.

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